John William Freeth was the fourth child of George Henry Freeth & Margaret Riley born Jan-March 1877 at Warrington, Lancs.
In 1881 John was living with his widowed father George & brothers & sister at 253 Warwick Road, Warrington.
John was still living at home in 1891 with his father & step mother Martha, & brothers & sisters at 27 Oxford Lane, Warrington. John was a labourer.
John married Sarah c1897 & presumably lived in Warrington as their first child’s birth was registered there in 1898.
Sarah was found in the 1901 census living with sons Thomas (3) & John (2) at Longford St, Warrington. Husband John was not with her & as the family are know to have emigrated to the US in that year it is possible that he had already gone to America. Sarah was described as a newsagent & she was living with her uncle Martin Dooley (39), a labourer in the iron industry & his wife Julia (41), a fustian cutter.
There are passenger lists for 1905 & 1907 showing that Sarah & 2 children, Thomas & John, sailed to Philadelphia on the S.S. Merion & S.S. Friesland respectively. The 1907 record states that Sarah’s nearest relative in the UK was her mother Mrs Griffiths of 57 Laura St, Warrington.
In 1920 John (41) & Sarah (44) were living in Philadelphia & John was a stationary engineer working in the production of cigar boxes. Son Thomas J was a machinist at a machine shop & son John B also worked at the cigar factory as a shipping clerk.
John & Sarah were still living in Philadelphia in 1930 at N. Fifth St. John was now a dealer on a newspaper stand. They owned their house with a declared value of $7,000, & both John & Sarah were naturalised.
The children of John William Freeth & Sarah were:
fh.4.6.1.2.12.4.1 Thomas J Freeth born Jan-March 1898 at Warrington, Lancs
fh.4.6.1.2.12.4.2 John B Freeth born Oct-December 1899 at Warrington, Lancs