8 Ruskin Road1


8 Ruskin Road was build in 1941. The designation is Block 3618, Lot 5.2
The occupants of 8 Ruskin Road were:

#1. Harry Muller (1944.)


#2. A. Merlin Sones (from 1946 to 1973).
     from 1966-1070 his wife Mrs. Gladys A. Sones is listed as the head. In 1946 he was listed as Jones.
Gladys is not listed in 1973, but a Merlin Sones, secretary at Kelly Girls, is listed at 8 Ruskin Road. If this is a son, he was born after 1940, as he does not appear in the census.3
A. Merlin Sones was born on 3 December 1898 in Anamosa, Iowa.4,5,6 A. Merlin Sones married Selma Gladys on 8 June 1921 in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She was widow of A. Merlin in 1966.5,7 Gladys was born on 17 February 1898 in Mount Union, Iowa.5,6 A. Merlin Sones was in 1940 a college teacher in Paramus.4 Arnie Merlin Sones registered for the WWI draft in Iowa.8 A. Merlin Sones appeared on the 1930 census as the head of household at Alton, Sioux COunty, Iowa, with his wife Gladys A., and their children Carol J. and Mary G..9 A. Merlin Sones appeared on the 1940 census as the head of household at 1705 East Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough, Florida, with his wife Gladys A., and their children Carol J. and Mary G..4 Carol was born on 14 May 1924 in Hinesboro, Illinois.4,6 Mary was born in 1928 in Iowa.4 Mary G. Sones was in 1966 a saleswoman at Alexanders, Inc in Paramus.7


8 Ruskin Road was not listed in the numerical directory before 1944.

Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S25] 1973 Directory.
  4. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MR-NWJ2> : accessed 21 April 2019), Florida > Hillsborough > Election Precinct 59 > 29-45 Election Precinct 59 W of Tampa Northern Railroad, Hillsborough County Tuberculosis Sanatorium > image 12 of 58; 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.
  5. [S79] Family Search, online at https://familysearch.org/ /"Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ5T-HTB> : 10 February 2018), A. Merlin Sones and Selma Gladys Avery, 08 Jun 1921; citing Mt. Vernon, Iowa, reference 2:3FWS30L; FHL microfilm 1,710,982.
  6. [S79] Family Search, online at https://familysearch.org/ /"New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5WD-71> : 21 May 2014), 4143 - vol 9258-9259, Oct 4, 1928 > image 177 of 865; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  7. [S22] 1966 Directory.
  8. [S79] Family Search, online at https://familysearch.org/ /"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81HW-J4Y> : 14 May 2014), Iowa > Jones County; A-Z > image 3319 of 3923; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  9. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R4X-W32> : 8 December 2015), Iowa > Sioux > Alton > ED 21 > image 11 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).