Robert Blake Frederick was born in Havre de Grace in April 1899 and lived at this address when he enlisted in the National Guard on May 20, 1917. He was promoted to Private First Class in September 1917 and to Corporal in July 1918. He served in Company D 1st Maryland Infantry and then Company D 115th Infantry. He was overseas from June 1918 until he was killed in action on October 10, 1918. He perished in the same battle and on the very same day as his fellow Havre de Graceian, Sgt. James P. Fyle. Corporal Frederick received the Order of St. Sava (Serbian) as decoration.

Maude M. Frederick (1873-1920) and John N. Frederick were the parents of Robert B. Frederick and they owned this home. They were also the parents of Alonza B. “Lonnie” Frederick (1897-1967) who was married to Margaretta Wilson Frederick. After the death of parents Maud and John, their heirs conveyed this home to Lonnie and Margaretta. Margaretta had a sister named Julia B. Wilson (1901-1984) who had a child, D. Everett Wilson, in 1924, whose husband had left her. So they moved in here with Lonnie and and Margaretta and their son, Wilbur Frederick. Everett Wilson said that was the only home he knew until 1953 when he married Anna Horton after dating her for 11 years. Anna later worked at Stockham’s Cannery peeling tomatoes and later at the soda fountain of Green’s Drug Store drug store. And she and Everett had six children.

Everett’s mother, Julia Wilson, worked on a loom in the Gambrill textile mill on Fountain Street and later got a job at the fireworks factory on Chapel Road Extended where she worked until the factory blew up in 1960. Locals called the factory “The Sparkler” even before it exploded. Everett Wilson was standing in his back yard when it blew. He said the whole town shook from 36 separate explosions over an hour-and-a-half and 16 houses nearby were badly damaged. He said he was very was relieved when he later learned that his mother was safe. Two people died, however, one being the factory owner, James Archie Fabrizio (1928-1960) and Nellie Stansbury, who lived nearby and had a heart attack during one of the explosions. The factory was never rebuilt and is now a housing development.

The late D. Everett Wilson (1924-2013) was the subject of a “Harford County Living Treasure” interview in 2007 in which he discussed growing up and his experience of being treated as a son by Lonnie Frederick, who often took him fishing and hunting and taught him things “like a father would.” Everett worked for a time at the J.M. Huber Company (now Evonik Industries) and later for several years at the Aberdeen Proving Ground from which he retired. After the death of Lonnie Frederick in 1967, his wife Margaretta added the name of her son, Wilbur E. Frederick, to the deed with hers. But in 1983, she conveyed the home to Wilbur and his wife, Jane L. Frederick.

Four years later the Fredericks sold the home to Andrew McIntyre. He is a local college math teacher and a professional musician who plays several instruments including the bagpipes. Andrew and his family continue to own this home more than 35 years later.

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Built 1920. 1608 sq ft, 2 stories no basement, 1 bath, 6250 sq ft lot.