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

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English, Clarence Robert

Clarence Robert Marian English was born on 08 July 1894 in Somerset, England. His father, Theodore Hewitt English worked as florist, nurseryman, horticultural commission agent and horticultural auctioneer. Theodore had married in 1884. His wife’s name was Pattie (1891 census) or Martha (probate records). Other children of this couple included: Ellen Vera (b. 1887), Theodore… Read More »

Tapp, Walter

Likely born a day or two earlier, William Wilfred (Walter) Tapp was baptized on 30 May 1894 in Rivière au Renard (Fox River), Gaspé, Quebec, the village now amalgamated with the town of Gaspé. Both from the area, his parents Jean Baptiste Tapp and Berenice Bond had married on 6 November 1876 in Rivière au… Read More »

Twaduklum, Philip

Records are sketchy for Philip Twaduklum but here is what we know: – he was born in Bosrab, Russia on 12 December 1886, son of Nikit Twaduklum (Attestation) – he came to Canada in 1908 (1921 Census) – not found in 1911 Canadian Census Philip enlisted with the 227th ‘Men of the North’ Battalion in… Read More »

Gibben, Paul Burman

Paul Burman Gibben was born on 22 July 1898 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father William Gibben was from Barnaby Moor while his mother Sarah Eleanor Burman was from Middlesborough, both in Yorkshire, England. The couple married during the last quarter of 1890 in the registration district of Middlesborough. At the time of the 1891 England… Read More »

Wickstrom, Isaac Albert

Isak Albert Wikström was born on 9 August 1888 in Bälinge, NederluleГҐ in Norrbotten, Sweden. Bälinge is in northern Sweden close to the Finland border. His parents Nils Petter Wikström and Maria Langström were both from the area, marrying on 19 October 1873 in Bälinge. In the various Swedish records Nils’ occupation was given as… Read More »

White, Thomas William

Thomas William White was born to Joseph and Ann White in Derby, England on May 9th, 1887. He immigrated to Keewatin, Canada in 1911, with his wife Annie Ellen following in 1912. Their son, Thomas William was born in 1913 or 1914. Thomas enlisted on August 16th, 1916 and was assigned to the 238th Battalion…. Read More »

Gilchrist, Nelson Peter

Acting Lance Corporal Nelson Peter Gilchrist enlisted underage when he was 15 years old. He was wounded at the Somme at age 16 and he served in the UK for the rest of the war. Nelson was the only child of Peter Gilchrist and Lizzie May Markle. His parents were both born in Ontario, Peter… Read More »

Giguere, Edmond

Birth date and location: Edmond Giguere was born in the RM of Cartier, Manitoba, on October 8, 1887, forenames given as Joseph Narcisse on the Manitoba birth record. His parents, Narcisse and Elzir, both of whom had been born in Quebec, moved their family to Manitoba about 1883 or 1884. Until that time, Narcisse had… Read More »

Lusby, Ernest

Ernest Lusby was born on 14 June 1895 in Cotherstone, Yorkshire in England. His mother was Catherine Canning who was born in 1859 in Liverpool. Catherine married William Gilray, a mariner, in November of 1877 in Liverpool. In February of 1880 she then married William Lawson, Catherine listed as a widow on the marriage record… Read More »