Adolf FANGRAD

  General Notes:

Uncle Adolf went to school in Nogath, West Prussia. He took over running the family farm in Dzingellen, East Prussia, from his brother Ed in 1925. To be allowed to immigrate into Canada he had to be a farmer. He came to Canada alone in 1926, arriving in Quebec City. He worked for the first year on a farm in Drysdale (Highway 21), near St. Joseph, ON. He was paid $60.00 for the year's work besides paying back his fare. He saved $40.00. The farmer was French catholic. In 1927 he moved on to Hanover where he worked at the Knechtel Furniture factory. The three brothers, who all worked at the Knechtel factory, set up housekeeping together. They played their brass instruments at the Hanover Salvation Army citadel, which U. Adolf had joined in 1928. In 1929 he looked for work in Windsor, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Walkerville, Toronto and the McLagan Furniture factory in Stratford.

In the Spring of 1930 he visited Germany and worked in farming. After returning to Stratford, he worked at Preston-Noelting in Stratford until 1935, met and married Aunt Ruth at the local Salvation Army citadel in 1934. From 1935 - 40 he worked in farming. In 1940 he bought a farm in Londesborough where he started farming with $175.00 in his pocket. They moved from the farm to St. Catharines, ON, in 1957, where he worked for Bright's Wines, Farm Division, pruning in vineyards and general carpentry, etc. He retired in 1972, first to Waterloo, ON, then to Southampton, ON where they lived in the home of their daughter Ola and son-in-law Scott, then to a senior citizens apartment in Port Elgin, ON. During the war years, like all immigrants from Germany, he was reclassified as an enemy alien, had his house searched and reported to the police every month, until the war was over.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He immigrated in Jun 1926 to Hanover, , Ontario, Canada.

Adolf married Ruth Barbara CORMAN, daughter of Selby CORMAN and Nettie MILLEN, on 29 Jun 1934 in Stratford, Perth, ON, Canada. (Ruth Barbara CORMAN was born on 25 Aug 1913 in Stoney Creek, , ON, died on 27 Jun 2003 in Cambridge, , ON and was buried on 30 Jun 2003 in Kitchener, ON.)