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Honouring ancestors is a nearly universal spiritual practice. In some religions, it appears as ancestor worship or praying to those who have gone before...or, as it says in Leviticus (19:3), to "revere" our fathers and mothers, who went before. (Bass, Dianne Butler, Grounded Finding God in the World - A Spiritual Revolution)
A Dictionary of many of the distinguised residents of what in 2000 became the City of Kenora. The site is dedicated to the thousands of volunteers, professionals, business people, and citizens who contributed by their efforts to making Kenora the great city it is today. This websites welcomes submissions, photos and corrections to this site (email to jretson@shaw.ca).
Harry Townsend Agar 1875 - 1944
Edward Joseph Alcock 1896 - 1917
George Henry Alcock 1862-1930
John "Jack" Allan 1881- 1970
Ernest Frederick Angood 1889-1970
Frank James Apjohn 1887- 1918
Francis "Frank" Joseph Ap`John 1853-1905
Ernest Appleton 1869-1944
Phillip H. Austin 1867-1944
David Henry Balchin 1924 - 2002
Dr Daniel MacTavish Baker 1886 - 1956
Dr Irwin Baker 1850 - 1939
John Ebers Baker 1904 - 1957
Raymond George Baker 1931 - 2016
Ronald Baker 1930-2017
George Barnes 1854-1935
William LeBaron Baker 1848-1888
Ralph Bateman 1880 - 1947
William John Beatty 1868 -1930
Rocque Francis Beaudro 1884-1960
Adolphus Henry Beggs 1891- 1917
Private James Begg 1895 - 1916
Margaret (Begg)
Mitchell 1848-1944
Charles Wiggins Belyea 1857-1919
William Moore "Bill" Benidickson 1911 -1985
August P. Bergman 1879-1940
Dr. James Beveridge
Peter Duncan Billings 1930 -2013
John Black 1874 - 1959
Emile Victor Blouin 1926- 2017
John Horace Bowack 1921 - 2013
Dr Brian Bowerman
Ruth Bowiec
Arthur Cyril Boyce 1867 - 1942
John Brenchley 1859 - 1942
Captain James Westropp Brereton 1830-1911
John Thomas Brett 1886-1941
Gerard Brimble 1894 - 1965
Mathew Brown 1854 - 1907
Donald Bruce
George Nelson Brunsel 1873-1947
Torrance "Tory" Brydges 1950-2011
John Kerr Brydon 1847-1930
John Robert Bunn 1855-1932
Samuel Martin Burris 1904-1991
Edward "Ted" Cherry Burton 1931 - 2004
Edgerton Wellington Byers 1882-1978
Bill Calder
George Harper Calder 1882-1948 and sons Robert George Calder 1917-1944, William Graham Calder 1925-2007
Sir Douglas Colin Cameron 1854-1921
Maxwell Yorston Cameron 1904-1981
William George Cameron 1863-1940
Aungus Campbell 1883-1954, sons Wesley Campbell 1917- 2000, George Albert Campbell 1925 - 1944
Archibald Campbell 1863-
David Canfield
Frederick Wallace Canniff 1864- 1943
Angus Carmichael 1852-1938
George Raymond Carmichael 1893- 1981
Herbert C. Carpenter 1872 -
Ernest Leslie " Earnie" Carter 1909
Charles Walter Chadwick 1853 - 1925
Arthur Reginald Chaloner 1893 - 1971
John Ken Chambers
Edward Arthur Chapman 1850 - 1902
Thomas William Chapple 1853-1926
Hélène (Collin) Charbonneau 1848 - 1918
Private Arthur Edwin Clarkson 1893 - 1915
James Clarkson 1857 1910
Walter Daniel Smith Coate 1862 - 1944
John "Jack" Lewis Conlon 1877 -1962
Henry Porter Cooke 1884-1936
Abraham Coppleman 1896- 1958
Stan Cox
Henry "Harry" Cornish 1873- 1947
John "Jack" Cortens 1923 - 2012
Thomas Robert Cossey 1849-1908
Herbert Thomas Cossey 1871-1947
Stanley Thomas Cossey 1909-1971
Elizabeth Marion Courtney 1873-1942
John Allan Craig 1859 - 1929
William John Craig 1866 - 1935
Janet Clarissa Crooks 1865-1951
Donald Hector Currie 1860 - 1956
George Robert Curtis 1945 - 2017
John Dahl
Raymond Glenn Davidson 1896 - 1969
John Bowen Davies 1872 - 1954
Dr. John D Dean
Thomas Russell Deacon 1865 - 1955
Allan Martin Dawson Delamere 1906-1967
Charles C. Delbridge 1867 - 1934
Maurice I Derouard 1876 - 1939
George Derry 1849 - 1924
Joseph Derry 1876 - 1958
John Albert Devaney 1854 - 1906
Ed Devins 1935-2015
Dr. Rhonda Diamond
Andrew Albert Dodds 1902-1997
Jack K. Doner 1918-1999
Aaron Donner 1848-
Harry John "Jack" Donley 1901-1948
George Herbert Draper 1873-1922
George Drewry 1861- 1945
Helene (Struchynski) Dubenski 1917-2013
Augustus Frederick Dulmage 1846-
Clarence Joseph Norman Dusang 1919 - 1988
Frederick Alfred Dubois 1880-
Dr. James Christopher Edie 1926- 1991
Dr. Albert Henry Edmison 1860-1934
Captain Frank Edwards 1879-1945
Richard Hingston Elliott 1893-1959
,a href="https://www.retson.ca/engstromcharleswebb1928.pdf">Charles "Webb" Engstrom 1928 2021
Joseph Pattulo Earngey 1870 - 1939
George E Evans 1851-
Mervyn "Merv" Ronald Farrow 1937-2013
David Thomson Ferguson 1861 - 1911
William A Ferguson 1867 - 1920
Ashton Thomas Fife 1871 - 1957
Ernest Richard Finch 1873 - 1972
Robert Armour Fisher 1880- 1954
Thomas Stoddard Agar Fitzgerald 1873-1966
Samuel George Fogg 1858 - 1898
George Foster 1853 1941
John M Denton Fraine 1881 - 1951
William Luke Francis
Jack "J.R." Fraser
Joseph Victor Fregeau
Thaddeus Anthony "T.A." Gadbois 1858-1915
Israel Gagne 1863
John Henry Gamble 1864 - 1941
Frank Gardner 1848-1937
Charles Douglas Gatton 1920 - 2002
Jacob Gill "Jake" Gaudaur
William Robert Housten Gerrie 1855- 1927
Ronald Hunter Gilchrist 1866-1918
John "Jack" Goldie 1870-1945
Lewis William "Bill" Goss 1919 - 2008
Morton "Mort" Goss 1949
Willian John Grant 1931-2006
John Robert Gunne 1870-1935
William James Gunne 1859 - 1950
Dr. David Halliwell 1922 -2007
Rolland Hammerstedt 1931-2017
Dr. Clayton Hammett
Dr. John Hammett
Dr Thomas Hanson 1846-1913
Frank Edward Hanton 1920-2002
Lloyd George Hanton 1923--1943
Donald Alexander Hardisty 1870 - 1928
Thomas Alexander Hardisty 1867 - 1953
Thomas Wilfred "Smokey Fred" Harris 1888-1974
Edward Francis Head 1854-1924
Maxwell Kirkpatrict Heap 1870-1941
Peter Heenan 1875 - 1948
Captain James Issac Henderson 1870 - 1926
Louis Hilliard 1851-1914
Arthur Graham "Mike" Holland 1904 - 1965
Gordon Evans Hollinsworth 1909-1992
Howard Fenwick Holmes 1857-1917
Henry Edward Hook 1865 - 1947
Captain Frederick Thomas Hooper 1851-1924
Charles Thomas Hooper (Tom) 1883 - 1960
Thomas John Horsfall 1929 - 2001
James Jackson Horn 1873-1954
Algeron Sydney "A.S." Horswill 1862-1927
Jacob Hose 1853 - 1907
Fred Albert Hudson 1863 - 1932
John Wesley Humble 1851- 1939
Leslie Earl Hutchinson 1888 - 1976
Charles Wilbur Jackson 1879-1936
Charles Randolph "Randy" Jackson
William Jackson 1872 - 1924
Fredrick Dufferin Jackson 1874- 1944
William George Jay
Roger Jeal 1982-83
James Alan Johansen 1940-2013
Captain Arthur Johnson 1860 - 1920
Harold Martin Johnson 1907-1988
Joseph Johnson 1868 - 1941
Lawrence Phillips Johnson 1912 - 2003
Danny "Dan" Jorgensen 1957 - 2017
David Kay 1868- 1944
John Kay 1838- 1893
Emma
(Kems) Sharpe 1853-1940
The story of David Kejick
Karen Kejick
William Glenfield Kendall 1853-1931
Donald Stuart King 1914 -2007
James Arthur Kinney 1877 - 1947
Ida Florence (Knight) Machin 1878 - 1950
Gustavus Adolphus Kobold 1862-
Walter Kostantin 1928-2012
Lillian "Lily" Theresa Kron
Rudolph. "Rudy" Ernest Kron 1868 - 1978
Father Albert Lacombe 1827-1916
Dr Albert A Laidlaw (Partner of Dr Edmison)
Henry Langford 1867 - 1901
Percy Edward Langford 1884 - 1950
Antoine Armand Lajeunesse 1891 - 1967
Antoine Baptiste Lajeunesse 1869-1940
Robert Laurenson 1845 - 1906
Peter Lawton
Jack Lepine 1922
David Shannon Lillico 1953-2011
James A. Link 1877
Frank Litt 1926-1998
William Edward Lodge 1871-1951
Sgt Victor Daniel Lundmark 1887 - 1941
Ron Lunny
William Durie Lyon 1825-1893
Colonel Harold Arthur Clement Machin 1875 - 1931
Lloyd Mack
J. "Jack" D. MacDonald
John Furquhar MacGillivray 1870 - 1942
John "Shorty" MacGuire 1874 - 1948
Ernest David Manning 1891 -1945
William "Bill". M. Marr 1958-59
Dr Duncan John Mason 1897-1954
David Low Mather 1854- 1947
John Mather 1827 - 1907
Robert Addison Mather 1827 - 1907
Buck Matiowski 1936 - 2014
William McCarthy 1848 - 1911
Thomas McClellan 1881-1966
James Nelson McCracken 1861
Samuel Charles McGimsie 1847 - 1936
Samuel Charles McGimsie 1887 - 1970
William "Billie" George McGimsie 1880
Donald "Dan" McInnis 1881 - 1980
John Albert McKay
Robert Sutherland McKenzie 1843 - 1933
Christopher Hugh Mckinnon 1889 After 1954
Hugh Bathgate McKinnon 1885 - 1944
William McKinnon 1851-1911
Donald "Dan" McLeod 1868 - 1947
Donald Thomas McLeod 1924-2009
Charles Edward McMurdie 1854- 1932
Alexander Doherty McQuarrie 1852 - 1928
John McQuarrie 1850-
Malcolm Doherty McQuarrie 1847 - 1933
George McPherson, Senior 1814-1891
Jessie Alexandrina (Mcleod) Cameron
Robert "Bob" McMillan 1936-2011
Rory McMillan
Charles Henry "Rabbit" McVeigh 1897-1984
William Henry McVeigh 1863 - 1915
James Risk Mercer 1883 - 1969
Frank Ranover Miclash 1953
Margaret (Begg)
Mitchell
Harry "Sherry" Sherman Murphy 1871 - 1958
Robertson Pierce Murphy 1858-1940
A. Leo Murray 1890-
Rev. Robert Nairn 1853 -1937
John Nash 1848-1914
Robert Daniel "Bob" Nault 1955
Charles Edgar Neads 1863-1905
Murdoch K. Nicholson1856-1945
David Nelson
Earl Arthur Nelson 1922-2013
Robert Wallace Neilson 1871-1931
Ernest Maitland Newman 1899 - 1986
Bertil Nilson 1909-1996
William Edgar Norton 1929 - 1996
Walter Oliver 1826 - 1898
Albert Severin "Ole" Olson 1907
Bruce A. J. Ormiston
Gerry Ouellette
Joseph Cyril Antoine Ouellette 1896 - 1878
John Walter Bowden Page 1861- 1938
Cecil Leroi "Roy" Parrott 1893 - 1958
Alfred Joseph Parsons 1848-1937
John A. Patterson 1882 - 1932
Dr James Paterson Paton 1886 -1968
John "Jack" H. Penner 1907-1994
Leslie Lloyd Paulson 1918-1944
Thomas Neil Phillips 1883-1923
Arthur Raymond Pitt 1904-1961
Charles Alfred Pitt 1871 -
Donald Joseph Pitt 1928- 2015
Joseph Aime " A.J." Poirier 1893-1974
Charles Pope 1855 - 1927
Pow-Was-Sang
Earle Cameron Popham 1892-1959
Dr. Roodal Ramchandar
Peter Ratuski
James Redsky 1898 - 1977
Colin Stanton Reid "Paddy" Reid
The Honourable John Mercer Reid, P.C. 1937-
Ralph Earnest Reid 1909- 1992
David John Reidiger
James C. Retson
Dr. Jillie Retson
James Edward Rice 1862-1950
Mike Richards 1985-
hockey and college football.
Edward Manning Rideout 1844-
Harding Theodore Rideout 1853-1932
Greg Rickford
George M. Rioch 1869 - 1944
Senator John Alexander (Pete) Robertson 1913 - 1965
Kenneth David "Sugar" Robertson 1927 - 2017
Peter James Robertson 1882 - 1953 and Fanny Forrester "Tot" Humphrey1887 -1952
James Robinson 1848 - 1910
Stephen "Steve" Robinson 1911-1992
Annette Gracia Plante Romanek 1924 -2021
Billy Ross 1847
Rupert Ross
Cyril Gordon Royds 1886 - After 1945
Thomas Arthur Saul 1914 aft 1972
James Malcolm Savage 1864 - 1923
C. Nelson Schnarr 1868 - 1952
Arnold Griffith Schooley 1866-1955
Dr. Simons Southmayd Stuart Scovil 1854-1927
Melvin E. Seegmiller 1868-1948
Randolph Seller
Harry Shankowsky 1922 - 2003
Ernest Agustus Sharpe 1843 - 1912
Allan Taylor Sherrett 1924 - 2006
Joseph Allan Sherrett 1897 - 1980
Alexander Shragge 1865 - 1933
Charles Robert Simpson 1869 - 1963
Michael Smith 1967-
Sharon Smith
Rev. Alfred W. A. Stunden 1855-
John William Stone 1875 - 1932
Charles "Charlie" Robert Strachan 1932
Edgar Wilson Strain 1922 -2012
Stanley Carter Stratton
Rev. Alfred W. A. Stunden 1855-
Henry Douglas Tansley 1913 - 1965
Harry Hartshorne Tate 1883 - After 1951
William Baldwin Thibadeau 1844-1923
William "Bill" Tomashowski 1929-1994
Laurence Archer Toole 1905-1982
George Archer Toole 1874-1957
Charles "Chuck" Henry Tyrrell 1938 - 2010
Jeffrey Edward Prendergast Vereker "The Honorable JEP Vereker " 1858- 1940
Jeffrey Vereker 1896 - 1976
Gin Ham Wai 1902 - 1990
Gin Ham Wai 1902 - 1990
Shui Chung Kenneth Wai 1931 -1990
John Walls 1847 - 1934 and Elizabeth Catharine Link Walls 1863- 1933
Colin Wasacase
John (Jack) Watterson 1922-2010
Dr. Gerald Whitaker 1903
Dr. Roy Wesley James Whitaker 1897 -
Bill Whitehead
Clifford Gerald Whitehurst 1898 - 1937
John Samuel Whiting 1859-1935
John "Happy Jack" Whitmore 1858 - 1940
Sydney Charles Wilcox 1883-1969
James Percy Williams
Jacob "Jack" Winkler 1894 - 1952
Kelvin Winkler 1929 -2005
Mark Winkler
Fred Witts 1871 - 1942
Arthur Woods 1851-1915
Fred Wright
Andrew Allan Young 1876 - 1942
William Young 1848-1920
References
Sources for the various bibliographis if not listed may be found at Kenora Bibliography