Joseph Alfred Fredette, otherwise known as J. Alfred, was born in New Bedford MA to Louis and Marie "Mary" (nee Boyer) Fredette on 18 MAR 1882.
J. Alfred married Aldea Sutherland on 25 Nov 1907 in New Bedford, MA.[1]
On his WWI draft card, it stated that his occupation at that time was a mule spinner. [2]
He was a lifelong resident of New Bedford, Massachusetts who later ran a general or hardware store and also performed locksmithing and notary from the first floor storefront of the same building where he lived.[3][4][5][6][7]
He died in 1950 and was buried in Sacred Heart New Cemetery.[8]
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-X6D6 : accessed 14 May 2016), J. Alfred Fredette and Aldea Sutherland, 25 Nov 1907; citing Marriage, , New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 577,298.
↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZN3-6PP : accessed 14 May 2016), Alfred Fredette, 1917-1918; citing New Bedford City no 1, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,674,420.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M95R-9GD : accessed 14 May 2016), Alfred Fredette in household of Louis Fredette Jr., Precinct 1 New Bedford city Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 6A, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,638.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2NY-FVZ : accessed 14 May 2016), Alfred Freddetto, New Bedford Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 184, sheet 13B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,591.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXTB-PV9 : accessed 14 May 2016), J Alfred Fredette, New Bedford Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,685.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4K3-7TY : accessed 14 May 2016), J Alfred Fredette, Ward 1, New Bedford, New Bedford City, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-19, sheet 11B, family 232, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1698.
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