Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Albert Fred Frembling correspondence and loyalty certificate
- Dates:
- 1938-1951
- Abstract:
- Includes correspondence between Albert Fred Frembing and family and the United States Railroad Retirement Board regarding benefits. amd the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers official receipt for dues. Also includes a loyalty certificate purchased by Mr. Frembling from the Brotherhood for $100.00 on July 3, 1929 under duress. Includes a letter from the Grand Office of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in June 1952 explaining to Mr. Frembling's son-in-law, Harold Levy, that the certificate is worthless.
- Extent:
- .167 Linear Feet 2 folders
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Albert Fred Frembling Correspondence and Loyalty Certificate , MS 506, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes correspondence between Albert Fred Frembing and family and the United States Railroad Retirement Board regarding benefits. amd the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers official receipt for dues. Also includes a loyalty certificate purchased by Mr. Frembling from the Brotherhood for $100.00 on July 3, 1929 under duress. Includes a letter from the Grand Office of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in June 1952 explaining to Mr. Frembling's son-in-law, Harold Levy, that the certificate is worthless.
- Biographical / historical:
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Albert Fred Frembling was born on Oct. 19, 1876 in Ney, Washington Township, Ohio to Henry and Eliza Frembling. He had 5 brothers and two sisters. His father was born in Prussia and at the time of the 1880 Census, was a farmer in Ohio. Frembling was brought to Fresno by his parents when he was 7 years old. Along with his older brother, August, Frembling was a Corporal in Company K with the 14th U.S. Infantry and served during the Spanish American War.
Frembling went to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in 1902. In 1905, Frembling married Nellie Ester Adams in a double wedding ceremony along with Darwin S. Richardson and Sylvia Pearl Graham. Frembling and Nellie were the parents to Mabel [Levy] and Betty [Robertson].
Frembling lived and worked in Fresno for approximately forty years. When he retired in 1943, he was working as a locomotive engineer in the San Joaquin Division.
Albert Fred Frembling died at age 66 on March 27, 1945 and is buried in the Veteran's Liberty Cemetery in Fresno, California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Judith (Rae) Bavois, 2001.
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collections Center
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Places:
- Correspondence--Letters
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-21 23:47:50 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Albert Fred Frembling Correspondence and Loyalty Certificate , MS 506, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
- Location of this collection:
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111 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 323-8073