Alternate name(s):
Ausborne
Date of birth:
Sunday, 28 July 1889
Marital status:
married; widowed
married again: Gladys
Children:
3
Ethnicity/Nationality:
German
Profession:
Sea Captain
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Rosenhof, Kiel, Germany
3
Date of immigration to Canada:
Friday, 19 October 1928
Prior military experience:
Merchant Marine skipper in World War One
Unit:
Lincoln Brigade; Ambulance driver
Final status:
Survived; Returned to New York on December 23, 1937 on the Empress of Britain; when he returned, he had lost 40 pounds; Died April 1962
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 541 (name only); Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Ausborn family immigration to Canada - Pier 21 Canadian Immigration Records, 1925 - 1935( Record 206149 to 206152 listed on Microfilm T-14750); Further information provided by Ausborn's grandson, Rudy Weidenbacher; Obituary: Winnipeg Free Press, 5 March 1962; "Fought Nazis When Hitler Was Friend." Winnipeg Free Press, 3 March 1962.
