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

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Fancher, Fred

In the 15 August 1914 edition of the Kenora Miner and News, the name of Fred Fancher appeared on the list of recent volunteers for the 1st Continent for duty overseas. His identity and service could not be found. It is possible that Fred McLellan Fansher (#231519) was this Fred Rancher, later enlisting in April… Read More »

Sigurdson, Oliver Emile (Oley)

Oliver Emile (Oley) Sigurdson was born on 29 October 1894 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His parents Teibur (Tait) Sigurdson and Gudrun (Rooney) Thorsteindottir were both from Iceland, immigration year given as 1888 in various censuses. The couple first lived in Sayreville, New Jersey in the United States where they gave birth to daughter Johanna that year…. Read More »

Vettergreen, Charles William

Charles William Vettergreen was born on 09 October 1880 in Limehouse, London, England. His parents were mariner Charles Alfred Vettergreen and Mary Ann Nicholas. Siblings included his brothers Albert (b. 1884) and Arthur (b. 1887). Charles William was working as a stationary packer in London when he married Selena Caroline Pritchard on Christmas Day 1901…. Read More »

Denault, John Arthur

  John Arthur (Jack) Denault was born on 28 April 1896 in Fort Coulonge, Quebec. His parents, both born in Quebec, were Joseph and Marie Anna (née Paré) Denault who had married in 1879 in LaPasse, Ontario. Children born to the couple were Joseph Edward (1880), Mary (1882), James Frank (1886), Jane (1889), Michael William… Read More »

McVeigh, Charles Henry

Private Charles Henry McVeigh enlisted in March 1916, at age 19, and spent almost three years in England, France and Belgium. He was wounded at Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917 while serving with the 16th.Battalion. After the war he had a successful career as a professional hockey player then as an official with the… Read More »

Locking, Albert William

The son of Annie Adelaide Jones, Albert William Dunham Jones was born on 28 January 1889 in North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, England. At the time of his birth his mother was working as a domestic servant. By the 1891 England census, Annie and Albert were listed as visitors with the William and Caroline Humberstone family in… Read More »

McEachern, Daniel Francis

By most accounts Daniel Francis McEachern was born on 27 April 1885 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario although a birth record was not found. His father John McEachern was from Scotland while his mother Margaret McLean was from Nova Scotia. According to a family tree the couple married on 29 August 1869 in… Read More »

Graves, Percy Phillip

Private Percy Phillip Graves enlisted in 1916 at age 17 and served for three and a half years. He suffered gas poisoning and became very ill during the influenza epidemic but he recovered and returned to Canada in July 1919. After the war he had a long career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Percy… Read More »

Myles, William Thomas

William Thomas Myles was born on 28 June 1890 in Brandon, Manitoba. His father Thomas Myles (Miles) was from Lydney, Gloucestershire while his mother Selina Price was from nearby Shorncote. The couple married on 21 June 1888, marriage registered in the District of Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Later that year they immigrated to Canada and were living… Read More »

Rushton, Percy Frank

Percival Frank Rushton was born on 27  March 1896 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. His father Walter and mother Letitia (née Booth) Rushton had married in Worcester in 1894. While in England Walter’s occupation on the censuses was given as ‘China Printer Earth’. There were four children in the Rushton family, Ernest (b 1895), Percy Frank… Read More »