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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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John Richard Burnham was born on 4 March 1890 in Woodston on the outskirts of Peterborough in England. His father James was from Woodston while his mother Charlotte Parrott was from nearby Longthorp, another community on the outskirts of Peterborough. The couple had married in 1875 in Chapeltown, Yorkshire. Over the years James’ occupation was… Read More »
Lance Sergeant James Andrew Adams served with the 5th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles in France and Belgium. He was wounded three times and he died in November 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele. James was the oldest son of Donald Fraser Adams and Isabella Alice Alford of Matapédia, Bonaventure County, Quebec. Donald was a farmer… Read More »
Although he gave his year of birth as 1888 on his attestation papers, Archibald (Archie) Delargy was born on 29 July 1885 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His birth record as found on the scotlandspeople website, as well as some Scotland census documents, show the surname as De Largy. Archie’s father Archibald was from Airdrie in Lanarkshire,… Read More »
William Littlejohn Mitchell was born on 27 October 1889 in Quilquox in the registration district of Savoch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His father Alexander Mitchell, a crofter/farmer, was from Tarves while his mother Margaret (Maggie) Littlejohn was New Deer, both communities within a 15 kilometres radius of Quilquox. Alexander and Maggie married on 28 December 1888 in… Read More »
Private James Armour served in France with the 43rd Battalion for a year before being wounded at Passchendaele in October 1917. He was invalided back to Canada in the fall of 1918. James was born on 27 January 1890 in Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland. His parents, Thomas Armour and Jane Kennedy, were married in 1886 and… Read More »
Klaus Anton Winberg was born on 26 April 1883 in Tidavad, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden. His parents were Pat Winberg and Johanna Pettersdotter. He became a merchant marine and served in WW1 with the number 436041 and the rank of Able Bodied Seaman. He was awarded the Mercantile Marine Medal with ribbon and the British Medal… Read More »
Private Stanley John Ellerby enlisted in November 1915 and served for more than three years in Canada, Great Britain, France and Belgium. He returned to Canada in February 1919. Stanley was the youngest child of George Ellerby and Hannah Axford of Marylebone, London, England. George and Hannah were married in 1871 and they had at… Read More »
Joseph Antoine Orphidas (Alfridas) Fortier was born on 2 February 1896 in St Boniface, Manitoba. In his early life he went by the name of Alfridas, Alfred, or Doss but in later life as Joseph. His parents were Joseph and Exilda (née Leblanc) Fortier who had married in St Boniface on 4 July 1891. Joseph… Read More »
According to his attestation papers, Ernest Watts was born on 1 March 1888 in Portsmouth in England. His marriage record along with census records suggested that he was likely born in 1886 or 1887 while his obituary gave the year as 1877, the year also inscribed on his grave marker. Details of Ernest’s early life… Read More »
Although a birth record was not found, by most accounts John Robert Corbett was born on 28 September 1900 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His parents were Robert Corbett, a blacksmith, and Ellen Pritchard, with the couple marrying on 29 April 1904 in Fort William. John had three older siblings/half siblings, Marie Bernadette… Read More »
