Radburn4 Bedford Place1
4 Bedford Place was build in 1933. The designation is Block 3806, Lot 2.2
The occupants of 4 Bedford Place were:
#1. Fred E. Webster (from 1933 to 1941.)
The value of the house in 1940 was $10,500.3
The New York Times, 18 March 1932, pg. 40.
A French provincial type of dwelling erected at 4 Bedford Place in Radburn by the CHC has been bought by Fred E. Webster.4
Fred was listed in 1931 at 8 Brearly Crescent, in 1933-41 at 4 Bedford Place, and in 1946-1948 at 6 Randolph Terrace. He was not listed in 1944, and after 1948.
Fred E. Webster was born on 22 June 1901 in New York.5,3 Fred E. Webster married E. Irene in 1925.6,3,7 Fred E. Webster died on 10 January 1998.5 Irene was born on 16 March 1901 in New York.3,8 Fred E. Webster was in 1931 a clerk, and in 1935-37 a worker at the Telephone Company in New York. In the census he is listed as a development manager with the Telephone Company.6,9,3 Irene Webster died on 10 April 1980.8 Fred and Irene were buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.8
The New York Times, 18 March 1932, pg. 40.
A French provincial type of dwelling erected at 4 Bedford Place in Radburn by the CHC has been bought by Fred E. Webster.4
Fred was listed in 1931 at 8 Brearly Crescent, in 1933-41 at 4 Bedford Place, and in 1946-1948 at 6 Randolph Terrace. He was not listed in 1944, and after 1948.
Fred E. Webster was born on 22 June 1901 in New York.5,3 Fred E. Webster married E. Irene in 1925.6,3,7 Fred E. Webster died on 10 January 1998.5 Irene was born on 16 March 1901 in New York.3,8 Fred E. Webster was in 1931 a clerk, and in 1935-37 a worker at the Telephone Company in New York. In the census he is listed as a development manager with the Telephone Company.6,9,3 Irene Webster died on 10 April 1980.8 Fred and Irene were buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.8
#2. Arthur F. Waas (from 1944 to 1954.)
#3. Henry A. Schongar (from 1956 to 1970.)
Henry A. Schongar was born in 1902 in Connecticut.10 Henry A. Schongar married Adelaide J.11,10 Henry A. Schongar was in 1931 an engineer at PSE&G Co at 199 E. Ridgewood Ave in Ridgewood. In 1933-35 he worked in Passaic and in 1937-1941 in Paterson. In the 1940 census he was listed as an electrical engineer (electrical power house.)6,11,12,10 Adelaide was born in 1905 in Connecticut.10 Henry and Adelaide had 2 sons: Ronald and Laurence.10 Ronald was born in 1933 in New Jersey.10 Laurence was born in January 1940 in New Jersey.10
#4. Carlton F. Grimes (1973).
see 9 Andover Place for his biography.
4 Bedford Place was not listed in the numerical directory before 1933.
Citations
- [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
- [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
- [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 7A (1311), line 5-6.
- [S76] NY Times, Mar 18, 1932. pg. 40.
- [S64] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38548654
- [S5] 1931 Directory.
- [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRC5-32P> : 8 December 2015), New York > Kings > Brooklyn (Districts 0751-1000) > ED 860 > image 37 of 82; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
- [S64] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38548629
- [S7] 1935 Directory.
- [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-94, sheet 5A (1405), line 26-30.
- [S6] 1933 Directory.
- [S8] 1937 Directory.