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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Although he gave his birth date on his attestation papers as 15 February 1896, it appears that John Heaton was born during the first quarter of 1894, birth record needed to confirm. His parents, Levi and Sarah (née Lewis) Heaton of Widnes, Lancashire had married during the third quarter of 1893 in the registration district… Read More »
Eugene Carl Anderson was born on 30 July 1895 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), in northwestern Ontario. His parents, Swedish immigrants Charles Anderson and Christina Johnson, had married in Rat Portage in November of 1892. Other children born to the family were Nancy (abt 1893), Frederick (1894), Lily Johanna (1901), Edwin (1903), Nora (1906),… Read More »
Ebenezer Smith Allan, forename shortened to Eben, was born on 1 November 1895 in Pleasance, Falkland in Fife, Scotland. His parents William Allan, a mason, and Elizabeth (Betsy) Smith were both from the area but married in St Ninians in the city of Stirling on 27July 1887. Living in Falkland, children born to the family… Read More »
Private Alfred Ernest King was called up for service in December 1917, at age 21. He was sent to Siberia a year later and he returned to Canada in May 1919. He served again in the Second World War. Alfred was the oldest son of Henry Charles King and Elizabeth Mary Haberfield of Kenora, Ontario…. Read More »
Four months after their success at Vimy Ridge the Canadian Corps fought at the Battle of Hill 70, suffering almost 6,000 casualties in the ten day operation. One of the fallen was Private Alexander McLeod. Alexander was the son of Duncan McLeod and Mary Munro of Keewatin, Ontario. Duncan was born in Stornoway on the… Read More »
Alexander Leonard (Leo) Murray was born on 14 May 1890 in Ignace in northwestern Ontario. He was the son of Alexander Morin and Leah Ross, the family surname eventually changed to Murray. Leo had an older brother Joseph Theodore and younger siblings Annie Rose and Arthur Joseph (Archie). It appears that his father died and… Read More »
Sergeant John Good Young was working as a stenographer when he enlisted in Edmonton in January 1916. He served overseas for almost three years, some of that time as a clerk, and he returned to Canada in July 1919. John was the son of William Thomas Young and Fannie Mabel (May) Simmons of Edmonton, Alberta…. Read More »
Charles Wallace House was born on 7 November 1891 in Keiferville, Ohio, baptism registered in Palmer, Putam, Ohio. His father was James Joseph House who was from Beamsville, Ontario while his mother, Amelia Julia Kitchen, was from Kieferville were the couple had married earlier that year. By the time of the birth of their next… Read More »
Andrew John Victor Anderson was born on 15 April 1896 in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario. He was the youngest child of Anders (Andrew) Anderson and Carolina Samuelsdotter Larsen. Siblings included: Charles Edward (1885-1956), Selma (1888-1888), Albert James (1890-1962), Ethel (1892-1973), and Alan Herbert Olaves (1894-1955). Andrew’s father died in 1899 and the family moved to… Read More »
