biographical summaries - University of Waterloo

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rVHIGRAN'TS
of the 1920's (Ontario)
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Tape #7, sides A and 3
Recorded on June 3, 1976 in Enrlish
Biorraphical sketch:
-born on Dec. 12, 1905 in the 0ch~nfeld
colony
-father was a miller, also had a tree nursery
-lived in the Crimea from 1910-18
-then moved to Gnadenfeld in the Moltschna
-Grandfatner banished for servj.ce in the Selbstsch'J.tz
-some (includinr stepmother) didnlt want to leave as
condition improved somewhat under NEP
-father collected some $2000 from sale of possessions in Russia
and had this transfered to Canada so he could buy a farm
-attended Agricultural College after Revolution
-Bmirrated in 1925
-bought a small dairy farm in Waterloo
-0 ften ;;]et vii th other ir:migrants to share ex'neri. ences and to
si.nf, sones about "Die Eeimat"
-includes cand:Ld evaluation of some feelings related to
WW IT of which memory is ~ood