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Matti Ensio Ylönen-Enros fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1910-1985.

Reference:

R4269-0-3-E, MG31-H140

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101796

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Matti Ensio Ylönen-Enros fonds
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Fonds includes:

1 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1910-1985.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

6 cm of textual records.
541 photographs 533 b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of personal papers, consisting of Enros' autobiography and supporting documentation. The autobiography recounts his childhood in Finland, his immigration to Canada, his voluntary enlistment in the Finnish army, 1939-1940, his later service in the Canadian armed forces and the development of his career in the construction industry. Including "Autobiography of Matti Ensio Ylönen-Enros", typescript, 1985; passports, certificates, diplomas and other official, family documents, n.d., 1924-1978; correspondence newspaper clippings and "Letters to the Editor" written by Enros concerning the National anthem, bilingualism and the Parti Québecois, 1974-1977; postcards, n.d., 1928-1979; Länsi-Suomi, newspaper dated 2 July 1976,and clippings, n.d., 1940-1984; booklet, typescripts, manuscripts with lyrics to songs, possibly some composed by Enros, 1935, 1937, 1972; "Orders of the Day No. 34, 14 March 1940" by Field Marshall Mannerheim and other materiel in Finland, n.d., 1940; untitled photographic record to the Finnish army in the pre W.W. II period , ca. 1935.

The fonds contains photographs relating to the life and career of Matti Ensio Enros in Canada, Finland and elsewhere.

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Ylönen-Enros, Matti Ensio, 1915-1985

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Ylönen-Enros, Matti Ensio, 1915-1985 : Matti Ensio Ylönen-Enros, construction superintendent, was born in Pieksämäki, Finland He immigrated to Canada in 1928 to join his mother, Hilja Sofia (née Ylönen) and her husband, Charles Enros (Kalle Enroos), at which time he adopted the surname of his stepfather. Beginning his first regular employment on the Beauharnois power project, most of Enros' working-life revolved around the construction industry. He supervised many major construction projects across Canada and in the United States.

He was a World War II veteran of the Finnish army, having volunteered to serve in the Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940, and the Canadian armed forces (1945). He last resided in Hull, Quebec, where he completed his Autobiography of Mati Ensio Ylönen-Enros just a few months before his death.

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General note:

Received in 1985 from Matti Ensio Ylönen-Enros of Hull, Que._

Language note:

Much of the supporting documentation for the autobiography is in the Finnish language.
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Matti Ensio Ylonen-Enros - Autobiography, 1924-1885 Parti Quebecois, 1974-1977

Fins - Emigration and immigratiion - Canada, [1924-1985] Lansi-Suomi, 1976

Matti Ensio Ylonen-Enros - Childhood and youth, [1924-1985] "Orders of the Day No. 34, 14 March 1940"

Matti Ensio Ylonen-Enos - Career in construction, [1946-1985] Field Marshall Mannerheim, 1940

Military service, Voluntary - Finland, 1939-1940 Autobiography of Matti Ensio Ylonen-Enros, 1985

Military service, Voluntary - Canada, 1945

Legal instruments - Canada, [1924-1985]

Ylonen-Enros family, 1924-1985

Songs, Finnish, 1935-1972

Newspapers - Canada, 1976

Bilingualism - Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1985-227 NPC

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MG31-H140
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 H 140] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

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Photographs: No restrictions. copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Copyright unknown on items less than 50 years old. Credit the National Archives of Canada.

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