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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Birth date and location: Joseph James Tetroe was born in Tyndall, Manitoba, on July 18, 1886. His parents were Joseph (born about 1845, U.S.A.) and Josephine Tetroe (born in the U.S.A. December 28, 1859). Early life: Throughout the 1901, 1906 and 1911 Canadian Census Lists, Joseph, Josephine and their children were living in… Read More »
Harry Raymond Stewart was born on 9 March 1894 in the township of Bristol in Pontiac, Quebec. His father Ephraim Stewart was from Bristol while his mother Emma Way was from nearby Shawville, both families farmers. The couple married on 12 August 1891 in Ottawa, the city about 75 kilometres east of Bristol. The next… Read More »
Private Nichol Finlayson was sent to France to join the 43rd Battalion in August 1916 and six weeks later he became a prisoner of war. He spent two years in POW camps in France and Germany but he survived and returned to Canada in February 1919. Nichol was the son of Nichol (Sr.) and Elizabeth… Read More »
Clovis Adelard DeGagne was born on 11 September 1865 in Laterriere, Chicoutimi in Quebec, date and place confirmed by his baptism record. His father George DeGagne was from L’isle aux Coudres in the St Lawrence River while his mother Marie Illide Dubois was from Becancour. The couple married on 7 January 1851 in Grande Baie,… Read More »
Private Charles Bunch enlisted in June 1915 and served in France with the 44th Battalion. He was killed in action in October 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. Charles was born in 1883 in Stepney, London, England. His attestation records his birth date as 26 September but on his baptism record it’s 25 September…. Read More »
Born on 10 June 1888 in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, Donald McLean was the son of farmer John McLean and his wife Christina. Donald served five years with the Seaforth Highlanders. In 1906, 18 year old Donald immigrated to Keewatin, Ontario, Canada and obtained work with the Lake of the Woods Flour Milling Company… Read More »
John Bennett Green was born in Morpeth, Northumberland, England on January 12, 1893. John was the son of David Green and Rachael (Emily) Bennett. David and Rachael (Emily) also had 5 daughters. His sisters were Mrs. W. F. Collings, Elfreda (Mrs. A. Beckworth), Mrs. J. R. Cherry, Edith and Mrs. F. Donahoe…. Read More »
Private Peter Kerr was a homestead farmer living in Viscount, Saskatchewan when the war started. He enlisted in Saskatoon on 6 March 1916 and took his own life five days later. Peter was born in 1873 in Kirkcaldy, county of Fife, Scotland, the son of Thomas Kerr and Catherine Christie. He immigrated to Canada with… Read More »
