18 Aberdeen Place1


18 Aberdeen Place was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3706, Lot 10.2
The occupants of 18 Aberdeen Place were:

#1. Carl S. Carlson (from 1929 to 1946.)
The value of the house in 1930 was $8,500. In 1940 the value was listed as $9,000.3,4
The New York Times, 23 June 1929, pg. RE1.
     Carl S. Carlson of Sunnyside was among the early settlers of Radburn.5

Carl S. Carlson was born in 1899 in Connecticut.3,4 Carl S. Carlson married Grace L. in 1923.3,4 Carl S. Carlson appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 18 Aberdeen Place, with Grace L. as wife, and their child Lenore.3 Carl was in 1930 in building construction. He was an assistant superintendant and construction manager at the for the City Housing Corp. at 115 (201) Plaza Road North in Radburn. Later he was the president and treasurer of the Radburn Brick and Supply Co.3,6,7 He owned a radio in 1930.3 Carl S. Carlson was a Veteran of the World War.3 Grace was born in 1896 in New York.3,4 Lenore was born in September 1925 in New York.3,4 Before coming to Radburn Carl and Grace lived in Sunnyside, the first development of the City Housing Corporation.5


#2. Sydney Platto (from 1948 to 1952.)


#3. David Zabriskie (from 1956 to 1968.)

David Zabriskie was born in 1922 in Paterson.8 David Zabriskie married Mary in May 1951.9,10,11 David Zabriskie died on 20 May 1980 in Fair Lawn.8 (Obituary in the Bergen Evening Record on 21 May 1980. It also appeared in the Ridgewood News on 22 May 1980.)8,12 David Zabriskie was from 1960 to 1964 an executive in Passaic, but from 1966 he was retired.11,13 In the 1930 census he (8 yrs old) is living in Ho-Ho-Kus with his parents Charles W. and Margaret L. Zabriskie, and two sisters Edith M. and Helen L.14 Mary was born on 22 January 1925 in Massachusetts.15 Mary Porter died on 6 November 2011 in Greenville, South Carolina.15 (Obituary in the Radburn Bulletin on 15 December 2011.)15


#4. Thomas Thompkins (from 1970 to 1973.)


In 1954 it was listed as vacant.

Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S1] 1930 Federal Census, T626, Roll 1312, ED 2-66: sheet 1B (149), line 72-74.
  4. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 65B (1321), line 76-78.
  5. [S76] NY Times, Jun 23, 1929. pg. RE1.
  6. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  7. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  8. [S70] Bergen Record, May 21, 1980, pg. 30.
  9. [S70] Bergen Record, May 8, 1951.
  10. [S70] Bergen Record, Dec 26, 1950, pg. 15.
  11. [S19] 1960 Directory.
  12. [S74] Ridgw. Herald News, 22 May 1980.
  13. [S22] 1966 Directory.
  14. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRC9-ZVX> : 8 December 2015), New Jersey > Bergen > Ho Ho Kus > ED 131 > image 1 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
  15. [S35] The Bulletin, 15 Dec 2011, #3180.