Kenora Great War Project

 

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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.

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Noble, Brook

Sapper Brook Noble enlisted in February 1916 at age 41 and served for three years in Canada, England and France. Brook was the son of George and Harriett Noble of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. He was born in Lindley, Huddersfield on 21 August 1874 and he had at least two sisters and four brothers: John,… Read More »

Lacombe, Arcidas

Arcidas Lacombe was born in Norman, Ontario  on September 9, 1895.  Arcidas was known by family and friends as ‘Phil’. He was the 3rd child of Adelard A. Lacombe and Leonie Marie (Thomas) Lacombe. His parents were married in Montebello, Quebec. They left Quebec, along with their 1st born to set up their home in… Read More »

McManaman, James

James McManaman was born on 28 September 1884 in the township of Melancthon, Ontario. His parents Thomas McManaman and Julia Connors were both born in Ireland, immigrating to Canada with their parents to settle with a number of Irish families in the Melancthon area to farm. Thomas and Julia married on 30 January 1872 in… Read More »

Dunford, George Frederick

George Frederick Dunford was born on 3 November 1878 in Newcastle upon Tyne (aka Newcastle-on-Tyne, Newcastle), Northumberland, England. His father Errington Dunford was from Newcastle while his mother Elizabeth Scott was from Willington Quay, a suburb of Newcastle. The couple married during the third quarter of 1873, marriage registered in the District of Newcastle. Children… Read More »

Cauley, T

Etched on the Keewatin Cenotaph in Beatty Park in Keewatin, Ontario is T Cauley as one of the fallen in WW1 and from the area. His identity could not be confirmed nor was his name or variation of the name found on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial or in WW1 service records.  

Weir, George Patrick

George Patrick Weir was born on 9 August 1890 in Fergus, Ontario. His father William Anderson Weir was from Glasgow, Scotland and had immigrated to Canada in 1883. His mother Josephine Van Felson was born in Quebec City where the couple married in 1889. The marriage registration gave William’s occupation as employee of the Imperial… Read More »

Mack, William

Sapper William Mack enlisted with the Canadian Engineers in February 1917 and served in France and Belgium for a year and a half. He returned to Canada in May 1919. William was born on 24 May 1893 in Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin. His father, Matt Makynen, was born in Finland and immigrated to the U.S…. Read More »

Gordon, Frank

Frank Gordon was born on 4 January 1898 in Cantraywood, Croy, Inverness-shire in Scotland. He was the son of Peter Gordon, a farm labourer, and Jane Phimister, a sewing maid. Listed as a great nephew, at the time of the 1901 Frank was living with crofters William and Ann Phimister in Cantraywood. For the 1911… Read More »

Etter, Roy Clifford

Roy Clifford Etter was born on 30 September 1883 in Westmorland Point (later renamed Aulac), New Brunswick, close to the Nova Scotia border where his family farmed. His father Charles Etter was from New Brunswick while his mother Margaret Ann Miller was from Nova Scotia. Roy had two known older siblings, Herbert (1881-1955), and Lucilla… Read More »

Flett, Norbert Joseph Arthur

Private Norbert Joseph Arthur Flett was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba on 4 February 1888, the son of Charles Flett and Dorothy Laviolete. He was married in Kenora, Ontario on 12 April 1910 to Maggie Blackeye. Maggie was 20 years old, born in Ontario and the daughter of Abraham and Mary Blackeye. Norbert and Maggie… Read More »