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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Frank Richard (Dick) Parmeter was born on 18 May 1891 in Kington, Herefordshire, England. His father Frank William Parmeter was from Bletchy in the district of Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire where his parents, classified as hotel keepers on census documents, operated the Station Hotel and Refreshment Room. His mother Juliet Emma Chapman was from Uppingham,… Read More »
Michael Mathew Ackabee was born on 03 April 1892 at Sandy Lake, north of Dinorwic, and spent his whole life in the district except for his time with the CEF during WW1. His parents were Andrew Ackabee and Mary Gilbert (Clear Sky Skaychommskook). He had at least four siblings – Elizabeth, William, Nancy and Joseph…. Read More »
Private Louis (Lewin/Lewis) Hansen was living in northwestern Ontario when he enlisted on 14 April 1916. He signed up in Winnipeg with the 197th (Vikings of Canada) Battalion, which was based in Winnipeg and recruited in western Canada. His address was Keewatin, Ontario, his occupation was ranger and next of kin was his cousin Constance… Read More »
Robert Spence was born on 3 November 1893 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His parents Robert Spence and Elizabeth Park Johnston were both from the Orkneys in Scotland, marrying on 21 June 1888 in Burray, South Ronaldshay. At the time Robert, a widower, was working as a fisherman. Later that year… Read More »
Olof Artur (Arthur) Bergström was born on 4 April 1888 in Bellvik in the parish of Dorotea in Västerbotten in northern Sweden. His parents Olof Johan (Ole) Bergström and Sigrid Mathilda Östlund were both from Dorotea, marrying on 5 July 1885. Arthur had an older brother Johan Alfred (John) (1886) and younger siblings Hilma Mathilda… Read More »
Private Melville Bosman enlisted in March 1916 and served in France and Belgium with the 8th Battalion. He was wounded at Passchendaele in November 1917 and spent the rest of the war in the UK. Melville was the youngest son of John Bosman and Laura Sellars of Brandon, Manitoba. John grew up in a large… Read More »
Sapper James George Fullford signed up with a railway unit in February 1917 and served in France for two years. He returned to Canada in May 1919. James was the youngest son of James (Sr.) and Elizabeth Fullford of Toronto, Ontario. His parents were both born in London, England and they came to Canada in… Read More »
The son of Annie Adelaide Jones, Albert William Dunham Jones was born on 28 January 1889 in North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, England. At the time of his birth his mother was working as a domestic servant. By the 1891 England census, Annie and Albert were listed as visitors with the William and Caroline Humberstone family in… Read More »
Captain Rocque Francis Beaudro was married and the father of three young boys when he enlisted in May 1916. He served in France with the Canadian Railway Troops and returned to Canada in March 1919. Rocque was the son of Joseph Henry Beaudro (Beaudrault) and Sarah Leger of Kenora, Ontario. He was born on 29… Read More »
Private Wilfred Lavoie joined the 52nd Battalion in 1915 and served overseas for four years. He returned to Canada in September 1919 with a war bride. Wilfred was the son of Wilfred Lavoie Sr. and Mary Ann McKeon of Kenora, Ontario. Mary Ann’s family emigrated from Scotland when she was a child and by 1881… Read More »
