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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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According to his obituary, Joseph Henry Raslask was born on 25 October 1896 in Poland and served in WW1, service unconfirmed. In later years he went by the surname of Lusk. After immigrating to Canada he found work with the Canadian Pacific Railway, retiring in 1959 as a conductor. Joseph married Vera Johnson and known… Read More »
By all accounts Daniel McDougall was born in Kenora, Ontario. However a birth record was not found and differing birth dates were given in various documents: 12 June 1892 (attestation), 12 May 1896 (elsewhere in his service record), 1896 (1923 border crossing), 12 May 1898 (1945 border crossing), 12 May 1899 (British Columbia death record),… Read More »
John Larson’s name appeared in the 10 June 1916 edition of the Kenora Miner and News for enlisting with the 197th Battalion. His identity and service could not be confirmed.
Corporal Hugh Gladstone Hughes was the oldest son of Hugh Hughes and Sarah Thompson. His father was born in Liverpool, England and his mother was from Wales. Hugh Gladstone was born on 9 March 1883 in Winnipeg and he was followed by a sister, Winnifred Jane, and a brother, John Llewellyn (Jack). Shortly after Jack… Read More »
Sergeant Frank Peter Dostal enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in February 1916 and served in Canada for six months. In 1917 he joined the American Expeditionary Forces and he spent two years overseas, returning home in August 1919. Frank was born on 29 June 1895 in Chicago, Illinois. His father Joseph Dostal was from Bohemia (Czechoslovakia)… Read More »
Harry Raymond Stewart was born on 9 March 1894 in the township of Bristol in Pontiac, Quebec. His father Ephraim Stewart was from Bristol while his mother Emma Way was from nearby Shawville, both families farmers. The couple married on 12 August 1891 in Ottawa, the city about 75 kilometres east of Bristol. The next… Read More »
Background: Keewatin, Ontario, added one more person to its small population with the birth of Phillipe Godin on November 21, 1888, son of Joseph [Norbert] Godin, who was employed as a Timekeeper, and his wife, Mary Morrison. Phillipe was baptized January 8, 1888 by Father J. Baudin, OBI. In some family records, Phillipe is referred… Read More »
Private Albert Gustafson was the son of Gustaf Jonsson and Anna Casja Andersdotter of Skaraborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden. He was born on 11 July 1862, with his birth registered in Luttra Parish, Falkoping, Skaraborg. When a clerical survey was taken in 1880 Albert was living at home in Gokhem, Skaraborg with his parents, six brothers… Read More »
Private Aubrey Michael Webber enlisted in August 1915 and served in Canada, the UK and France. He became very ill with tuberculosis and he was invalided to Canada in the spring of 1918 to continue his recovery. Aubrey was the son of Samuel George Webber and Harriet Mason of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. Samuel and Harriet… Read More »
Cyril Delamere Boyce was born on 21 May 1894 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father Arthur Cyril Boyce was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England and after graduating from Osgoode Hall in Toronto, practiced law in Port Arthur, Ontario before moving to Rat Portage. He married Victoria May Louisa Machin on 14 October… Read More »
