When Anton Albert Freund was born on 22 December 1895, in Dickeyville, Grant, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Engelhard Albert Freund, was 32 and his mother, Ida Wiegand, was 28. He married Eleanor Margaret Katherine Kelsh on 23 November 1915, in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Dunleith Township, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Julien Township, Dubuque, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 18 August 1979, in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, at the age of 83.