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

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Horan, James Ambrose

James Ambrose Horan was born on 27 December 1880 in Seaforth, Huron, Ontario. His father John Horan was born in Ontario, with his father, James’ grandfather, born in Ireland. James’ mother Mary Ann McFadden was born in Ontario with her parents also from Ireland. James was the second born, having an older brother John Joseph,… Read More »

MacKenzie, Stormont Green

Stormont (Monte) Green MacKenzie was one of three sons and two daughters of William and Lizzie MacKenzie of Kenora, Ontario. His parents were born in Scotland and immigrated separately to Canada in the 1880s, meeting and marrying in Brandon, Manitoba in 1889 where William worked as a dry goods store clerk. Monte, born in 1891,… Read More »

McLean, Donald

Born on 10 June 1888 in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, Donald McLean was the son of farmer John McLean and his wife Christina. Donald served five years with the Seaforth Highlanders.  In 1906, 18 year old Donald immigrated to Keewatin, Ontario, Canada and obtained work with the Lake of the Woods Flour Milling Company… Read More »

Towns, George Andrew

George Andrew Towns was the son of Calvin Towns and Mary Ann Bandy of Kenora, Ontario. Calvin was a blacksmith and farmer and he and Mary Ann were married in 1883 in the town of Combermere, about 100 km west of Ottawa. A son, Sirastin, was born in Combermere in 1884. By 1891 the family… Read More »

Johnson, Carl Victor

Sapper Carl Victor Johnson was one of three brothers who served in the First World War. He was called up in March 1918 and he trained with the Canadian Engineers until his discharge in December 1918. Carl was the oldest son of Sven John Johnson and Josephine Carlson of Kenora, Ontario. Sven and Josephine both… Read More »

Elliott, Thomas Breedon

Thomas Breedon Elliott was born on 20 May 1878 in Smeeton Westerly, Leicestershire, England. His father Jonas Breedon Elliott was from Leicester while his mother Caroline Burnaby was from the Pipewell-Rushton area in Northamptonshire where the couple had married in the first quarter of 1875. Thomas had an older sister, Florence (1876) and younger brother… 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 »

Linklater, Frank

According to his attestation papers, Frank Linklater was born on 23 August 1881 in the RM of St Andrews, Manitoba. He was the first born child of Charles Patrick Linklater and Margaret Donald who had apparently married on 12 March 1880, both having Métis roots in the Red River Settlement. It appears that the couple… Read More »

Ivanovitch, Ladimier

According to his attestation papers, Ladimier Ivanovitch was born 25 May 1892 in Russia.  In 1917 he was drafted into the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He signed his attestation papers on 11 November of 1917 in Winnipeg. It was noted that he was a defaulter, meaning he had not shown up when first called. At that… Read More »

Billedeau, Jerome

Born in Keewatin, Ontario on the 20 November 1899, Jerome William was the son of Hormidas Bilodeau/Billedeau (b Beauharnois St Clement, Quebec) and Sarah Pelletier/Pelchie (b Aroostook Junction, Victoria, New Brunswick) who married on 5 November 1893 in Keewatin. Roman Catholic in origin, the Billedeau family was large. Jerome’s siblings were Addie May, Marie Josephine… Read More »