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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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John Alexander Brough was born on 26 February 1896, birth registered in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. His father John Allen Brough was from the Northwest Territories while his mother Harriet Sanderson was from Manitoba. The couple married on 1 February 1889 in Portage la Prairie. Alex had two older siblings, Mary Ann (b 1891) and… Read More »
With a family of eight children, five of the Montgomery sons were to enlist during the war. The Montgomery family had its roots in Lanark County in Ontario. Oswald Montgomery Sr, the son of a farmer and local justice of the peace, was born in 1857 in the township of Drummond. On 11 June 1884,… Read More »
Private George Stanley Bock was the only child of William Bock and Sarah Jane Dowsett of Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. His parents were both born in Ontario, William in Waterloo County and Sarah in Leeds County. They were married in June 1895 and Stanley was born in Spring Bay on 24 October 1896. William… Read More »
William Core was born on 18 August 1871 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England. His parents Joseph Metcalfe Core and Elizabeth Wheeler married during the last quarter of 1868 in Skipton. William had an older brother Arthur, born in Skipton in 1868 but by the time of the birth of Anne in 1874 the family was living… Read More »
Private Reginald George Faulkner and his brother Vincent enlisted together in July 1915 and for both of them the war ended the following year. Reginald was severely wounded and no longer fit for service and his brother was killed in action in France. Reginald was born 15 December 1894 in Rat Portage, Ontario, the son… Read More »
Private David Carswell Steele enlisted with the 52nd Battalion in August 1915. He served overseas in England, France and Belgium and returned to Canada with his unit in March 1919. David was the son of James Steele (Steel) and Agnes Carswell of Keewatin, Ontario. James and Agnes were both born in Scotland and at the… Read More »
James Silliman Dulmage was born on 09 December 1872 in Orillia, Ontario. His parents were Augustus Frederick Dulmage and Elizabeth Ann Oliver. Siblings included: Rhoda Jane (1869-1959; married John Philbin), Louisa Emma (1871-1909; married David Kay), Flora Maud (1874-1889), George Augustus (1876-1911; married Minnie McCraynor), Glen Oliver (b. 1878), Alexander (1880-1943; married Kate Gardiner), Frederick… Read More »
Private Paul Joseph Solleroz enlisted in April 1916, at age 19, and served in France with the 5th Battalion. He was killed in action in April 1917 at the Battle of Arleux. Paul was the oldest son of Jean Casimir Solleroz and Marie Alexandrine Pilloud of Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Casimir and Alexandrine were both born in… Read More »
Jessie Helen Weir was born on 13 August 1892 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. Her father William Anderson Weir was from Glasgow, Scotland and had immigrated to Canada in 1883. Her mother Josephine Van Felson was born in Quebec City where the couple married in 1889. The marriage registration gave William’s occupation as… Read More »
Private John Edward McIlwaine served for two years in France and Belgium with the 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada). He was wounded twice and became ill with influenza but he survived the war. John was born on 5 April 1888 in Workington, Cumberland County, England. His parents, James McIlwaine and Margaret McLoughlan, were both… Read More »
