324 Howard Ave1


324 Howard Ave was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3713, Lot 6.2
The occupants of 324 Howard Ave were:

#1. Joseph Strauss (from 1930 to 1933.)
The value of the house in 1930 was $12,700.3
Joseph was listed from 1930 to 1933 at 324 Howard Ave, and in 1935 as removed to Paterson.
Joseph Strauss was born in 1879 in Hungary.3 Joseph Strauss married Katherine in 1911.3 Joseph Strauss appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 324 Howard Ave, with Katherine as wife, and their children Evelyn and Ruth.3 Joseph Strauss was a manager (clothing store, hats) in New York.3,4 He owned a radio in 1930.3


#2. John L. Hague (1935.)
John L. Hague married Anita T.5 John L. Hague was in 1935 a supervisor in New York.5


#3. Richard B. Evans (from 1937 to 1944.)
The monthly rent in 1940 was $75.6
Richard was listed in 1933-5 at 4 Burnham Place, in 1937-44 at 324 Howard Ave, then in 1946 as a renter at 16 Barry Place, in 1948 at 15 Bedford Place, and in 1950 he was listed as removed to South Orange, NJ
Richard B. Evans was born in 1902 in Indiana.6 Richard B. Evans married Alma M.7,6,8 Richard B. Evans died on 10 July 1967 in New York City.9 (Obituary in the Bergen Record on 11 July 1967.)9 Richard B. Evans was from 1933 to 1937 a manager in New York. In 1939 he worked in Jersey City, and in 1941 he was a assistant secretary there. In the 1940 census he was listed as an assistant manager for a life insurance company. He is also a personel manager.7,5,10,11,6 Alma was born on 23 June 1897 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.8,6 Alma M. Evans died on 29 October 1994 in Santa Barbara, California.8 (Obituary in the Bergen Record on 8 November 1994.)8 Richard and Alma had three children: Richard, Barbara and Nancy.6 Richard was born in 1926 in Indiana.6 Richard B. Jr. Evans graduated in 1944 from Ridgewood High School.12 Barbara was born in 1930 in Connecticut.6 Nancy was born in 1932 in New Jersey.6


#4. Edward G. McComsey (1946.)


#5. Harry Petty (from 1948 to 1950).
     Louise H. Petty, widow Grover C., is listed with him as a renter.13

Harry Petty was born in 1911 in New Jersey.14 Harry Petty married Mildred F. on 5 March 1932 in Manhattan, New York.15,13 Harry Petty was in 1950 an underwriter in Newark.13 Mildred was born in 1912 in Ossining, New York.15

Louise H. Petty was born in 1887 in New York.14 Grover Petty married Louise H.14 Grover Petty appeared in the 1920 Census as the head of household at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, with his wife Louise H., and their children Harry and Ransford.14


#6. A. Victor Koch.
     see 14 Bedford Place for his biography.


#7. Donald W. Berry.
Donald was listed from 1952 to 1958 at 23 Reading Terrace, and in 1960-1973 at 324 Howard Ave. Donald W. Berry married Catherine G. in 1973.16 Donald W. Berry was in 1973 a vp for CPLilly Co, NY.16


Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S1] 1930 Federal Census, T626, Roll 1312, ED 2-66: sheet 3A (151), line 33-36.
  4. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  5. [S7] 1935 Directory.
  6. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 8A (1312), line 29-33.
  7. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  8. [S70] Bergen Record, 8 Nov 1994, pg. 20.
  9. [S70] Bergen Record, 11 Jul 1967, pg. 20.
  10. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  11. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  12. [S70] Bergen Record, 10 Jun 1944, pg. 11.
  13. [S14] 1950 Directory.
  14. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RF3-ZCQ> : 14 December 2015), New Jersey > Somerset > Bernards > ED 116 > image 7 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  15. [S79] Family Search, online at https://familysearch.org/ /"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24D6-4QD> : 10 February 2018), Harry Petty and Mildred F. Weaver, 05 Mar 1932; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,684,446.
  16. [S25] 1973 Directory.