362 Owen Avenue1


362 Owen Avenue was build in 1941. The designation is Block 3801, Lot 18.2
The occupants of 362 Owen Avenue were:

#1. Walter W. Bishop (from 1939 to 1948.)
The value of the house in 1940 was $9,000.3

Walter W. Bishop was born in 1898 in Ohio.3 Walter W. Bishop married Pauline S.4,3 Walter W. Bishop was an engineer. In 1941 he was a personnel manager in Paterson. In the 1940 census he was listed as an assistant personnel manager (airplane engines.)4,3,5 Pauline was born in 1901 in Ohio.3 Walter and Pauline lived in 1935 in Montclair, New Jersey.3 Walter and Pauline had a son Walter W. III.3


#2. Joseph J. Geller (1950.)


#3. Philip R. Appfel (from 1952 to 1973.)
Philip R. Appfel married Claire B.6 Philip R. Appfel was a physician in Newark.6
It is possible that he is the son (b. 1917) of Phillip Richard and Sybil Apffel. The father is listed by either name; both parents are buried at Valleau. In the 1930 census there are 2 children: Richard (13) and Russel(11). The father is enumerated as Richard, thus the son could also be Phillip Richard.7,8


362 Owen Avenue was not listed in the numerical directory before 1939.

Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S56] Bergen Dispatch, online http://bergendispatch.com/
  3. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 62A (1318), line 16-18.
  4. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  5. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  6. [S18] 1958 Directory.
  7. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RC9-6FQ> : 8 December 2015), New Jersey > Bergen > Midland Park > ED 165 > image 1 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
  8. [S64] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Valleau Cemetery. <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56941767/