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Note: We called him Opa, german for grandfather, I remember Opa as a tallkind man, who went to the beer store on South Orange Ave in Newark. He alwas had a bag of peanut pillow candy in his dress drawer,yum. He lived with us at 515 South Orange Ave Newark NJ,and moved with us to Springifled in the late 40's He helped landscape our property and it was beautiful. We had chickens,Opa built a chicken coop. Opa became ill arount 1947 and died in 1948. He was living with aunt alice smith lynn in Hillside at the time
January 2000/Carol Holst Fredette
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We called him Opa, german for grandfather. I remember Opa as a tall kind
man,who went to the beer store on South Orange Ave, in newark . He always had
a bag of peanut pillows in his dresser drawer,yum. We lived at 515 South
Orange Ave, Nwk NJ. when we moved to Springfield in the late 40's Opa came with
us. He helped landscape our property it was beautiful. We also had a chicken
coop and chickens which gave us eggs. Opa became ill around 1947-48 and died
in 1948, at the time he was living with my aunt alice smith lynn in Hillside.
carol holst fredette
01/2000
the 1910 census lists Opa as a bookeeper, I knew him as a mason/carpenter
1920 census shows Opa and his daughter Alice living with his brother Herman,Irma,Charlotte were in a foster home in Kearny NJ,see other 1920 census.
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