biographical summaries - University of Waterloo
biographical summaries - University of Waterloo
biographical summaries - University of Waterloo
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RUSSIAN-H]ijlL10NT'l'"S IHNIGRAHTS<br />
<strong>of</strong> the 1920's (Ontario)<br />
FLASSEN, Abrc ~ P.<br />
l~? DU:)Qnt St .. E., Wat erloo, Ont ..<br />
Tane #45, sides A and B<br />
Tape h46, side A only<br />
Recorded on Aucust 23, 1976 in German<br />
BiD~raphical<br />
sketch:<br />
-born i~ Oct~ 1893 in Alexandrovsk<br />
-father died when he was four, mother vlhen he Vie.S nin0, so his<br />
crandnarents looked ater him<br />
-grandfather was an Ael~ester in Neu-SchBnwiese, father had been<br />
a teacher and a bookkeeper<br />
-after completinr his schooline in Russia he went to Ger~any to<br />
study<br />
-was caufht here by the outbreak <strong>of</strong> the wpr<br />
-was detained as an enemy alien for 10 months; served in th e<br />
as wash house sunervisor<br />
-served a s::ort tj_l:le aft er the '.','ar in a military hosni tal<br />
-returned to Russia in Kov. 1918<br />
-worked as a draur'hts,"an h ::cre as he had in Germany<br />
-ex}jeri enced creat dLrficul ti es findinr a job in Canada; finally<br />
taken on as an upholsterer ~,\'hich he c~)ntinued until his ret:Lre:nent<br />
-very ctctj_ve in the orranization <strong>of</strong> the W2.terloo church<br />
-served as its first chairman and in many other capacities on the<br />
local and provincial levAl
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