Eugene Freudenberg (1900-1956)

Eugene Freudenberg I (1900-1956) aka Gene Freudenberg; Freight Handler for 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

 * Maximillian S. Freudenberg (1858-1921)
 * Eloise Lindauer II (1860-1935)

Birth
Eugene Freudenberg was born on April 11, 1900 at 220 Madison Avenue, in 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. One child that died at birth has still not been found. The children were:
 * Max S. Freudenberg II (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) 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) died as an infant
 * Richard F. Freudenberg I (1896-1988) who worked as a chemical salesman and married Charlotte C. Kahrar (1897-1963)
 * Eloise Freudenberg (1898) who died as an infant
 * Eugene Freudenberg I (1900-1956) who worked as a freight handler and married Florence Catherine Skinner (1901-1986)
 * Ralph Freudenberg (1903-1980) who worked as a typesetter for the New York Times and he married Nora Belle Conklin (1905-1963) and later married Lottie Dombrowska (1916-1995)
 * Grace May Freudenberg (1904-1981) 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 E. 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
Eugene and Florence had four children together:
 * Louis Julius Freudenberg II (1922-1986) who married and fathered a child, Margie, with Margaret Piatt 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. He is buried in Flower Hill Cemetery in North Bergen, New Jersey with his parents and several siblings.