4 Brearly Crescent1


4 Brearly Crescent was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3718, Lot 9.2 In 1964 the streetname was misspelled as Beverly Crescent in the numerical directory. The New York Times, 30 November 1929, pg. 39.
     The City Housing Corporation sold a house at 4 Brearly Crescent, Radburn to John Marshall of Corona, LI.3

The occupants of 4 Brearly Crescent were:

#1. John Marshall (from 1930 to 1937.)
The value of the house in 1930 was $11,000.4

John Marshall was born in 1888 in New York.4 John Marshall married Ethel in 1910.4 John Marshall appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 4 Brearly Crescent, with Ethel as wife, and their children James, Donald and John G..4 John Marshall was a construction superintendant at the City Housing Corporation in Radburn. In 1937 he was the Fire Chief of the FLFD at Gardiner Road.4,5,6 He owned a radio in 1930.4 Ethel was born in 1888 in New Jersey.4 John and Ethel had at least three children: James, Donald and John.4 James was born in 1913 in New York.4 Donald was born in 1921 in New York.4 John was born in 1923 in New York.4 John G. Marshall was in 1941 in the Navy, and an engineer in 1952.7 John and Ethel were listed in 1930-7 at 4 Brearly Crescent, and in 1941 at Glen Rock.


#2. Alexander E. Barkalow (from 1939 to 1946.)
The monthly rent in 1940 was $62.8
Alexander was listed from 1939 to 1946 at 4 Brearly Crescent, in 1948 he was listed as removed to Reading, PA, and in 1952-1960 at 10 Bedford Place. He was not listed in 1950.
Alexander E. Barkalow was born in 1902 in New Jersey.8 Alexander E. Barkalow married Elzabeth U.9,8 Alexander E. Barkalow was employed as an assistant coal freight agent at the Erie Rail Road.9,7,8 Alexander lived in 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio.8 Elzabeth was born in 1912 in Michigan.8 Elzabeth lived in 1935 in New York City, New York.8 Alexander and Elzabeth had two children: Bruce and Barbara.8 Bruce was born in 1939 in New York.8 Barbara was born in February 1940 in New Jersey.8


#3. Edward F. Greening (from 1948 to 1973.)
Edward F. Greening married Gloria H.10,11 Edward F. Greening died on 22 August 1998.11 Edward F. Greening was in 1973 a chemical engineer with the Gen Aniline & Film Co in Linden, NJ. In 1956 he was a chemical engineer in Paterson.10,12 Gloria was born on 27 May 1922.11 Gloria Rappold Greening died on 15 October 2017 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey.11 (Obituary in the Radburn Bulletin on 30 November 2017.)11


Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S76] NY Times, Nov 30, 1929. pg. 39.
  4. [S1] 1930 Federal Census, T626, Roll 1312, ED 2-66: sheet 3A (151), line 15-19.
  5. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  6. [S8] 1937 Directory.
  7. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  8. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 65A (1321), line 33-36.
  9. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  10. [S25] 1973 Directory.
  11. [S35] The Bulletin, Nov 30, 2017. #3339.
  12. [S17] 1956 Directory.