35 Sandford Road1


35 Sandford Road was build in 1942. The designation is Block 3625, Lot 2.2 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. In the 1952 numerical directory the address was 36 Sandford Road, but in the alphabetical section the correct adress was used.
The occupants of 35 Sandford Road were:

#1. Conrad M. Arensberg (from 1948 to 1964.)

Conrad M. Arensberg was born on 12 September 1910 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.3 Conrad M. Arensberg (1) married Margaret W.4,5,6 Conrad M. Arensberg (2) married Vivian E. Garrison.7 Conrad M. Arensberg died on 10 February 1997 in Hazlet, New Jersey.7 (Obituary in the New York Times on 16 February 1997.)7 Conrad M. Arensberg was a professor in NY (in 1948-1950 he is listed as a salesman.)5,4 He was a famous anthropology professor. He graduated from Harvard in 1931, and taught many years at Columbia University.3,7 Conrad and Margaret had 3 children. Their daughter Emily M. is listed in 1958-62 as a renter.8,6,9 On 31 Jan 1950 he came from Oslo, Norway by plane (Swedish Airlines) to New York. His address is listed as 35 Sandford Road, Fair Lawn. He is 39, b. in PA. He has one bag, weighing 17 1/3 kg.10


#2. Joseph G. Meade Jr (from 1966 to 1973.)
Joseph G. Meade Jr married Anna "Nancy".11 Joseph G. Meade Jr was in 1966 an agent for Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co; in 1973 he was an agent for Bankers Security in NY.12,11 Anna "Nancy" Meade died in March 2014 in Washingtonville, New York.13 (Obituary in the Radburn Bulletin on 27 March 2014.)13 Joseph and Anna had 4 children: the eldest, Joanne G., is listed as student and renter in 1973.13,11 Emily M. Arensberg was from 1958 to 1962 a student.9


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Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S58] Wikipedia, online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Conrad M. Arensberg. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_M._Arensberg
  4. [S13] 1948 Directory.
  5. [S15] 1952 Directory.
  6. [S19] 1960 Directory.
  7. [S76] NY Times, Obituary Conrad M. Arensberg. <https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/16/nyregion/conrad-arensberg-86-dies-hands-on-anthropologist.html
  8. [S18] 1958 Directory.
  9. [S20] 1962 Directory.
  10. [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:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G94K-CJWR> : 3 October 2015), 7789 - vol 16905-16906, Feb 1, 1950 > image 592 of 1104; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  11. [S25] 1973 Directory.
  12. [S22] 1966 Directory.
  13. [S35] The Bulletin, #3241, 27 Mar 2014.