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PRIVATE
ALBERT T. SCHLEICHER was born in 1898 in the Polish region of the old
Russian Empire. His parents , Joseph and Pauline Schleicher's native
language was German. They left Russia, first coming to Canada, where a
daughter, Elizabeth was born, around 1904. By 1908 the Schleicher family
was living in New Jersey, where children Richard and Anna were born. By
1910 they had settled on Jackson Avenue in in the North Merchantville section of
Pennsauken, New Jersey. Joseph Schleicher was was a cabinetmaker and would
eventually find work at the Victor Talking Machine Company factory in
Camden.
Albert T. Schleicher
entered the military in August of 1918, joining the ground
aviation service. He spent two months at Camp Humphreys, Virginia, dying there
from Spanish influenza on October 9, 1918. Private Schleicher was brought home. He was
buried at Calvary Cemetery in
Delaware Township (present day Cherry Hill), New Jersey. Schleicher Avenue in
Pennsauken was named in his honor.
Albert
Schleicher was survived by Joseph & Pauline Schleicher of 5 (later
5530) Jackson Avenue, Pennsauken, New Jersey, their daughters Clara, Elizabeth,
and Anna, and their son Richard. Joseph Schleicher passed away in 1928,
Pauline ten years later. The family still resided on
Jackson Avenue as late as April 1930.
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