
Eugene Freudenberg I (1900-1956) in 1925
Eugene Freudenberg I (1900-1956) aka Gene Freudenberg. He was a freight handler for the American Railway Express Company. (b. April 11, 1900; 220 Madison Avenue, Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA - d. March 30, 1956, 5:30 am; Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA).
Parents[]
Birth[]
Eugene Freudenberg was born on April 11, 1900 at 220 Madison Street, Hoboken, New Jersey. He was one of 15 siblings of which 9 survived into adulthood.
Siblings[]
Eloise and Max had 15 children, 9 lived to adulthood, and 5 of them had children and grandchildren. The children were:
- Max S. Freudenberg II (1881-1881) who died as an infant
- Ada Augusta Freudenberg (1885-1957) who married Ralph Kohlman (1885-1957) the printer
- Charles Fredrick Freudenberg (1887-1942) who married Julia Mary Buttomer (1883-1973) and is the one sibling with only a single photograph
- Jenny Gertrude Freudenberg (1888-1888) who died as an infant
- Clara Freudenberg (1889-1959) who never married
- Arthur Oscar Freudenberg I (1891-1968) who worked as a real estate broker and married Maria Elisabeth Winblad II (1895-1987)
- Max Freudenberg III (1893-aft1900) who lived till at least 7 years old and appears on the 1900 census and may be buried in Hoboken Cemetery
- Louis Julius Freudenberg I (1894-1918) who died in World War I
- Harry Freudenberg (1895-1896) who died as an infant
- Richard F. Freudenberg (1896-1988) worked as a chemical salesman and married Charlotte C. Kahrar (1897-1963)
- Eloise Freudenberg (1898-1898) who died as an infant
- Ralph Freudenberg (1903-1980) who worked as a typesetter for the New York Times and he married Nora Belle Conklin (1902-1963) and later married Lottie Dombrowska (1916-1995)
- Grace May Freudenberg (1904-1981) who married George Dewey Sanford I (1898-1965) and he worked in Ralph Kohlman's print shop
Post Office[]
On September 12, 1918 Eugene registered for the draft and he was living at 22 Hopkins Avenue in Jersey City with his parents, and he was working as a mail collector at the Jersey City Post Office.
American Railway Express[]
By 1920 he was working at the American Railway Express Company as a driver.
Marriage[]
On March 26, 1920 he married Florence Catherine Skinner (1901-1986) aka Flossie Skinner, in the Bronx, New York. Their marriage certificate number was "1385". Florence was the daughter of Algernon Skinner (1867-1943) aka Algie Skinner, and Mary Caufield (1875-c1920) aka Mamie Caufield.
Jersey City, New Jersey[]
In 1922, Eugene's brother Arthur Freudenberg (1891-1968) wrote: "[Eugene] holds membership in the Junior Order United American Mechanics, of Jersey City, Summit Council, No. 87. He is also a member of the Waverly Congregational Church." In 1930 Eugene and Florence were living at 90 Hopkins Avenue in Jersey City."
Children[]
- Louis Julius Freudenberg II (1922-1986) who married and fathered a child, Margie Freudenberg (1939-2005), with Margaret Piatt (1922-?) of Westbrookville, New York
- Eugene Freudenberg II (1924-1945) who died in World War II in Luzon in the Phillipines
- Arthur Oscar Freudenberg II (1929- ) who married Jane Gilliland (1935- ) and after a divorce married Helena R. Bonowicz (1919-1988) and then moved to Florida
- Ralph Kohlman Freudenberg (1937-1995) who fell from a window at less than a year old, and was impaled on a spiked wrought iron fence, and later, around 1941 or 1942 he was set on fire by neighborhood kids in a shed in the back yard.
Mildred Piatt[]
Also in the household in 1930 was Mildred Piatt who is listed as a niece. Mildred may have later married a Loftus in Brooklyn. Later the household would include: Nora Bell Piatt II (c1920-?) and Margaret Piatt (c1920-?) who would later marry Louis Freudenberg II.
Death[]
Eugene Freudenberg senior died of "pulmonary emphysema and fibrosis" in 1956 while living at 329 Summit Avenue in Jersey City.
Burial[]
He is buried in Flower Hill Cemetery, North Bergen, New Jersey with his parents and several siblings:
- Maximilian S. Freudenberg I (1858-1921)
- Eloise Lindauer II (1860-1935)
- Louis Julius Freudenberg I (1894-1918)
- Charles Fredrick Freudenberg (1887-1942)
- Clara Freudenberg (1889-1959)
- Arthur Oscar Freudenberg I (1891-1968)
Further research[]
Find him and his father in the 1920 US census. Find the story of his son being set on fire in the Jersey Journal.