Ulvi, Anton.

Biography

Ulvi, Anton (Anton Ulric, Uldi); b. October 8, 1886, Kaurola, Finland; Finnish, To US in 1909, Back in Finland in 1921, again in 1923; WWI US Army; Single; Carpenter and Worker in a Paper mill 1903-04; CP 1923 (1924), unit organizer and Social Democrat, Carpenters Union; Received Passport# 358521 on December 23, 1936 which listed his address as 46 West 87th Street, NYC (R.F. D. Collinsville, Connecticut); Sailed December 26, 1936 aboard the Normandie; Arrived in Spain on January 2, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln BN, Co. 2, Section 2, Group 1, Group Leader; Served at Jarama, sent to hospital due to illness, rheumatism, for one month; Released from hospital in April 1937, he transferred to the Auto Park and Regt. De Tren as a Driver; Returned to the US on August 18, 1938 aboard the Washington; WWII Civilian; d. November 9, 1951, buried in the Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Voros-Jarama; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1004, ll. 61-62; Opis 6, Delo 1033, ll. 19; Finnish; MPE; Find-a-Grave# 1269063.
Photograph: Anton Ulvi. Meidän Poikamme Espanjassa.