Alternate name(s):
Nels; Nils
Nickname:
Christian, Isaac
Date of birth:
Sunday, 12 November 1899
Marital status:
married to Margaret
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Danish
Profession:
logger; miner
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Esbjerg, Denmark
Date of immigration to Canada:
Sunday, 28 March 1926
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1933
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-08 left
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion
Final status:
Captured on 3 April 1937; POW; Held at Sam Pedro de Cardenas; Exchanged on 5 April 1939; Survived; Returned to Canada 6 May 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford; Involved with the MacPap Veterans Association; Died in 1977
Sources:
Image MSC160-209_01 courtesy of the Pacific Tribune Photograph Collection, a digital initiative of Simon Fraser University Library; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 558, ll. 14; Geiser; Hoar p 194; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
