Freleigh, Albert Steven

Albert Freleigh 1893-1966

Birth

Albert was born November 22, 1893, in [Greenville in Greene Co., NY] ^[1] to William Freleigh and Sarah Anna Carr. He went by the nickname "Bert"

Occupation

Albert was a farm laborer, and also worked for the Railroad.

Marriage & Children

Albert married Ruth L. Chapman, daughter of John Frederick Chapman and Ellen Frances Wheeler circa 1922. They had three children, Blanche Ellen Freleigh, Elizabeth Jane Freleigh and a baby boy that was stillborn.

Death

Albert died on December 8, 1966, in Veteran's Administration Hospital in [Albany, NY] at the age of 73. He was buried in Hannacroix Rural Cemetery in Dormansville.

Obituary

Freleigh - At Veteran's Hospital, Albany. December 8, 1966. Albert S. Freleigh of Westerlo, N.Y.; brother of Mrs. Daisy Decker and Frank Freleigh. Funeral service Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Cunningham Funeral Home, Greenville, N.Y. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday 7 to 9 p.m. Interment Hannacroix Cemetery, Dormansville, N.Y.

Additional Media

Albert & Ruth (Chapman) Freleigh
Gravestone
Obituary
WWI Draft Registration

Sources

↑ World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.

[WWI-1] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.

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