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

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Stevens, Albert John Edward

Albert John Edward Stevens was born on 05 December 1893 in Withingham, Gloucestershire, England. His parents were Edwin Stevens and Esther Ann Higgins. Second youngest child of the family, Albert’s twelve siblings included: Rosetta (1874-1957), Eunice (1876-1955), Mildred (b. 1877), Frederick (1878-1899), Arthur (1879-1960), Clara (1881-1920), Christina (1883-1920), Alice (1884-1943). Ellen (1888-1922), William (b. 1890),… Read More »

Lingwood, John

Soldier, actor, carpenter, town constable, radio repairman, cattle rancher, sewer inspector and those were just a some of the many jobs John Lingwood held over his lifetime. But it was his time as a soldier that most influenced his life. John Lingwood was born March 2, 1883 in Bareilly, India, the first child of British… Read More »

O’Flaherty, Thomas Francis

Thomas Francis O’Flaherty was born on 23 April 1884 in Clogheen, County Cork, Ireland. Their first born child, his parents were Thomas and Anne (née O’Dell) O’Flaherty. Other children born to the family were Lawrence, Margaret Mary (Peggy), Jeremiah, John Joseph, Edward, Jane Mary, Morgan, Annie Kathleen, and Elizabeth (Betty). Parents Thomas and Anne were… Read More »

Flett, Norbert Joseph Arthur

Private Norbert Joseph Arthur Flett was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba on 4 February 1888, the son of Charles Flett and Dorothy Laviolete. He was married in Kenora, Ontario on 12 April 1910 to Maggie Blackeye. Maggie was 20 years old, born in Ontario and the daughter of Abraham and Mary Blackeye. Norbert and Maggie… Read More »

Elmer, Rudolph

Rudolph Elmer was born on 29 June 1884 in Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands. He arrived in the Kenora District around 1908 and worked as a labourer in the employ of Mr. A. Fricker. On 20 November 1915 he enlisted with the 94th Battalion in Kenora. He had one year of service with the #8 Engineers in… Read More »

McLeod, Cecil

Cecil McLeod joined the war effort as soon as he was old enough, enlisting with the 76th Canadian Field Artillery Depot Battery in Winnipeg in March 1917, just three months after turning 18. McLeod had been born in Rat Portage Dec. 8, 1898, the son of Edward Donald McLeod, a CPR engineer, and Elizabeth Eakins…. Read More »

Hook, Douglas Edgar

Douglas Edgar Hook was born on 13 September 1899 in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario.  His parents were Henry (Harry) Hook and Harriet (Hattie) McGinnis. Henry Hook was an affluent business man who controlled real estate and mining claims in the area. He was manager of Burns and Company, a wholesale meat business. His other children… Read More »

Fuller, Charles Robert

Charles Robert Fuller (known as Robert) was born on 17 November 1870 in Wantage, Berkshire, England.  He was the oldest child and only son of Charles and Mary Ann Fuller. His sisters were: Harriet (b. 1873), Emmeline (b. 1877), Rose (b. 1879), Mary (b. 1882), Beatrice (b. 1885), Lillian (b. 1888), and Esther (b. 1890)…. Read More »

Mair, William Rufus

William Rufus Mair was born on 19 December 1879 in the Byron area of Westminster Township in Middlesex, Ontario where his family farmed. He was the first born child of Andrew Mair and Sarah Ann Mackey, his parents marrying on 25 December 1877 in Westminster. Other children born to the family were Norman Sylvester (1881),… Read More »

DeGagne, Arthur Joseph

Although a birth record was not found, it appears that Arthur Joseph DeGagne was born on 6 October 1893 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His parents Pierre Paul (Peter) DesGagnes and Eva Coté were from Quebec, marrying on 18 January 1875 in St-Jean-de-Dieu, Les Basques where Peter was working as a meunier (miller)…. Read More »