These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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According to his attestation papers, James Robert Mahoney was born on 27 July 1887 in Melrose, New Brunswick. Originally known as Emigrant Road, in the 1820’s and 1830’s free land grants for farming were available in the area in the hope of attracting pioneer immigrants. As a result, the village of Ballynamuck, parish of Moragh… Read More »
John Leslie Insley was born on 30 July 1888 in Port Arthur, Ontario. His father John Insley was from Brimington, Derbyshire in England, immigrating to Canada in 1882, while his mother Mary Jane Kittle was from Ontario. The couple married on 8 December 1886 in Port Arthur. By the time of the 1891 census the… Read More »
Corporal Paul Frank Padberg was called up in May 1918, at age 21, and he served for a year in Canada and Siberia. Paul, often known as Pat, was born on 30 December 1896 in the Netherlands. He may have been born in the city of Leeuwarden or his family may have moved there when… Read More »
Charles Peacock was born on 28 May 1898 in Red Rock, New Brunswick. He was the son of David Peacock and Margaret Currie. He was a brother to Norman Peacock who also served in WW1. His other siblings were Ernest Robert, Ella, Dorothy, Clara, Queenie, Grace, Edna, and Eva. Charles enlisted April 14, 1916… Read More »
Although a birth record was not found, by most accounts Harold Alton Tarris was born on 6 June 1897 in Oxford Junction, Nova Scotia. His parents Eli Tarris and Florence Killam were both from New Brunswick, Eli from Hillsborough and Florence from Salisbury. The couple married on 13 March 1891 in nearby Moncton. Harold had… Read More »
Private Cecil Roy Welfley enlisted with Lord Strathcona’s Horse in 1916 and served for three years in Canada, the UK and France. Cecil Roy was born in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario on 5 November 1896. Usually known as Roy, he was the only son of Frederick Henry Welfley and Frances (Fanny) Dodsworth. His father was… Read More »
Walter and William Seth enlisted together in Kenora, Ontario on 28 September 1916. They said they were born in Cutler, Ontario, a community on the North Channel of Lake Huron. For next of kin they named Mr. Iram Sawba of Cutler, although he was not a relative. Walter gave his birth date as 22 March… Read More »
Private John Campton Kerr Brydon enlisted in March 1916 and served for a year and a half in Canada, England and France. He was discharged on compassionate grounds in November 1917. John was the oldest son of John Kerr Brydon and Mary Charlotte Campton of Kenora, Ontario. His father had emigrated from Scotland around 1875,… Read More »
Born on 31 August 1891 in North Bay, Ontario, Daniel Percy Delaney was the son of John James and Mary Ellen (née Doyle) Delaney. His siblings were Bridget, Ida, May, John James, Lettie, Queeny, Gertrude, George, and Annie. For the 1891 Canada census the family was living in North Bay, Ontario with the father’s occupation… Read More »
Robert Davidson Fisher was the son of Robert Armour Fisher and Mary Jane Davidson. His father Robert also signed up at the same time in Kenora, Ontario. On his attestation papers he had lied about his year of birth, stating that it was 1897. It was discovered later that he was underage when he joined up… Read More »