Helen Eloise Freudenberg (1928-1989) Keypunch Operator (b. September 27, 1928, 158 Oakland Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA - d. April 24, 1989, 10:00 pm, Bayonne Hospital; Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA) Social Security Number 157207855.

Birth:

Helen was born in 1928 to Arthur Oscar Freudenberg (1891-1968) and Marie Elizabeth Winblad (1895-1987).

Baptism:

She was baptised at Scandanavian Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church, Jersey City, New Jersey.

Siblings:

Her siblings include: Naida Muriel Freudenberg (1915-1998); and Selma.

Father abandoned family:

Arthur abandoned the family after Helen's birth. The oral family tradition was that Arthur left Maria for a burlesque stripper. At one point Arthur was living with Edlycoe Klynman but this was in the 1960s. In 1930 the family was living at 9 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey and Otto Winblad, Maria's brother was living with them.

Eddie Ganlan:

In 1947 Helen got pregnant from the butcher's son, Eddie Ganlan or Ganley from Bower Street.

John Borland:

When she was ready to have the child, a sailor she was dating, John Earl Borland I (1924-1986), took her home to Bowerston in Carroll County, Ohio to have the baby and he married her. The child was Michael Joseph Borland (1947- ) and Helen gave her sister's name, Selma, to put on the bith certificate.

Marriage and children:

Two children followed: John Earl Borland II and Steven.

Divorce:

Helen and John divorced and Helen married Al Brindley, a sea captain. John married Geraldine Marie Winblad (1928- ) in 1979. Geraldine was the daughter of Helen's mother's brother, Otto Winblad.

Death:

Helen died on April 24, 1989 of cancer and she was cremated.

Cremation:

He remains were cremated.

Burial of ashes:

Her ashes are buried with her mother at Grave 4-I North, Lot 428, New York Bay, Bay View Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.

Memories about Helen Freudenberg:

Selma Freudenberg (1921-2009) said on July 20, 2003: "Helen worked as a keypunch operator, first for the Army in Hoboken. I got her that job, because she was my sister. After that she worked at other keypunching jobs. A key puncher would operate a machine to code data onto computer cards. Later she worked for Hilton Hotels in Manhattan doing keypunch. She hated taking the tube home at night back to Jersey City at 1 am and eventually they let her sleep over in the hotel. Her African-American friend, Audrey who used to work for Helen when she was a manager in New Jersey got her the job at the Hilton."

Updates:

Last updated by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) on October 7, 2009 with the name "Eddie Ganley" from research by Kevin Borland (1975- ). Updated on June 21, 2010 with Bayonne Hospital as her place of death.

Source:

Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on June 23, 2003 and uploaded here at Geni.com on October 15, 2009.