biographical summaries - University of Waterloo

of the 1920's (rntario)
EI'SBERT, Fenry
37 Jackson Ave., Kitchener, Ont.
l'a',8 #.37, sides A and B
Tane #38, side B only
Ta;)e tl1fG, side B only
Ta~e #54, si6e A only
Recorded on Aupust 13 and 27, 1976 in E~elish
Biographical sl{etch:
-born in Oct. 1896 on an estete in :ieuho f where his fath er vIas the
~anaGer
(ebout 9,000 acres)
-had Dublic school on the estate and co~pleted
hiCh school as well
-conscripted during the war and served the Russian army from 1915-17
as camp musician and army chaufreur
-served as interpreter for the Gernan occupatioal army
-joined the Selbstschutz
-drove an armoured truck for the White army until its first retreat
when he contacted typhoid fever
-under Wrangel he worked in SevastoTol building an ar~oured
destroyer until the final defeat of the Whites
-returned to Alexander~,rone a~d .frot married
-vias elected village secretary :Ln the Soviet administrab.')n from
1921-23
-emirrrated in 1924 with the first croup fro!] the :