5 Ballard Place1


5 Ballard Place was build in 1934. The designation is Block 3804, Lot 13.2
The occupants of 5 Ballard Place were:

#1. Edward F. Mitchell (from 1935 to 1973).
     In 1939-1940 Elladeane Groves is listed as a servant. From 1962 his wife Thelma is listed as the head.
The value of the house in 1940 was $8,400.3
Edward was listed from 1930 to 1933 at 9 Berkeley Place, and in 1935-1960 at 5 Ballard Place.
Edward F. Mitchell was born in 1906 in New York.4,3 Edward F. Mitchell married Thelma S. in 1929.4,3 Edward F. Mitchell was a (bank) clerk in New York. In the 1940 census he is listed as a banker for a trust company.4,5,3 Thelma was born in 1903 in New York.4,3 Edward F. Mitchell appeared on the 1930 census as the head of household at 9 Berkeley Place, Fair Lawn, with his wife Thelma S..4 Edward F. Mitchell appeared on the 1940 census as the head of household at 5 Ballard Place, Fair Lawn, with his wife Thelma S., and their children Dorothy Elizabeth and John Edward. Enumerated with them was Elladeane Groves, servant.3 Dorothy was born in 1934 in New Jersey.3 John was born in 1937 in New Jersey.3
Elladeane was listed from 1939 to 1940 at 5 Ballard Place, and in 1941 as removed to Paterson.
Elladeane Groves was born in 1920 in New York.3 Elladeane Groves was employed at 5 Ballard Place.6,3 Elladeane lived in 1935 in Hudson, New York.3


#2. Bruce R. Funt.
They bought the house in 1984.2 Bruce R. Funt married Dulce M.7 Dulce was born in Spain.7 Dulce M. Funt died on 28 June 2012 in Fair Lawn.7 (Obituary in the Radburn Bulletin on 13 September 2012.)7


5 Ballard Place was not listed in the numerical directory before 1933. In 1933 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. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 62A (1318), line 19-23.
  4. [S1] 1930 Federal Census, T626, Roll 1312, ED 2-66: sheet 2A (150), line 16-17.
  5. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  6. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  7. [S35] The Bulletin, #3199, 13 Sep 2012.