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

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Dominique, Eugene

Eugene Dominique was born on 18 June 1891 in Norman, Ontario, a village a couple of kilometres west of Kenora in northwestern Ontario. Both of his parents, Theophile and Celina (née Pion) Dominique were from Quebec but had married on 10 August 1882 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Known for its cotton mills, the town had… Read More »

Cornell, Frederick Charles

Staff Sergeant Frederick Charles Cornell enlisted twice, the first time in January 1915 at age 17. He served in England for a year and he was invalided back to Canada in 1917 due to illness. Frederick was the only son of Joseph and Elizabeth Cornell of Brandon, Manitoba. He and his twin sister Helen Elizabeth… Read More »

McKinnon, Daniel Keith

The first born child of Donald and Christina McKinnon, Daniel Keith McKinnon was born on 18 March 1898 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. Both of his parents were born in Ontario and over the years his father worked as a contractor and/or  carpenter. Daniel had two brothers, Patrick Robertson and James… Read More »

Cousins, Joseph

Joseph Cousins was born on 28 March 1881 in Leith, Midlothian in Scotland, a port on the northern outskirts of Edinburgh. His father Joseph Cousins was from Edinburgh while his mother Annie Stewart was from Bathgate, a community about 30 kilometres west of Edinburgh. The couple married on 26 September 1876 in Bathgate. Over the… Read More »

Elders, Arthur

During the First World War Canada sent more than 400,000 troops overseas and almost 150,000 of them were wounded. Among the casualties was Private Arthur Elders who was wounded twice, in March 1917 and more seriously in May 1918. Private Elders survived the war and returned to Canada in 1919. Arthur was the oldest son… Read More »

Young, Thomas Malcolm

Thomas Malcolm Young was the youngest son of  William Thomas and May Young of 9545 – 106th Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta. Thomas was born October 16, 1896 in Rat Portage, now known as Kenora, Ontario. His parents William and May (née Simmons) were married in Rat Portage in 1891 and he had two older brothers, William… Read More »

Kendall, Ivan Lucas

Ivan Lucas Kendall was born on 9 May 1890 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), in northwestern Ontario. His father William Glanfield Kendall was from Rettendon, Essex, England. At age twenty-three William had immigrated to Canada, first living in Stratford, Ontario where he worked for the Grand Trunk Railway before moving to Winnipeg in 1882… Read More »

Elliott, William Arthur

William Arthur Elliott was born on 27 March 1890 in Orillia, Ontario. His parents were Thomas Huntley Elliott and Edith Brundrett, the couple marrying on 29 September 1886 in Peterborough, Ontario. At the time of the marriage Thomas was working as a boat builder. William had an older sister Marion Louise who was born in… Read More »

Hamilton, Hubert Weldon

Private Hubert Weldon Hamilton was the oldest son of John Matthew Hamilton and Margaret Carmichael of Copper Cliff, Ontario. He was born on 7 March 1895 in Pembroke, Renfrew County, Ontario and his family moved to Copper Cliff when he was a child. His father was a butcher and both of his parents were born… Read More »

Kemp, Peter Gillespie Muir

Peter Gillespie Muir Kemp was born on 15 April 1898 in Ballymacarrett, Belfast in northern Ireland. His father John Kemp, a ship rivetter, was from Port Glasgow in Scotland while his mother Sarah Havelin was from Glasgow, the couple marrying on 15 June 1888 in Port Glasgow. Children born to the couple in the Port… Read More »