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

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Scovil, Stuart Southmayd

Stuart Southmayd Scovil was born on 17 May 1886 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father Simmons Stuart Scovil, a physician and surgeon, was from Portland while his mother Ella Ursala O’Laughlin was from Kingston, both in Ontario. The couple married on 18 February 1879 in North Gower, Carleton, Ontario where… Read More »

Bellefeuille, William Joseph

William Joseph Bellefeuille was born on 06 May 1885 in Petawawa, Ontario. He was the youngest child of Gabriel Bellefeuille and Sarah Knight. Siblings included: Ebenezer, Levi (1867-1924), Maria Louisa (1870-1949), Mary Isabella (1871-1938), Sarah Alma (1873-1938), Ida Matilda (1875-1956), Gabriel (1877-) Theophile (1879-1933) and John (1882-). By 1901 the Bellefeuille family was living at… Read More »

Archbold, Allan

Private Allan Archbold (aka Allan Clark Archibald) enlisted in April 1917, at age 18, and served in France and Belgium with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. He returned to Canada in March 1919 and died of illness about two years later. Allan was born on 22 April 1898 in Rat Portage, Ontario. His mother, Isabella… Read More »

Mackie, Frederick Thomas

Private Frederick Thomas Mackie was born on 25 August 1875 in the Township of Inverness, Mégantic County, Quebec. His father, Dr. John R. Mackie, a physician, and his mother, Jane Elizabeth Borland, were both born in Quebec. Fred had at least three older siblings: Edith Anna, Arthur Edward and William Burton. Fred was baptized at… Read More »

McMillan, James

James McMillan was born on 14 July 1877 in Poltimore, Quebec. Poltimore was/is a village situated in a valley between the Gatineau and Lievre Rivers north of Gatineau. James’ father Archibald McMillan had been born in  Lochiel, Glengarry County, but had moved with his family to the Poltimore area to start a logging camp. Wood… Read More »

Sleightholm, Cecil Talmage

Cecil Talmage (Bud) Sleightholm was born on 9 July 1897 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His parents Matthew Sleightholm and Agnes Victoria Matthew were both widower/widows when they married on 30 April 1893 in Horning’s Mill in the Township of Melancthon, Dufferin, Ontario. At the time of the marriage Matthew was… Read More »

Burton, Edward Cherry

‘The RAF training program in Canada ceased with the armistice and the RAF, Canada was demobilized in late 1918. During the highly successful operation of the program, more that 9000 cadets and nearly 7500 mechanics were enlisted, 3272 aircrew were graduated ‘thousands of Canadians were trained with a long-term impact upon both military and civil… Read More »

Williams, George Burton

According to his attestation papers George Burton Williams was born on 18 June 1886 in Fort Worth, Texas. He moved to Canada sometime after the 1911 Census and by 1914 when the war started he was living in the town of Kenora in northwestern Ontario. Trained as a marine engineer, he was a locomotive engineer… Read More »

Godin, Norbert Joseph

Birth date and location: Norbert Joseph Godin’s birth was recorded on January 21, 1900 in the District of Rainy River, Ontario, and his baptism on March 2, 1900 in Pinewood, Parish of Notre Dame du Chemin, in this same district. Yet, he is also recorded in the township of Keewatin; is living in Keewatin in… Read More »

Pyott, Robert

Robert Pyott was born on 11 January 1877 in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. His parents Robert Pyott, a flax mill foreman, and Christina Rae had married in 1870 in Rattray. Robert had three older siblings, Ann, William, and Catherine (Kate), and a one younger sibling, Christina. His mother died in 1885 and later that year his… Read More »