Waldemar Julius Wilhelm Jacob Freudenthal was born on Tuesday, April 26, 1887 in Philadelphia. He was the son of Mary (Kempker) and Woldemar Freudenhal. In some sources he was called "William" Freudenthal.

In the 1910 census, he was living on Twelfth Street in Hammonton, New Jersey.

Circa 1908, he married Vermilia Alice Bassett. They had four children.

  1. Allen Conrad Freudenthal (1909-1986)

  2. Charles Hubbard Freudenthal (1911-1976)

  3. Elisabeth Freudenthal (1914- )

  4. William James Freudenthal

In the 1910 and 1920 census reports, he and Alice and their children were living on a farm on Twelfth Street in Hammonton. Waldemar was listed as a glasscutter in a cut glass factory. His parents were living at the same address. The 1920 list has him as a laborer on a fruit farm.

Waldemar died on February 27, 1920 at the age of 32 in Folsom, Atlantic County, New Jersey. He is buried in the cemetery of St. James Lutheran Church in Folsom Borough, Buena Vista Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.

Vermilia was born on Wednesday, November 17, 1886 in New Jersey. She died on June 13, 1917 in Folsom at the age of 30. She was also buried in the cemetery of St. James Lutheran Church

In the Rehmann Family many events since the mid-19th century have occurred at two churches located at 1341 Mays Landing Road in Folsom, New Jersey. (Some sources list the address being in Hammonton, NJ.) There can be some confusion since names of these churches are spelled in slightly different ways depending on the date or the document.

Starting in 1848, the original church was established as St Jacobus Lutheran Church to serve the local German immigrants. It was located on a 12 acre plot of land which included a cemetery.

In 1853, conflicts over theological issues caused a split in the congregation. The land was divided into two six acre sites and one was used to construct what is now St James Lutheran Church, originally St James Evangelical Church. Charles Rehmann (1826-1892) was on the St. James committee. A second facility called Zion Evangelical & Reformed Church was founded at that time. It is sometimes listed as Zion's or Zions.

About 1998 around the 150th anniversary of the original church, the two congregations reunited into St James Lutheran Church. The cemetery is often referred to by either name, St. James or Zion.