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Peter Urgel

AKA: Pete; Urgell
Released
Date of birth:1895
Era:1910s
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month 10 Days
Support
Socialism Union of Russian Workers Socialist Party of America
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Biography

Peter Urgel was born 1895 in Obrub, Russia (present-day Belarus). Immigrated to the United States in 1913.

Born 1895, Obrub, Russia (present-day Belarus). Laborer. Migrated to US 1913. Circa 1917 briefly joined the Socialist Party of America. 1918 joined Branch No 1. of the Union of Russian Workers in Newark. Arrested during the first Palmer Raids, November 11, 1919. Deported on the Buford. Wife, Hedwig/Gadwiga, in Newark.

INS file 54709/351

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Adapted from Kenyon Zimmer, Red Scare Deportees (kenyonzimmer.com), compiled from INS deportation case files.

Case

Ellis Island Immigration Station
Arrested: Nov 11, 1919
Incarcerated: Nov 11, 1919
Released: Dec 21, 1919
In exile since: Dec 21, 1919
Institution State: New York