14A Townley Road1


14 Townley Road was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3608, Lot 7.2
The occupants of 14A Townley Road were:

#1. Roman Beck (1937.)
Roman Beck married Patty.3 Roman Beck was a lawyer in New York.3


#2. Richard H. Young (from 1939 to 1944).
     See 8 Bancroft Place for his biography. His mother Julia Young resides with him in 1940-1941, and his mother-in-law Mrs. Morton Marshall resides with him in 1941 and later.
In the 1940 census the house number was listed as 2A.4 The monthly rent in 1940 was $52.4

Julia Young was born in 1872 in Michigan.4 Julia Young was widowed (Spouse: Frederick H). He died before 1940, as she was a widow in the 1940 census.5,4 No occupation was listed for Julia Young.5
The Fair Lawn - Paramus Clarion, 21 July 1944, insert, pg. 1.
     Mrs. Morton Marshall, who makes her home with her daughter Mrs. Richard H. Young, left on Saturday for Highpoint, NC to attend the funeral of her son Capt. John A. Marshall. Captain Marshall was a certified training specialist with T.W.I. and resident representative covering 5 states. Mrs. Young's sister, Mrs. George L. Atwood of New York has gone South with her mother.6


#3. Lawrence O. Houstoun (1946.)
Lawrence was listed in 1939-41 at 328B Plaza Road North, in 1944 at 8 Bancroft Place, and in 1946 at 14A Townley Road.
Lawrence O. Houstoun was born in 1903 in New York.7 Lawrence O. Houstoun married Almeda F.8,9 Lawrence O. Houstoun was a trader in New York. In the census he is listed as a stock trader in a brokerage house.8,7 Almeda was born in 1907 in New Jersey.7 Lawrence and Almeda lived in 1935 in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey.7 Lawrence and Almeda had 2 children: Lawrence and Linda.7 Lawrence was born in 1929 in New Jersey.7 Linda was born in 1938 in New Jersey.7


#4. Louis A.J. Phillips (from 1948 to 1950.)
Louis A.J. Phillips married Evelyn H.10 No occupation was listed in 1948 for Louis A.J. Phillips.


#5. R.O. Anderson (from 1952 to 1954.)


#6. Ernest Erber (1960.)


#7. Thrasher T. Gray (from 1970 to 1973.)
Thrasher T. Gray married Elizabeth T.11 Thrasher T. Gray was in 1973 a public relations worker P&R Communications Inc in Clifton.11 Elizabeth T. Gray died on 13 March 2011.12 (Obituary in the Radburn Bulletin on 14 April 2011.)12 Melissa Gray was in 1973 a student.11


In 1931-35 it was listed as vacant.

Citations

  1. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S8] 1937 Directory.
  4. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-94, sheet 6B (1406), line 65-69.
  5. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  6. [S75] Clarion, July 21, 1944. insert. Serviceman's Newsletter, July 1944.
  7. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 2A (1306), line 18-21.
  8. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  9. [S11] 1944 Directory.
  10. [S13] 1948 Directory.
  11. [S25] 1973 Directory.
  12. [S35] The Bulletin, #3161, 14 Apr 2011.