9 Bedford Place1


9 Bedford Place was build in 1933. The designation is Block 3806, Lot 11.2
The occupants of 9 Bedford Place were:

#1. Carl R. Russell (from 1933 to 1950.)
The value of the house in 1940 was $10,900.3

Carl R. Russell was born in 1899 in Wisconsin.4,3 Carl R. Russell married Patricia B. in 1927.4 Carl R. Russell was an accountant at the Electric Co. in New York. In the 1940 census he is listed as an accountant for a telephone supply firm.4,5,3 He owned a radio in 1930.4 Carl R. Russell was a Veteran of the World War.4 Carl and Patricia had 2 children: Patricia Ruth and Benjamin.4 Patricia was born in 1929 in New Jersey.4 Benjamin was born in 1933 in New Jersey.3 Patricia was born in 1905 in South Dakota.4 Carl and Patricia were listed in 1930-1 at 4 Aberdeen Place, and in 1933-46 at 9 Bedford Place.


#2. David Banker (from 1952 to 1958.)
David Banker married Hyla.6


#3. Kennon Heusinkveld (1960).
     See 7 Bedford Place for his biography.


#4. Christian P. Holmstrup.
Christian was listed from 1950 to 1958 at 5 Bolton Place, and in 1962-1973 at 9 Bedford Place. He is not listed in 1960. Christian P. Holmstrup married Dorothee A.7 Christian P. Holmstrup was in 1958 a salesman in NY.7
Christian and Roy E. Holmstrup (who lived at 11 Brighton Place and 376 Owen Avenue) were brothers, see 1940 Richmond Cty census, as well as the 1920 census Manhattan. In 1930 the mother (listed as Katherine, rather than Kitty) is a widow, listed at Staten Island. There are also passport applications, passenger list (they visited Denmark in the end of 1919.)8


9 Bedford Place was not listed in the numerical directory before 1933.


Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 6B (1310), line 58-61.
  4. [S1] 1930 Federal Census, T626, Roll 1312, ED 2-66: sheet 1B (149), line 82-86.
  5. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  6. [S19] 1960 Directory.
  7. [S18] 1958 Directory.
  8. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MB-9CZJ> : accessed 27 March 2019), New York > Richmond > New York City, Richmond, Assembly District 1 > 43-71 New York City, Richmond Borough Assembly District 1 (Tract 99 - part) > image 12 of 22; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.