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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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William George Craig was born on 09 May 1894 in Ottawa, Ontario. His parents were William John Craig and Charlotte Jane Cowan. His brother, Gordon Maxwell Craig, was born in 1897 in Ottawa and shortly after, the family moved to Keewatin, Ontario. Father, William John was an accountant who became the Town Clerk for Keewatin…. Read More »
Good friends: sitting Harry Betton, and Albert Bull Born on 4 April 1896 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Henry (Harry) Betton was the first born child of John Richard and Lavinia (née Scarisbrick) Betton. John was the son of Philip, occupation engine fitter, and Johanna (Biggins) Betton and Lavinia was the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Stoley)… Read More »
Sapper William Stanley Thompson was living in the state of Washington when the war started. He enlisted at a British recruiting centre in 1917 and served with the Royal Engineers in the UK, Salonica and Russia, returning home in October 1919. William was the youngest son of Benjamin Franklin ‘Frank’ Thompson and Augusta Bohn. He… Read More »
Private Harold John Johnson was a lifelong resident of Kenora, Ontario except for a period of five years around the time of the First World War. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces in the U.S. and in France. Harold’s mother, Erika Karolina Engström, was born in Overlulea, Norrbotten, Sweden. She immigrated to Canada in… Read More »
William John Greening was born on 4 November 1887 in Mortlake, Surrey in England. His father John Greening was from Mortlake while his mother Rose Collins was from nearby Kingston Upon Thames. The couple married during the first quarter of 1887 in the registration district of Richmond in Surrey. At the time of the 1891… Read More »
Johannes (John) Erlindson Olafson was born on 2 August 1887 in Pembina, North Dakota. His parents were Icelandic immigrants, Erlendur Olafson and Iwa Magnusson. Younger siblings included: Ingiborg (born 1889), Sigrun (born 1890), Olie Valdemar (born 1892) and Dora Margaret (born 1898). At some point, Johannes moved north and found work on… Read More »
Samuel Pearson’s name appeared in the 24 June 1916 edition of the Kenora Miner and News for enlisting with the 221st Battalion. His identity and service could not be confirmed.
Charles Wallace House was born on 7 November 1891 in Keiferville, Ohio, baptism registered in Palmer, Putam, Ohio. His father was James Joseph House who was from Beamsville, Ontario while his mother, Amelia Julia Kitchen, was from Kieferville were the couple had married earlier that year. By the time of the birth of their next… Read More »
Percy Alexander Woods was born on 26 December 1899 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. He was the youngest child of Samuel Wesley Woods and Florence Rosamund Lelewelyn. Siblings included: Florence Meriam (b. 1890), Samuel Lelewelyn (b. 1892) and Ethel (b. 1894). The family continued to live in Portage la Prairie until some time after 1911…. Read More »
James Duncan was born on 29 October 1895 in West Carron, Larbert, Stirlingshire in Scotland, date and place confirmed by his Scotland birth record. His father David Duncan, an iron moulder, was from Falkirk while his mother Annie McKechnie was from Edinburgh where the couple married on 10 July 1877. Their first child, daughter Mary,… Read More »
