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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Frank was the son of Lea (Villeneuve) and Joseph Kinney and was born in 1892 Keewatin Ontario. Frank grew up in a large family of 2 sisters and 4 brothers. When Frank enlisted in 1915, he was a trainman for the CNR. Two other brothers (Thomas James and Joseph Jerry) also saw service in WW1…. Read More »
Birth: William Lyons Thompson was born Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, July 12, 1880. His parents were Alexander Thompson and Isabella Brady. William had at least one brother, Alexander, born February 16, 1879, also in Belfast, Antrim. No further information has been located, at this time, for Williams’ family. Early life: According to his obituary, William… Read More »
Joseph Philippe Alexandre Fugere was born on 12 March 1887 in Maria, Quebec, a community on the southeast coast of the Gaspé Peninsula about 70 kilometres from the New Brunswick border. His father Boniface Fugere was a farmer and had married Philippe’s mother Elizabeth Glawser on 12 January 1886 in nearby Carlton. Boniface’s first wife… Read More »
Private Joseph Matchett was only 15 years old when he enlisted in August 1915. He served in France and Belgium in the last year of the war, returning home in March 1919. Joseph was born on 11 March 1900 in Cambeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland. His parents were Joseph Matchett and Ann McKendrick. When the 1901 census… Read More »
Robert Knox was born in Linaskea, Fermanagh, Ireland, the son of Dr. Thomas Knox and Louisa Sandels. A bank clerk, in 1913 he immigrated to Canada, arriving at St. John New Brunswick aboard the Letitia. He was bound for Toronto where he’d gained a position with the Imperial Bank, and he was then transferred to… Read More »
Clarence Victor Hewson was born on 21 December 1892 in Oakville, Ontario. His parents William Robert Hewson, a flour miller, and Elizabeth Almira Lucas were both from the area, marrying on 5 June 1889 in Oakville. By the time of the 1901 census the family had moved to Thorold, Ontario where son Harold Edward was… Read More »
Private John Clarke enlisted in November 1915 and served in France with the 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion. He was wounded in August 1918 at the Battle of Amiens and invalided to Canada five months later. According to his attestation John was born on 5 March 1884 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He immigrated to Canada around… Read More »
William Silver Dumma was born to William Dumma and Janet (Silver) Dumma on December 20th, 1880 in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. His father William Senior was listed as a Superintendent of Housing in Edinburgh in 1881. There were seven children, including: Margaret (1866-71); Helen Hay (1867-1852); James (1868-1953, came to Canada in 1894, worked… Read More »
Russell Frederick Phillips was born on 17 September 1888 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario, date confirmed by his British Columbia death record. His father Jame Phillips was born in 1822 in Dunblane, Scotland while his mother Merceline Bourassa was from Buckingham, Quebec, born in 1850. The couple married on 30 April… Read More »
George Thomas Lapworth was born 11 August 1889 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England to George Lapworth and Mary Jane (West) Lapworth. He was baptized at St. Andrew’s Church in Rugby on 30 August 1889. In the 1891 England Census, Mary Jane was listed as a widow ‘living on means’ with her son, George and two boarders… Read More »
