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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Etched on the Keewatin Cenotaph in Beatty Park in Keewatin, Ontario is T Cauley as one of the fallen in WW1 and from the area. His identity could not be confirmed nor was his name or variation of the name found on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial or in WW1 service records.
According to his attestation papers, Henry John Hansen was born on 01 May 1892 in Keewatin, Ontario. (His baptism, obituary, and grave marker supports the date of birth as 01 May 1893). His parents were Johan (John) Haakon Hansen and Ida Malis Olson. Siblings included: Karine Hulda (b. 1895), Myrtle (b. 1896), Arthur (b. 1898)… Read More »
Born on 16 October 1892 in Rat Portage (later named Kenora), Ontario, Ernest Joseph Perrault was the eldest son of Joseph and Exilda (née Favreau) Perrault who were originally from Quebec, very much a Catholic French Canadian family. He was a direct descendent of Nicholas Perrot, an early explorer and diplomat that came to Canada… Read More »
During the war W. J. Ireland served as a Lieutenant in the 98th Regiment, a militia unit based in Kenora, Ontario. The Regiment was made up of four companies: A (Fort Frances), B (Kenora), C (Emo) and D (Rainy River). The Militia and Defence Forces Lists for Canada tell us he joined B Company of… Read More »
Reuben Duffett Kendall was born on 28 August 1895 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), in northwestern Ontario. His father William Glanfield Kendall was from Rettendon, Essex, England. At age twenty-three William had immigrated to Canada, first living in Stratford, Ontario where he worked for the Grand Trunk Railway before moving to Winnipeg in 1882… Read More »
Thomas Hill was born Oct. 7, 1876 in Applegarth, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the son of William and Rachel Hill. In the 1881 census he was listed as living with his grandfather David Hill at Dalmkedder Cottage in Applegarth along several other extended family members. By 1891 he was working as a farm servant at the nearby… Read More »
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 »
Private John Joseph Dougherty enlisted in July 1916 and arrived in France a year later. He was killed in September 1918 by a large bomb dropped from a German airplane. According to his service record John was born on 16 May 1887 in Bradford, Ontario, a small village about 50 km north of Toronto. When… Read More »
James was the youngest child born December 17, 1891 to Andrew McCullagh and Mary Anne Boyd of Killybegs, Donegal County, Ireland. His father was farming in the townland of Aghayeegoge. Siblings were Margaret, Bella, John, Bessie, Andrew (Jr), (next was Thomas), Susan and Jane (last born was James). At the age of 18, James immigrated… Read More »
Gunner Charles James Woodley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and living in California when the war started. He returned to Canada in 1918 and served for 14 months with the Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery. Charles was the oldest son of Henry Richard and Matilda Woodley of Victoria, British Columbia. He was born in Winnipeg on… Read More »
