29 Sandford Road1


29 Sandford Road was build in 1942. The designation is Block 3624, Lot 1.2 Sandford Road is on the map, but does not exist until 1946, when 12 unnumbered houses are listed as vacant. Not all houses belong to Radburn; the first owners could choose whether or not to belong. Most appear in the directory in 1948.
The occupants of 29 Sandford Road were:

#1. Roy J. Greene (from 1948 to 1954.)


#2. Peter F. Gilbert (from 1956 to 1962.)


#3. Henderson B. Douglas (from 1964 to 1973).
     in 1973 Helen M. Douglas is listed as the head; no death date is listed for Henderson.
Henderson B. Douglas married Helen M.3,4 Henderson B. Douglas was a labor representative in NY.3,4 Possibly he is listed in the 1930 census in Washington, DC. A Helen M. Douglas is also listed, but that is his sister. In 1940 they are still in DC, Henderson is a bookkeeper for a labor organization. He is born c. 1915 in PA; he is divorced.5,6


Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S21] 1964 Directory.
  4. [S24] 1970 Directory.
  5. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R4D-H3V> : 9 December 2015), District of Columbia > Washington > Washington > ED 48 > image 24 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
  6. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-P39M> : accessed 28 April 2019), District of Columbia > District of Columbia > Police Precinct 8, District of Columbia, Tract 12 > 1-295 Police Precinct 8 (Tract 12 - part), District of Columbia, Devonshire Courts South Apartments, Devonshire Courts North Apartments > image 38 of 62; 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.