Biography
k-Silverman, Ivan A. b. September 3, 1910, Kenara, Ontario, Canada, to the US December 11, 1911 crossed at Noyes, Minnesota, Naturalized January 24, 1936 in California; Father Samuel J. Silverman (1889-1957), mother Ray Ruth Sohn (1899-1988); Student; CP 1933; Received 32836, San Francisco series, on December 23, 1937 which listed his address as 3397 Blair Drive, Los Angeles, California; Sailed January 11 (?), 1938 aboard the Aquitania; Arrived in Spain via Massanet on January 23, 1938; Served with the XV Brigade. Lincoln-Washington Battalion; Rank Soldado; Reported KIA April 1, 1938, Gandesa during the Retreats.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Battalion 58 Retreats; Figueres List; Canadian; USSDA 2:0931, 60:0310.
Photograph: Ivan A. Silverman, Passport Photograph, 1937.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Battalion 58 Retreats; Figueres List; Canadian; USSDA 2:0931, 60:0310.
Photograph: Ivan A. Silverman, Passport Photograph, 1937.