Material Type

Manuscript

Date Range

1929-1969

Physical Description

7 items

Acquisition Source

Boulton, George and Freda General Delivery Lethbridge, Alberta TIJ 3Y2

Custodial History

Andrew Forgo (7 February 1905-17 January 1999). He landed in Halifax from Hungary on 16 April 1929, an immigrant to Canada. His family was supposed to follow him to Canada but never did. Mr. Forgo sent money to his wife and daughter over the years, and visited periodically but never returned to live in Hungary. When Mr. Forgo died, his estate was sent to his grand daughter in Hungary. Mr. Boulton, the donor's father hired Mr. Forgo as an employee on his dairy farm in 1935, and he remained there when Mr. Boulton and his two brothers took over ownership of the farm. When mr. Forgo retired from the Bouyldton dairy farm, he lived in lethbridge for a time. After he was hit by a car, he returned to live on the farm and died there on 17 january 1999. He is buried in Mountain View cemetery. The above information was supplied by the donors.

Scope and Content

Personal papers of Andrew Forgo include: 1. A passport issued by Hungary to Andrew Forgo number 805.460 1929 2. Immigration identification card issued to Andrew Forgo. It is stamped at Halifax 16 April 1929. 3. A Certificate of Competency as Miner issued to Andrew (Andy) Forgo of Lethbridge number 2960. 15 December, 1937. 4. A Certificate of Exemption from military service issued to Andrew Forgo by the Registrar General under the Defence of Canada Regulations relating to enemy aliens. 5 February 1942 and renewed in 1943 and 1944. 5. Hungarian identification card ( exact purpose unknown) issued to Andrew Forgo by the Government of Hungary. 1969. 6.A certificate of Candian citizenship issued to Andrew Forgo with letter of congratulations from the Minister of citizenship and immigration. 1959

Access Restrictions

Public Access

Accession No.

19752013761

Collection

Archive

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