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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Private James Harris Currier (aka James Harry Hough) enlisted twice, in August 1916 and again in April 1918. He served in Canada and Great Britain for about two years. James was the son of John William Hough and Catherine Currier. John and Catherine were married in 1871 in Arnprior, Ontario and they had at least… Read More »
Private George William Tennant was the son of George Tennant Sr. and Catherine (Kate) Margaret Lambert. George Sr. and Kate had at least five other children: Herbert Maxwell (1889), Francis Lambert (1892), Janet Louisa (1894), Charlotte Mary (1900) and Roland Judd Murray (1904). Most of the children were born in Port Arthur, Ontario but George… Read More »
According to his obituary Harry Chorney was a veteran of the First World War. His obituary tells us he was born on 11 April 1898 in Borowe, Ukraine but his 1930 marriage record gives his place of birth as Poland. There is a village called Borowe in Poland and when the First World War started… Read More »
William Rufus Mair was born on 19 December 1879 in the Byron area of Westminster Township in Middlesex, Ontario where his family farmed. He was the first born child of Andrew Mair and Sarah Ann Mackey, his parents marrying on 25 December 1877 in Westminster. Other children born to the family were Norman Sylvester (1881),… Read More »
Although he gave his date of birth as 21 August 1890 on his recruitment paper, Arthur Joseph Mann was born on 23 August 1891 in Bonfield, Ontario. His parents James and Marguerite (née Laporte) Mann, both originally from Quebec, had married in Bonfield. Other children born to the couple were Henry Laporte (1887-1922), Jean (John)… Read More »
Private John Edgar Alexander Humphrey was born on 29 November 1894 in Dixville, Barnston Township, Quebec. His father Samuel Edgar Humphrey, a farmer, was from the U.S. and his mother Isabelle Murray was born in Quebec to Scottish parents. Samuel and Isabelle were married in Coaticook, Barnston County in 1884 and they had at least… Read More »
Corporal William Joseph Jarrett was married and the father of six children when he enlisted in March 1917. He survived the war and returned home in 1919 but less than two years later he was killed in a train accident at work. William was born in London, England on 13 September 1877, the youngest child… Read More »
John Cousland Rodger was born on 26 July 1896 in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow, Scotland. His father John Rodger was from Holytown, Lanarkshire while his mother Cecilia Jenkins Cousland was from Glasgow. Although both were living in Glasgow at the time, the couple married on 4 October 1892 in Perth. John Sr, listed as… Read More »
Private Harry Wilson served overseas for two years, most of that time in France and Belgium with the 8th Battalion. He was wounded twice, at the Battle of Passchendaele and at Amiens, but he survived the war and returned to Canada in May 1919. Harry was the oldest son of Henry Wilson and Edith Alma… Read More »
Hector Charles MacWilliam was born on 23 August 1885 in the area of Eldon/Belfast in Queens County on Prince Edward Island where his family farmed. Spellings of the surname on various records include MacWilliam, MacWilliams, McWilliam, and McWilliams. Hector’s parents were Hugh MacWilliam and Flora MacMillan who had married around 1874. Children born to the… Read More »
