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

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King, Alfred Ernest

Private Alfred Ernest King was called up for service in December 1917, at age 21. He was sent to Siberia a year later and he returned to Canada in May 1919. He served again in the Second World War. Alfred was the oldest son of Henry Charles King and Elizabeth Mary Haberfield of Kenora, Ontario…. Read More »

Faulconer, Isaac

Isaac James (Ike) Faulconer was born on 14 July 1897 in the Elkhorn area in the RM of Wallace, Manitoba. His father Isaac James Faulconer, son of Irish immigrants, was from Caledon, Ontario while his mother Mary Ann (Annie) Harper was from Halton County, Ontario. Her family had moved to Warwick, Lambton County to farm… Read More »

Park, Gilbert Earl

Gilbert Earl McConnell was born on 16 October 1898 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario, confirmed by his Ontario birth record. His parents Robert McConnell and Eliza Jane Copeland, although from Quebec, were both of Irish origin. They married on 14 May 1890 in Kazabazua, La-Vallee-de-la Gatineau in Quebec. The 1891 census found the… Read More »

Lewis, David Stanley

David Stanley Lewis was born on 29 July 1894 in Credit Forks, Caledon, Ontario. His father David James Lewis was from Nova Scotia while his mother Priscilla Brown was from Ontario. The couple married on 4 October 1882 in Euphrasia, Grey, Ontario where David Sr was farming. Their first born child, son Henry Owen, was… Read More »

Garner, Charles William

Private Charles William Garner enlisted in Kenora, Ontario on 19 May 1915. His gave his birth date as 31 July 1875 in Flore, Northamptonshire, England and next of kin as Clark Garner of Northampton, Northamptonshire. His relationship to Clark was not stated. Charles said he had served for twelve years in the Northamptonshire Regiment, Royal… Read More »

Hayward, Edwin Claridge

Edwin Claridge Hayward was born on 25 September 1893 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. His parents were Alfred Hayward and Emma Jane Dee. Siblings included: Alfred William (b. 1883), George Harold (b. 1884), Laurence Victor (b. 1888), Violet Eliza (b. 1890), Margaret Ellen (b. 1891), Ernest Dee (b. 1893), and Noel Stephen (b. 1896).  Edwin’s father,… 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 »

McCaffrey, James

James McCaffrey was the 7th child of at least 8 children born to John McCaffrey and Elizabeth Kelly. He was born in Venosta, Quebec. Although his attestation papers stated his birth year as 1888 his baptism record and his tombstone both state 1885. His siblings were Michael, Margaret , Mary, William, Phoebe, John and a… Read More »

Guernsey, Frederick Fuller

Frederick was born on 16 October 1885 in Stuartburn, Manitoba. His parents were William Robert Guernsey and Francis Fuller who had come to Manitoba from England in 1882. William listed ‘tailor’ as his occupation on his arrival. Frederick was one of thirteen children in the family. Four were born in England, five in Manitoba and… Read More »

Hayward, James

James Hayward was born on 3 August 1887 in the Holloway area of London, England. His father George James Hayward was from Tidworth in Hampshire while his mother Sabina Hale was from Monchton in Wiltshire. The couple had married in 1887 in Islington, London with George listed as a widower on the marriage registration. Sabina,… Read More »