Ralph Freudenberg (1903-1980) was a typesetter for New York Times. (b. February 11, 1903; 220 Madison Street, Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA - d. February 28, 1980, 7:21 am; Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA) Social Security Number 157108647.

Birth:
Ralph was born in 1903 to Max S. Freudenberg I (1857-1921) and Eloise Lindauer (1860-1935) at 220 Madison Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was one of fifteen children out of which nine lived to adulthood.

Jersey City, New Jersey:
His parents were living at 51 Booraem Avenue in Jersey City in 1905 and in 1907 they were living at 22 Hopkins Avenue.

First marriage:
On February 16, 1921 in Orange County, New York Ralph married Nora Belle Conklin (1902-1963) whose family had moved down from Westbrookville in Sullivan County, New York to Jersey City in New Jersey. Nora was the daughter of Herman Conklin (1865-?) and Nora Belle Piatt I (1873-c1955) aka Belle Piatt. Ralph and Nora lived with Ralph's mother at 61-63 Concord Avenue in Jersey City after they married.

Children:
Together they had two children: Ralph Herman Freudenberg I (1931-1992); and Richard Charles Freudenberg II (1932- ), both of the children moved up to Westbrookville after their mother died. The property was previously owned by William Nathan McDowell (1882-1966).

New York Times:
In 1935 when Ralph's mother died the family was living at 134 Beacon Avenue in Jersey City and in 1937, when he applied for a Social Security number, Ralph was living at 157 Carlton Avenue in Jersey City and working for the New York Times in New York City.

Second marriage:
His first wife died in 1963. On September 18, 1964, he married Wladyslawa Joan Dombrowska (1916-1995) aka Lottie Dombrowska, a seamstress whose parents were from Poland.

Model trains:
Ralph was a lover of model trains and had them set up in his basement.

Death:
He died in 1980 of a heart attack while he was living at 640 Palisade Avenue in Jersey City and he was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

Burial:
He was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst, Bergen County, New Jersey.

Relationship:
Ralph Freudenberg (1903-1980) was the granduncle of Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ).

Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958) for Findagrave starting on June 25, 2003. Updated on November 17, 2009 with William Nathan McDowell (1882-1966) as the previous owner of the Westbrookville property. Updated on March 18, 2017 with the date of his second marriage. Updated on January 30, 2021 with the date of his first marriage.

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