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You are here: Photo Albums • ARCANGELI / ARCHANGELI • Fred Edward Fred was born near Florence, Italy. His grandfather, Martin Arcangeli, owned a vineyard where Fred's father worked. For some unknown reason, his father, Pietro, decided to come to America while Fred was less than one year old. When Fred was about three years old, Pietro sent a message that he wanted his wife, Anna, to come over. She did so but left Fred behind with relatives. When Fred was 6 years old, someone else was coming over from Italy and brought Fred with them to be reunited with his parents. He first lived in Pennsylvania, then Ohio, and finally moved to Saginaw, Michigan in 1909. His father worked in mines in all three of these states, and Fred followed his lead by beginning his working career in the mines at the early age of 12!
Fred always went by the name of Fred and nothing else, but his mother always called him Federico. Apparently this had been his name in Italy. The spelling of Fred's last name was changed by Fred's teacher when she inserted the "h" and no one told her not to, after all she was the teacher. Fred's brothers Dante, Martin, Bruno and Geno were all born in the U.S. and took the name Archangeli on their birth certificates. All of the rest of the family who were over here and mostly all living in South Saginaw, used the original name of Arcangeli.
Fred was very much a patriotic American. He would not purchase items made in foreign countries. He always drove a Chevrolet because, as he said, "That's my bread and butter." Fred was very politically conscientious and exercised his vote in all elections since 1913. He was a strong Democrat. Apparently no one ever asked him if he was a citizen of the U.S. Fred finally became an American citizen on August 5, 1943. Fred was an outdoorsman. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. In his younger years, he had a boat that he and Margaret ran down on the Saginaw river. In his 50's he bought a 15' Lyman. Many days were spent on the Saginaw Bay fishing for perch.
A blood clot made it's way to Fred's heart and he passed away on June 1, 1957, even though there was a doctor right there at the house. Margaret and Don were with him at the end. ~Written by Fred's grandson, Wayne EASTMAN, with help from Fred's youngest son Donald. Photo Gallery
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Fred
Edward ARCHANGELI
Fred
worked as a bartender and ran a movie theater. Both of these
businesses were housed in the same building and were owned by by his
uncle Dan Arcangeli. A few years later when Dan opened his hardware
store in South Saginaw, Fred worked there. He left his uncle's
businesses and went to work at Lufkin Rule Company where he met 
Fred
did not have a long-term formal education. His wife says that he
only finished the fourth grade, while his son 
Fred
had a real manly way about him. He would test the sharpness of a
knife by scraping the hair off the underside of his arm. Fred always
seemed to be in fine health. He passed away just 9 days short of his
65th birthday and possible retirement. It is felt that he probably
would not have retired at that point. He wanted to buy a new car,
probably a '57 or '58 Chevrolet, pay it off and then retire. Also,
many of his co-workers were his close friends and he enjoyed the time
spent with them.
