Arthur Oscar Freudenberg I (1891-1968)/Timeline


 * 1891 Birth of Arthur Oscar Freudenberg in Hoboken, NJ on Sunday, August 9th
 * 1896 Birth of Richard Freudenberg I, his brother, on October 12th at age 5
 * 1900 United States Census on June 1st at age 9
 * 1903 Birth of Ralph Freudenberg, his brother, on February 11th at age 12
 * 1907 Living at 51 Boorham Avenue, Jersey City, NJ at age 16
 * 1907 Invited to church service at Waverly Congregation Church, Jersey City, NJ at age 16
 * 1908 Living at 22 Hopkins Avenue, Jersey City, NJ at age 17
 * 1908 First route of Hudson and Manhattan tubes (now PATH) opened in Jersey City, NJ at age 17
 * 1910 Postcard sent from "Mae" who is visiting Coney Island at age 19
 * 1910 Begin work at Street &amp; Smith, the publisher, in New York City, NY at age 19
 * 1910 Living at 22 Hopkins Avenue
 * 1910 United States Census on April 15th with Arthur listed (age 19)
 * 1911 Visiting Ada and Ralph Kohlman at summer home at Lawrence Cottage, Highlands, NJ at age 20
 * 1912 Living at 22 Hopkins Avenue, Jersey City, NJ at age 21
 * 1914 Marriage to Maria Elizabeth Freudenberg in Jersey City on February 28th at age 23
 * 1914 World War I begins with Austria's declaration of war against Serbia on July 28th at age 23
 * 1915 Birth of Naida Freudenberg, his first child, on January 3rd at age 24
 * 1917 Working at typewriter exchange
 * 1917 Registration for draft on June 20th
 * 1918 Death of Louis Julius Freudenberg (1894-1918), his brother in WWI
 * 1918 (circa) Start work at Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, CT as field rep. in NJ (age 27)
 * 1919 Peace Treaty of Versailles signed on June 18th (age 28)


 * 1920 Living with Maria, Naida and Otto at 58 Oakland Avenue, Jersey City (age 29)
 * 1920 United States Census on with Arthur Oscar Freudenberg as head of household (age 29)
 * 1920 Birth of Selma Louis Freudenberg, his second child, on July 17th (age 29)
 * 1921 Death of Maximillian (Max) Freudenberg, his father, in March (age 30)
 * 1921 Funeral of Maximillian (Max) Freudenberg, his father, on March 23 (age 30)
 * 1922 Caricature of him drawn in the Hudson Dispatch on October 12th
 * 1923 Working at Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, CT as field rep. in NJ (age 32)
 * 1923 Partner at Freudenberg & Saedler, 109 Paterson Plank Road, West Hoboken
 * 1923 Autobiographical profile written for "History of the Municipalities of Hudson County" at age 32
 * 1924 Colgate erects new clock: largest outdoor timepiece in the world in Jersey City, NJ (age 33)
 * 1927 Holland Tunnel opens in Jersey City, NJ at age 36
 * 1928 Birth of Helen Eloise Freudenberg, his third child, on September 27th (age 37)
 * 1929 (circa) Abandonment of family at age 38
 * 1929 Stock Market Crash on October 29th begins great Depression (age 38)
 * 1930 United States Census with Arthur Freudenberg as Head of Household
 * 1935 Death of Eloise Lindauer, his mother, in February (age 44)
 * 1935 Living at 9 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City, NJ (age 44)
 * 1935 Administration of estate of Louis Julius Freudenberg on April 24th at age 44
 * 1935 Marriage of Naida Freudenberg, his daughter, on October 26th at age 44
 * 1936 Birth of Lynn Van Deusen, his first grandchild, on June 11th at age 45
 * 1937 Roosevelt Stadium opened in Jersey City, NJ at age 46
 * 1938 Application for Social Security submitted on August 8th
 * 1940 United States Census (not found)
 * 1942 Marriage of Selma Louise Freudenberg, his daughter, on October 3rd at age 51
 * 1945 Germany surrenders in May at age 58
 * 1946 Jackie Robinson broke organized baseball's "color line" at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City
 * 1946 (circa) Marriage of Helen Freudenberg, his daughter, in Ohio at age 59
 * 1950 United States Census (not released yet)
 * 1950 North Korean troops invade South Korea on June 25th
 * 1956 Death of Eugene Freudenberg, his brother, on April 3rd at age 65
 * 1959 Living at 136 Cottage Street in Jersey City, NJ
 * 1959 Death of Clara Freudenberg, his sister, in November at age 68
 * 1960 United States Census (not released yet)
 * 1960 Jersey City Municipal government's Charter revised at age 69
 * 1960 Easter Day is on Sunday, April 17th
 * 1960 Easter celebration with Arthur, Maria, Helen and Selma photographed
 * 1961 Easter Day is on Sunday, April 2nd
 * 1967 End of railroad ferry service to New York City from Jersey City, NJ
 * 1968 Hospitalization at Jersey City Medical Center, 50 Baldwin Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson
 * 1968 Death of Arthur Freudenberg in Jersey City, NJ on January 22nd at age 77
 * 1968 Obituary for Arthur Oscar Freudenberg is printed in the Jersey Journal on January 23rd
 * 1968 Burial at Flower Hill Cemetery in North Bergen, NJ on January 24th
 * 1968 Richard Norton and Selma visit the house on Journal Square