Noah Freeth [fh.4.6.1.2.12.2]

Noah Freeth was the second child of George Henry Freeth & Margaret Riley born Jan-March 1872 at Warrington, Lancs.

In 1881 Noah was living with his widowed father George & brothers & sister at 253 Warwick Road, Warrington.

Noah was still living at home in 1891 with his father & step mother Martha, & brothers & sisters at 27 Oxford Lane, Warrington. Noah was an engine driver.

In July-September 1894 Noah married Bridget Jeffers at Warrington, Lancs. Bridget was born Jan-March 1870 at Warrington, Lancs.

In 1901 Noah & Bridget were living at 71 Oxford Lane, Warrington & Noah was a wagon shunter. They had 3 children – George Bertram (5), Mary Frances (4) & Gertrude (2).

On June 15th, 1904 Noah’s father George set sail from Liverpool to Philadelphia, USA aboard the SS Westernland to visit his son Noah, whose address was given as: 256 Mayfield St, Philadelphia.

According to the 1910 Philadelphia census, Noah had emigrated to the USA in 1903 with his wife Bridget and 3 children. They were living at Lawrence St, Philadelphia & Noah was an engineer at a hardware foundry. Son George was a messenger at the pawn office & daughters Mary & Gertrude were still at home. They had a lodger John Gleason, a bartender at the beer saloon. The census noted that Noah owned his house.

The children of Noah Freeth & Bridget Jeffers were:

fh.4.6.1.2.12.2.1 George Bertram Freeth born Oct-December 1895 in Warrington, Lancs
fh.4.6.1.2.12.2.2 Mary Frances Freeth born April-June 1897 in Warrington, Lancs
fh.4.6.1.2.12.2.3 Gertrude Freeth born April-June 1899 in Warrington, Lancs

Bridget died before the 1920 census when Noah was still living in Philadelphia with the 3 children. Noah was an electrical engineer at a factory, son George was a salesman of welding apparatus & daughters Frances (Mary) & Gertrude were telephone operators. All the family were naturalised in 1910.

By 1930 Noah had remarried & he & his second wife Genevieve (38) were living at Fairhill St, Philadelphia. Genevieve’s mother Martha McGuigan, aged 78, was living with them. Noah’s employer was given as the Government, & the value of his house was $4,500.

There is a 1942 WW2 draft registration card for Noah Freeth which gives his date of birth as January 16th, 1882 – making his age 60, when in fact he was 70 years old. His place of residence was given as 4834 N. Fairhill St, Philadelphia & next of kin was his wife Mrs Gen Freeth.

WW2 draft card for Noah Freeth - 1942