Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Carlson, Gustave Edwin

Gustave Edwin Antonius (Gus) Carlson was born on 22 October 1893 in Sundsvall, Västernorrland, Sweden. His father Carl Carlson was from NordingrГҐ in Västernorrland while his mother Sofia Amanda Westmark was from Pitea in Norbotton. The couple had married in Brunno in GudmundrГҐ in Västernorrland in 1888. Over the years Carl’s occupation in Sweden was… Read More »

Cory, Philip Thomas

Private Philip Thomas Cory was born in England and living in Canada when the war started. He returned to the UK in 1915 and enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Philip was the son of William Henry Cory and Lucy Ann Freeman of Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. William and Lucy were married in 1877 and… Read More »

Duncan, Horatio Nelson

Horatio Nelson Duncan was listed as a teamster in the Kenora area when he enlisted signing his attestation papers in Fort Frances, Ontario on 28 July 1915. His previous employment was as a delivery/salesman for R. W. Ferrier’s grocery business. His parents Robert Ainsley Duncan and Elizabeth A. McFee moved west to the rural district… Read More »

Gander, Ernest James

Ernest James Gander was born on 18 May 1884 in Upper Dicker, Arlington, Sussex in England. His parents were Albert and Jane Ann (née Martin) Gander. The children born to the family were Albert Edward, George Henry, Bessie, Ernest, Edith, and Ellen Louise. For the 1891 census the family was residing in Arlington, father’s occupation… Read More »

Manning, Ernest David

Ernest David Manning was born on 4 April 1891 in Plympton Township, Lambton County, Ontario. His father Sydney Manning was born in Harberton, Devonshire, England and immigrated to Canada as a child in 1867 according to various census documents. His mother Elizabeth Shillington was born in Lambton County. The couple had married in Plympton in… Read More »

Thomas, Mervin Elias

Private Mervin Elias Thomas enlisted in October 1916, at age 16, and served in France and Belgium with the 52nd Battalion. He returned to Canada in March 1919. Mervin was the only son of Samuel Albert Thomas and Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Sullivan of Toronto, Ontario. Samuel was born in East Flamborough Township, Wentworth County, Ontario and… Read More »

Patterson, Fred W

Fred W Patterson joined the Kenora Branch of the Canadian Legion in December of 1927. His regimental number was given as 2928, rank as Private, and unit served with as 6th Kings Liverpool Regiment. The card stated that he enlisted on 8 November 1914 and was discharged from service on 28 February 1919 in Birmingham…. Read More »

Hives, Herbert William

Sergeant Herbert William Hives enlisted six weeks after the war started and served for 4-1/2 years in England, France and Belgium. He was wounded twice but he survived the war, returning to Canada in June 1919. Herbert was the youngest son of Hans Edgar Hives and Sarah Harper of Kensington, London, England. Hans and his… Read More »

Coppleman, Abraham (Abie)

According to his attestation papers Abraham (Abie) Coppleman was born on 14 April 1896 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (A delayed Manitoba birth registration from 1899 gave his date of birth as 15 May 1896 while his British Columbia death record recorded it as 14 April 1896.) Both of his parents, Samuel Coppleman and Maggie Rosen, were… Read More »