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[edit] Arthur Oscar Freudenberg (1891-1968) Real Estate and Insurance
Arthur Oscar Freudenberg (August 9, 1891 - January 22, 1968) aka A.O. Freudenberg. He worked in real estate and insurance in Jersey City, New Jersey.
[edit] Birth
Arthur was born in 1891 at 104 Madison Avenue in Hoboken, New Jersey. His father was Maximillian S. Freudenberg I (1858-1921) and his mother was Eloise Lindauer II (1860-1935). Later his family moved to Jersey City.
[edit] Early Years
In 1923 Arthur had his biography published in the "History of Hudson County" and it reads as follows:
- "Taking a prominent part in the present day advance of Hudson County, New Jersey, as a dealer and operator in real estate and insurance. Mr. Arthur O. Freudenberg is carrying into his business principles of honesty and fair dealing which bear so important a relation to the public welfare. Still a young man, and always in close touch with the movement of the times, Mr. Freudenberg is counted among the influences of progress which are carrying Hudson County to ever larger prosperity. Of the sons of these parents Louis J. Freudenberg was killed in action in the World War. He served as a runner or messenger with Company M., 309th Infantry, 78th Division, and was shot in the Argonne, October 16th, 1918. Richard, another brother, served at Camp Meade, Maryland, but was not sent overseas. Maximillian Freudenberg was active in the insurance business in New York City for many years, in the capacity of actuary in the German department of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Arthur O. Freudenberg was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, August 9, 1891. His education was begun in the local public schools. Later attending the public schools of Jersey City, as the residence of the family changed, he continued his studies at the Jersey City public and high schools, and also attending evening school for two years. Mr. Freudenberg’s first business experience was with the famous publishing house of the Street & Smith Company, of New York City, where he continued for a full decade, then for about two years he conducted a typewriter exchange in Jersey City and also in New York. In the year 1918, Mr. Freudenberg identified himself with the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, as a field representative, and is still active in this capacity. He also handles a very extensive real estate and insurance business, and with offices at No. 109 Paterson Plank Road, West Hoboken, and is taking a definite part in the local advance. Mr. Freudenberg acts as a notary public, is a Democrat by political affiliation, and is a member of Waverly Congregational Church. His brother Eugene Freudenberg, fraternally 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."
On October 12, 1922 a caricature of Arthur was published in the Hudson Dispatch when he was the Secretary for H.J. Bauridel Real Estate, Insurance and Auctioneer. He later had a real estate business with a partner and the company was "Freudenberg and Saedler" located at 109 Paterson Plank Road in West Hoboken, New Jersey. He taught Sunday School at Waverly Congregational Church.
[edit] Marriage and Children
On February 28, 1914 at the Trinity Lutheran Church at 195 Claremont Avenue in Jersey City, Arthur married Maria Elizabeth Winblad (1895-1987). Together they had three children: Naida Muriel Freudenberg (1915-1998) who married Burnett Peter Van Deusen (1913-1993); Selma Louise Freudenberg; and Helen Eloise Freudenberg (1928-1987) who married John Earl Borland I (1924-1986) and later married Al Brindley (c1930- ).
[edit] Abandoned Family
Arthur was a womanizer, and around 1928 he ran off with another woman but never divorced Maria, his wife. The oral family tradition has been that she was a burlesque stripper, but the stripper may have been a woman that he was dating at a later time. Around 1947 he sold one of the buildings he owned on Central Avenue in Jersey City, and used the money to buy a brand new Cadillac. This was the building that he had his office in. Everyone in the family told him not to sell the building and to keep collecting rental income from it. He sold it and the Cadillac he bought was ruined within a few years. During the late 1940's he was living with Edlycoe Klynman aka AdaLee on Cottage Street and she had a daughter, but Arthur was not the father. Richard Freudenberg (1918-1994) dated the daughter. AdaLee but he wouldn't get a divorce from Marie and marry her, so she left him after taking all his money. Arthur never gave any money to support his family. Maria had to scrub floors and wash laundry through the Depression to pay for food and shelter. Later in life he had diabetes and had to have a few toes amputated. His daughter Helen told him: "don't worry, the women will still love you".
[edit] Death and Burial
He had a heart attack in 1968 on Journal Square in Jersey City at the bus station. His nephew, and namesake Arthur Freudenberg (1929- ) was walking home in Jersey City and saw a crowd surrounding a man lying on the ground. He had come across his uncle Arthur having the heart attack. Arthur died on January 22, 1968 at the Jersey City Medical Center on 50 Baldwin Avenue in Jersey City. He was buried in Flower Hill Cemetery in North Bergen, New Jersey.
[edit] References
- Van Winkle, Daniel; History of the Municipalities of Hudson County, 1923; page 728-729
- Hudson Dispatch, October 12, 1922, page 13
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[edit] Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) Yardmaster at Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Thomas Patrick Norton I (February 28, 1891 - January 12, 1968) Yardmaster at Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in Hoboken, New Jersey.
[edit] Birth
Thomas was the son of Patrick J. Norton (c1858-1905) and Sarah Jane Carr (c1865-1950). Both parents were immigrants from Ireland. No birth certificate exists for Tom, he had to use his baptismal certificate when he applied to retire at the railroad. He was baptised on Sunday, November 08, 1891 at Saint Bridget's Parish in Jersey City, New Jersey and his godparents were Matthew Norton, his uncle; and Ellen Hogan, a cousin of his mother.
[edit] Railroad Career
In 1905 Tom’s father died and Tom took a job with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in August of 1906 as a messenger at age 15. He was promoted to weightmaster in October and worked in that position until April of 1907 when he became a clerk. In April of 1912 he was promoted to a switchman.
[edit] World War I
Tom filled out his draft card for World War I on June 05, 1917 and enlisted at Fort Slocum in New York on June 12, 1917. He trained at Camp Dix in New Jersey and on December 07, 1917 he tried unsuccessfully to transfer into a Railroad Engineer unit. He wrote: "[I] went to Philadelphia, Pa. to enlist in the Rail-road Engineers as a switchman but they had their full quota. Knowing that I would be of better service to the Government in the Rail-road Engineers than in the Ambulance Corps, I therefore request a transfer." He then served as an ambulance driver in the Lightning Division, as part of Company 310 starting on June 04, 1918. He was in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensive. On Tuesday, November 12, 1918, the last day of the War he wrote to Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949), his future wife: "My dear sweetheart, little one, now that the war is over, it won't be long now when I will be back in God's Country with you, dear heart. Have been out of the lines a few days now, thank God, for it sure is hell there. Don't think the ground taken by American's was not paid for by good American lives. [I] picked up this card in the Argonne Forest in a German dugout. I am well and hope you are the same." He returned to the US on May 27, 1919 and was discharged on June 02, 1919.
[edit] Marriage and Children
Tom married Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949), on Saturday, September 27, 1919 at Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Jersey City. Mary was the daughter of John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) and Nora M. Finn (1866-1898). The witnesses were his brother, James Joseph Norton I (1892-1961), and Mary’s half-sister, Bertha Burke (1902-1971). Tom went back to work at the railroad in June 1919 as yardmaster and stayed in that position until he retired on February 28, 1956. By 1920 Tom and Mary were living at 112-114 Romaine Avenue and then by 1930 they bought a two family house at 603 Garfield Avenue in Jersey City. Together they had 5 children, and three lived to adulthood. The children were: Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ); Vincent Gerard Norton (1923- ); John Burke Norton (1927) who died as an infant; James Joseph Norton II (1929- ); and Catherine Finn Norton (1930-1934). Catherine might have had an inherited metabolic disorder, she never grew properly and died of pneumonia at age 4, one day after her birthday.
[edit] Middle Years
At the railroad, Tom worked 12 hour days for 28 days a month. He received two Sundays off each month. Once he won a brand new Oldsmobile in a raffle, but he was such a terrible driver, his wife made him sell the car. One time while driving he tore off the door of a car, from a man who opened the driver side door while parked at the curb. In 1949, his wife, Mary died of appendicitis. She was in pain for several days, and her daughter-in-law, Selma Freudenberg (1921- ) dropped by on a surprise visit, found her sick and called an ambulance. She told Selma that "you saved my life", but she died 14 days later from the infection.
[edit] Second Marriage
On July 29, 1950 Tom married Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church in Morton, Pennsylvania. Josephine was the half-sister of his first wife. The newspaper gives the following account of the wedding: "Miss May Veronica Burke, niece of Mrs. Mary E. Patterson, of 1181 Villanova Avenue, Rutledge, and Thomas Norton of 603 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, NJ, were united in marriage this morning at 10 o'clock in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church, Morton. Rev. Joseph B. Gibson performed the ceremony. The bride, who was given in marriage by her brother, William Burke, wore a powder blue chiffon gown and hat and a corsage of pink rosebuds. Mrs. Leona Hammelbacher, of Egg Harbor, NJ, the matron of honor, wore a dusty rose chiffon gown and a corsage of tea roses. James Norton, of Jersey City was the best man for Mr. Norton. A wedding breakfast at Media Inn, Media, followed the ceremony after which Mr. and Mrs. Norton left for a wedding trip to Niagara Falls, Great Lakes and Chicago, and upon their return they will reside at 603 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City. The bride attended Lansdowne High School. Mr. Norton, a railroad official, is a veteran of World War I."
[edit] Retirement and Death
Thomas retired from the railroad on February 28, 1956 and moved to Ocean County, New Jersey. He suffered a heart attack while watching a football game on TV while living at 17 Pine Street in his Jackson, New Jersey home. The game was between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys for the National Football League Championship on New Years Eve, Sunday, December 31, 1967. It was Tom Landry and the Dallas Cowboys versus Vince Lombardi and the two-time defending champion Green Bay Packers. He was a big fan of Vince Lombardi. Tom died 13 days later at Paul Kimball Hospital in Lakewood, New Jersey and he is buried in Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City with his wife and her mother’s family. His obituary appeared in the Asbury Park Press on January 13, 1968. Tom died with all his teeth, except one that was knocked out in a fight and had been replaced with a gold one.
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[edit] James Joseph Kennedy (1866-1926) Plasterer
James Joseph Kennedy (July 1866 - December 13, 1926) emigrated from Ireland to USA in 1885 and worked as a plasterer where he died of a heart attack at the future site of the Chrysler Building.
[edit] Birth and emigration
James was born in Sligo, Ireland to Richard Kennedy (c1830-c1871) and Mary Malloy (1830-1901). His siblings include: Mary Kennedy (1866-1949) who married a Brennan and died in Cincinnati in Ohio; Patrick Kennedy (c1865-1938); and Thomas Kennedy (c1865-1929). James emigrated from Ireland to the US between 1885 and 1888 and lived in New York City.
[edit] Marriage and children
Around 1895 James married another Irish immigrant, Katherine Carr (1865-1951). Katherine was the daughter of Thomas Carr (c1840-?) and Bridget Conboy (c1840-?) of Hollygrove, Athleague, Killeroran on the County Roscommon and County Galway border. Katherine and James had seven children with five living to adulthood: Kathryn Kennedy (1897-1974) who married Joseph O'Malley (1893-1985) who was the uncle of Walter Francis O'Malley (1903-1979) the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1950 to 1979; Mary Frances Kennedy (1898-1982) who married Walter M. Hill (1893-1965) who was a taxi driver and movie projectionist; Josephine Kennedy (1899-1900) aka Sarah Kennedy, who died as an infant; Thomas Kennedy (1901-1972) who never married; James Gerard Kennedy (1902-1903) who died as an infant; Joseph Kennedy (1905-1983) who never married; and James Gerard Kennedy I (1907-1997) aka James G. Kennedy, Sr. who married Antoinette Granato (1916-1942) and who later married Rita Masset and was the owner of an eponymous construction company. In 1900 James and Katherine were living on 8th Street in the Harlem section of Manhattan, Katherine was listed as "Kate Kennedy" and James was working as a plasterer. In 1920 they were living at West 160th Street in Harlem, and he was still working as a plasterer. His son James Gerard Kennedy would start out his career as a plasterer also.
[edit] Death and burial
He died of heart attack at future site of the Chrysler Building on December 13, 1926 at 43 Street and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan. The groundbreaking for the Chrysler Building was on September 19,1928. He was buried at Saint Raymonds Cemetery in the Bronx with Katherine and two of his children that died as infants: Sarah Josephine Kennedy; and James Gerard Kennedy I.
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[edit] Anton Julius Winblad I (1828-1901) Schoolteacher in Sweden
Anton Julius Winblad I (August 10, 1828 - October 30, 1901) was the very first schoolteacher in Ytterlännäs, Sweden. He was also the choir leader and the church organist from 1851 to 1866.
[edit] Birth, first marriage and children
Anton was born in 1828 in Stockholm, Sweden and by 1851 he was teaching and leading the church choir in Ytterlännäs, Sweden. He married Margareta (Greta) Kristina Höglund (1819-1854) on June 24, 1852 in Högsjö and in 1853 Antonette Kristina Winblad and Johanna Maria Winblad, their twin daughters were born. On June 11, 1854 their third child, Antonette Kristina Winblad II was born and Margareta, his wife, died in childbirth. After his wife's death Anton travelled to Härnösand to take the exam to be certified as an organist.
[edit] Second marriage
When he returned, he began a courtship of Elsa Maria Elisabeth Näslund (1829-1907). Elsa's father was Israel Israelsson Näslund III (1796-1858) the Reverend of Ytterlännäs. Anton and Elsa married on August 07, 1855 in Ytterlännäs and they had the following children: Karl Israel Winblad (1857-1858) who died as an infant; Johan Edvard Winblad (1856-1914) aka John Edward Winblad who ran away from home rather than become a priest and married Salmine Sophia Severine Pedersen (1862-1914) aka Salmina Olsdatter, in Norway and emigrated to the United States; Johanna Winblad (1859-1916) who married Per Olof Bernhard Vahlberg (1852-aft1890); Carl Gustaf Winblad (1861-1863) who died as an infant; Anton Teodor Winblad (1862-?) who became a Lieutenant in the military; Maria Elisabeth Winblad II (1865-1937) who married the storekeeper Jonas Kempe (1861-1918); and Frideborg Winblad (1869-c1950) who was born in Anundsjö and never married, and became a teacher herself in Ytterlännäs.
[edit] Ytterlännäs and Härnösand
David Kettlewell writes the following in his history of music at the church: "From the year 1851 on, the leaders of the church choir are documented. In that year came the first teacher in the parish, Anton Julius Winblad, born [in] 1828 in Stockholm. Three years later [in 1854,] one can read in a parish protocol his asking to end the school year for the season, to be able to go to Härnösand and learn to play the organ and to take the organ exam." On January 24, 1866 Anton moved the family to Prästbordet and it appears that Johan, his first born son, did not move with the family. Anton appears in the 1890 Sweden Census working as a school teacher and living in Anundsjö with his wife and two unmarried children: Antonette Kristina Winblad from his first marriage; and Friedeborg Winblad.
[edit] Death
Anton died in 1901 in Sweden and is buried in Sweden, probably in Ytterlännäs or Prästbordet.
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[edit] Archive
[edit] Louis Julius Freudenberg (1894-1918) Killed in Action WWI
Louis Julius Freudenberg (August 4, 1894 - October 16, 1918) was killed in action during WWI
[edit] Birth
Louis was born on August 04, 1894 at 220 Madison Street, Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey to Maximillian Freudenberg (1857-1921) and Eloise Lindauer (1860-1935). Max and Eloise had 15 children and 9 survived to adulthood and 5 of those children went on to have children and grandchildren themselves.
[edit] Street and Smith Publishers
In 1916 Louis was working for Street and Smith Publishers (S&S), in Manhattan, in the mail room, where his brother Arthur had previously worked. He left the company around October of 1916. Louis' best friend, Victor Julius Faller (1888-1973), worked at S&S with him, but Victor left for another job at Huntington Station on Long Island, New York. Louis liked to spend time visiting his mother's family in Rye, New York.
[edit] Butler Brothers then draft
Louis was working as a clerk for Butler Brothers on Warren Street in Jersey City when he filled out his draft registration card on June 02, 1917. He was classified as "A1" on January 20, 1918. On February 12, 1918 he was ordered to appear before the draft board for a physical examination that was scheduled for February 20, 1918.
[edit] Draft
Louis was inducted into The US Army on April 04, 1918 and he trained at Camp Dix in New Jersey and went overseas on May 19, 1918.
[edit] Battle of Montfaucon
He was a runner in Company M, of the 309th Infantry, 78th Division. He was wounded in the right leg at the Battle of Montfaucon, October 16, 1918 and while making his way back to the first aid station was shot through the head by a German sniper.
[edit] Death and burial
He was buried on November 05, 1918 in Argonne, France. The body was disinterred on June 07, 1921 and re-interred at Flower Hill Cemetery in North Bergen on July 24, 1921. The notice for his re-interment says he was a corporal but all indications are that he was a private. The story of his re-interrment reads as follows:
- Another of World War Martyrs, Corporal [sic] Louis Julius Freudenberg will be buried Sunday afternoon in Flower Hill Cemetery. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. at his late home, 22 Hopkins Avenue, Jersey City. Dr. Clark, of the Summit Avenue, M.E. Church and a delegation of Fisk Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will officiate. Corporal Freudenberg was 24 years old at the time of his death. He was a runner in Company M, of the 309th Infantry, 78th Division. He was wounded in the right leg at the battle of Montfaucon, October 16, 1918 and while making his way back to the first aid station was shot through the head by a German sniper. Young Freudenberg was born in Hoboken and attended No. 3 School of that city and No. 8 School of Jersey City. He was inducted April 4, 1918 and trained at Camp Dix, leaving for France in May with his unit. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Eloise Freudenberg, five brothers, Charles, Arthur, Richard, formerly of the 32nd Field Artillery, 11th Division; Ralph and Eugene and three sisters, Ada, Clara and Grace.
[edit] Archive
Louis is listed in "Soldiers of the Great War, Volume 2" and he has a file at the New Jersey State Archive in Trenton which contain a copy of the photograph that was submitted for the publication of his death announcement. That file has now been supplemented with additional photographs and copies of his death announcement. Copies of his Army Death File and related family papers were sent to the Army History Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for archiving. In 2002 a new tombstone was ordered from the Veterans Administration to replace his fallen and unreadable one. As of September 2004 it is stored at Flower Hill Cemetery waiting for the $300 needed to install it.
[edit] Israel Israelsson Näslund III (1796-1858)
Israel Israelsson Näslund III (b. January 28, 1796, Näs or Högsjö, Sweden - d. 1858, Sweden) was a vicar in Sweden
[edit] Birth
He was the son of Israel Israelsson Näslund I (1755-1837) Juryman and Brita Persdotter (1766-1788).
[edit] Siblings
Erik Israelsson Näslund (1791-1873) who married Margareta Steckson (1800-1856); Dorothea Israelsdotter Näslund (1793-?) who married Erik Abrahamsson Tjärnberg.
[edit] Education
He was registered in Härnösand's school in 1806 and became a student at Uppsala in 1818.
[edit] Marriage
He married Johanna Gustafva Ruuth (1800-1860) on March 23, 1821 in Östbacken, Hede, Västernorrlands, Sweden. Johanna was the daughter of Johan Christopher Ruuth I (1768-1822) Vicar; and Catharina Maria Martinel (1773-1813).
[edit] Children
Johan Israel Näslund (1822-1906) the 26th Reverend of Härnösand, Sweden (1859-1866) who married Emma Maria Falk (1817-1860); Carl Gustaf Näslund (1825-1899) the Reverend of Arnäs, Sweden (1872-1889) who married Kristina Carolina Sjöström (1839-?); Elsa Maria Elisabet Näslund (1829-1907) who married Anton Julius Winblad I (1828-1901); Olof Emanuel Näslund (1829-1906) who was a land surveyor in Härnösand and was Elsa's fraternal twin, and he married Annette Brandell (1820-?); and Johanna Näslund (1838-?).
[edit] Ministry
He was ordained June 06, 1819 to curate in Hede, vacancy preacher in Hede 1822, again curate 1826, appointed preacher temporarely in Sveg on May through August of 1828, in September of 1828, he was appointed reverend in Hede, where he was then appointed assistant vicar March 03, 1830, entered 1831. He was vicar in Frösön, November 25, 1835, entered May 01, 1836, got the title "vice vicar", honor and dignity the August 17th the same year named; empowered vicar in Torsåker-Ytterlännäs February 13, 1839, entered May 01, 1841, was at head of the pastoral custody in Torsåkers gäll April 10, 1844 through October 31, 1846.
[edit] Death
He died May 15, 1858 of smallpox.
[edit] Short Biography
He was for his audience a good teacher that understood and had the ability to put all to its best, and for his family a loving father. During his longterm service in Hede his health, through repeated colds, became bad. His explanation, that he only held himself to the cross of Christ, shows what kind of temperment he had. Married at Östbacken in Hede March 23, 1821 to Johanna Gustafva Ruuth, born January 11, 1800, she was the daughter of the reverend in Hede John Christopher Ruth and Catherine Maria Martinell; died in Ytterlännäs vicarage from a difficult sickness February 15, 1860. Children: Johan Israel, born May 26, 1822 in Hede, reverend in Ragunda; Carl Gustaf, born March 28, 1825, priest and reverend in Arnäs; Olof Emanuel Näslund, born April 29, 1829, land surveyor in Härnösand, died at Ragunda vicarage September 17, 1906, Elsa Maria Elisabeth Näslund, born 29 April 1829 a twin of Olof, married August 07, 1855 to teacher and organist Anton Julius Winblad in his second marriage.
[edit] Maria Elizabeth Winblad III (1895-1987)
Maria Elizabeth Winblad III (1895-1987) aka Mae Winblad; Cleaning and Laundry Woman (b. February 16, 1895, 294 West Houston Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York, USA - d. March 7, 1987, 4:35 am, Christ Hospital, 176 Palisade Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA) Social Security Number 147188206.
[edit] Birth
Maria was born in Greenwich Village in Manhattan in 1895 to Johan (John) Edward Winblad I (1856-1914) of Sweden and Salmine Sophia Severine Pedersen (1862-1914) aka Salmina Olsdatter, of Norway. The New York City Birth Index incorrectly lists Maria as "Mary E. Weinblad".
[edit] Siblings
Maria's siblings are: Anton (Tony) Julius Winblad (1886-1975) who married Eva Ariel Lattin (1892-1939) and after her death married Marguerite (Marge) Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1891-1972); Theodora Winblad (1888) who died as an infant; Mary Winblad (1889) who died as an infant; Otto Edward Winblad (1892) who died as an infant; John (Eddie) Edward Winblad II (1897-1899) who died as a youth from pertussis; and Otto Perry Winblad (1902-1977) who was born in New Jersey and married Helen Louise Hollenbach (1905-1928) and after her death he married Leah Maria Way (1901-1986).
[edit] New Jersey
The family moved out of Manhattan to live in the quiet of New Jersey around 1900. They had a new house built on Wayne Street in Jersey City. Otto Perry Winblad was born in 1902 in Jersey City.
[edit] Isle of Pines, Cuba
In 1910 the family decided that they would move to the Isle of Pines in Cuba. John Winblad had wanted to be a plantation owner, and many other American families moved to the Isle of Pines during this time. Maria spent a year and a half in Cuba, where she rode a horse named "Happy". She said when she arrived in Cuba there was no one there to greet her, and she had to get help to find out how to get to the Isle of Pines from Havana.
[edit] Marriage
She returned from Cuba to Jersey City on March 26, 1912 with her brother Otto. While in Jersey City she met Arthur Oscar Freudenberg I (1891-1968), who was a Sunday School teacher at Waverly Congregation Church. Maria was a very devout Lutheran at Trinity Scandinavian Church in Jersey City. Maria and Arthur married on February 28, 1914 at the Trinity Lutheran Church at 195 Claremont Avenue in Jersey City.
[edit] Children
Together Maria and Arthur had the following children: Naida Muriel Freudenberg (1915-1998) who married Burnett (Pete) Peter Van Deusen (1913-1993); Selma Louise Freudenberg (1921- ); and Helen Eloise Freudenberg (1928-1989) who had a child with Eddie Ganlan and later married John Earl Borland I (1924-1986) and later married Albert Brindley.
[edit] Death of parents
Maria's father and mother attended her wedding, and then they went to Norway to visit family. Both parents died within a few months of each other in 1914. Otto Winblad was with them in Norway and returned to live with Maria and Arthur in Jersey City on July 06, 1915. On the same day that Otto arrived from Norway, Maria's brother, Anton and his wife Eva returned from Cuba with their two children: Anthony Leroy Winblad and Norman Edward Winblad. They brought with them Eva's two youngest brothers: Theodore Roosevelt Lattin; and Dewey Ernest Lattin. Eva's father and mother stayed in Cuba until 1924 and then settled in Lake Helen in Florida.
[edit] Abandoned by Husband
Around 1928 Arthur abandoned Maria, although he appears as the head of household in the 1930 Census. The oral family tradition has been that Arthur ran off with a burlesque stripper. At the height of the depression, Maria lived on Claremont Avenue in Jersey City and raised her three children earning money by being the superintendent of a four unit rental property owned by someone else. She took in laundry, scrubbed floors, and prepared meals for other families. She did all that she could to keep the family housed and fed.
[edit] Middle Years
When Maria's children got married she split her time between them, living at their houses. She lived in Paramus for a number of years and also spent time with Pete and Naida at their home.
[edit] Broken Hip
In the late 1970s she broke her hip in Paramus and was confined to the Lutheran nursing home in Jersey City.
[edit] Death
She died in 1987 of a heart attack at age 92 and is buried in Bayview Cemetery with her daughter, Helen, and her brother who died as an infant, John (Eddy) Edward Winblad II. Many of her letters are extant and archived.
[edit] Eulogy
Her eulogy reads as follows: "Mae Freudenberg was born Saturday, February 16, 1895 in New York City. Her parents were members of the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church in downtown Jersey City. Mae was a member of Trinity for most of her life, and her children were all baptized there also many of her grandchildren. She taught Sunday School and was a member of Glad Tjeneste. On the 95th anniversary of Trinity, Mae received a certificate of recognition for her years of faithful service to the church. For about fifteen years, Mae was a volunteer of services to the Lutheran Home on Nelson Avenue in Jersey City."
[edit] Burial
She was buried in Bay View- New York Bay Cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey.
