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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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According to his later obituary, Michael Pawluk was born on 21 November 1893 in Tarnowitz, Poland. At some point he immigrated to Canada and settled in northwestern Ontario. On 28 June 1936, in Kenora, he married widow Sophie (née Glochowski) Sabadoz, Michael listed as a widower on the marriage document. Over the years he was… Read More »
Trooper Francis (Frank) Edwards Watson enlisted in a cavalry unit in May 1916 and served in Canada and Great Britain for two years. He was discharged for medical reasons in May 1918. Frank was the oldest son of George Thompson Watson and Eleanor Lavinia Thompson of Winnipeg, Manitoba. George was born in New Brunswick and… Read More »
John Lyon Pither Murray was born on 25 December 1896 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father George White Murray was from Scotland, immigrating to Canada in 1881, while his mother Flora Rachel Barr Lyon was from the Milton, Ontario area. The couple married in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario on 5 February 1889. At the… Read More »
George Harry Stubbins (known as Harry) was born on 13 January 1888 in Manchester, England. His parents were Mark Stubbins, a carpenter and grocer, and Mary Henrietta Robinson. Siblings included James, Martha, John (Jack), Thomas and Mary (Polly). Harry served in the Royal Engineers for two years before coming to Canada. His first arrival in… Read More »
The first born child of the family, John Henry Gardner was born on 28 June 1889 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. His parents William, a bricklayer by trade, and Nina Elizabeth (née Whitehouse), a dressmaker, had married during the first quarter of 1888 in Kidderminster. Other children born to the family were Frederick (1893) and Frank (1898)…. Read More »
William Henry Coles was born on 29 July 1872 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His father Thomas Coles, a coachman, was from Littleton, Bristol while his mother Mary Ann Lilley was from Ledbury, Herefordshire. The couple married in 1868 in Tunbridge Wells. William had an older sister Amy who was born in late 1869 but… Read More »
Private Walter George Muggaberg was the son of Julius Muggaberg Jr. and Margaret Ann Park. Julius was likely born in the Northwest Territories or in the Red River Settlement, which became part of Manitoba. His father was from Norway and his mother was Scottish Métis. By 1881 his family had moved to Rat Portage, Ontario…. Read More »
Private Robert Ernest Neale joined the 52nd Battalion in April 1915 and served for four years in Canada, the UK, France and Belgium. He returned home in March 1919 with a war bride. Robert was the son of William Neale and Emily Fry of Tatsfield, Surrey, England. His parents were both born in Tetbury, Gloucestershire… Read More »
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 »
Private Louis Romeo Gauthier enlisted at age 16 and served in France and Belgium with the 52nd Battalion. He was seriously wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele and he died three months later, at age 18. Louis was the oldest son of Louis Leonide Gauthier and Josephine Albertine Harrison of Otterburne, Manitoba. According to census… Read More »
