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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Anton David Sorensen (Sorenson) was born on 13 August 1889 in Egtved, Denmark. Before immigrating to Canada he served for seven months with the volunteers in Copenhagen. Once in Canada, Anton farmed in Manitoba. On 20 November 1916, Anton enlisted with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in Winnipeg. He sailed to England in April of… Read More »
Although he gave his date of birth as 23 July 1893 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England on his attestation papers, Reuben William Watkinson was born in 1889. His mother Lydia Ashman was born in London and married his father George Watkinson, widower, in Birmingham in 1883. George, born in Birmingham, had previously married Mary Ann Fisher… Read More »
Stanislas Aurele Clouatre was born on 27 September 1894 in Val-Racine, Quebec. His parents Emilien Clouatre and Marie Grenier had married on 5 June 1892 in nearby Notre-Dame-des-Bois. The couple farmed in the Val-Racine area for a number of years, giving birth to children Ozilda (1893-1965), Stanislas, Rose Delima ((1895-1978), Thomas (1897-1965), Aldea (1899-1916), Wilfred… Read More »
Thomas Cecil Cherry was born on 21 December 1895 in Keewatin, Ontario. His parents were Thomas Joseph Cherry and Caroline Hawkin. Siblings included John Joseph Roland, Agnes, Marion and Norah. Cecil’s father was born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada 1871. He was a Reeve for Keewatin in 1907 and 1908 becoming Keewatin’s first Mayor… Read More »
Private Frank Murphy enlisted in May 1916 and served for three years with the Fort Garry Horse. He became ill with influenza in 1918 but he survived the war and returned to Canada in May 1919. Frank (Francis) Murphy was born on 5 March 1884 in Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, Ireland. He had at least one… Read More »
The Hulmes family was from Manchester, Lancashire in England where parents Thomas and Martha (Pennington) had married on 24 March 1883. Thomas was listed as a coal wharfinger (takes custody of and is responsible for goods delivered to the wharf) in the 1891 census and as a coal dealer in later censuses. Children born… Read More »
Private Phillip (Philippe) Charlebois enlisted in February 1916 and served overseas with the 43rd Battalion. He was severely wounded at the Battle of the Somme in October 1916. After a long convalescence he rejoined his battalion in the fall of 1917 and he was killed in action four months later. Phillip was the oldest son… Read More »
Sergeant Edward John Parsons immigrated to Canada with his family in 1913, a year before the war started. He returned to England in August 1914 and served with the Royal Field Artillery until the end of the war. Edward was born in Exeter, a river port city in the county of Devon in southwest England…. Read More »
Albert Edward (Boswell) Kelley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 17 December 1891 although his birth was later registered in Ontario as the 24th of December. His mother Catherine Jane (Kate) Boswell, born in Liverpool, England, had immigrated to Canada in 1887 along with David Kelley who was later to become Albert’s adoptive father. David… Read More »
According to his attestation paper, George Edouard Deschambeau was born on 24 May 1886 in Kenora, Ontario (Rat Portage at the time). His father George Deschambeault, born at Fort Cumberland, Northwest Territories, was employed by the Hudson’s Bay Company as was his grandfather, also George Deschambeault. His mother Virginie Genthon was born in Manitoba and… Read More »
