385 Owen Avenue1


385 Owen Avenue was build in 1933. The designation is Block 3802, Lot 1.2 #385 was build in 1933, but is not listed until 1948.
The occupants of 385 Owen Avenue were:

#1. Walton B. Miller (from 1948 to 1954.)
Walton was listed from 1935 to 1937 at 11A Burnham Place, in 1939 at 2 Bristol Place, then in 1940-1 at 1 Bristol Place, in 1944-6 at 10 Bedford Place, in 1948-1954 at 385 Owen Avenue, and in 1962-1968 at 20 Randolph Terrace.
Walton B. Miller was born in 1901 in Illinois.3 Walton B. Miller married Emma A.4,3 Walton B. Miller was an assistant manager in Jersey City. Later he worked in real estate in Newark. In the census and 1948 he is listed as a broker in Hoboken, and in 1968 he is retired.4,5,3,6,7 Emma was born in 1906 in Virginia.3 Walton and Emma lived in 1935 in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.3 Walton and Emma had at least 2 sons: Benton and David. In 1968 there is also a Wayne R., student and renter listed.3,7 Benton was born in 1930 in New York.3 David was born in 1934 in New York.3


#2. Roscoe A. McCarthy (from 1948 to 1973).
     From 1966-1973 Mrs. Daisy M. McCarthy is listed as the head.
Roscoe was listed in 1944 at 2A Townley Road, in 1946-1948 at 4 Audubon Place, then in 1950-1954 at 342B Plaza Road North, and in 1956-1964 at 385 Owen Avenue. Roscoe A. McCarthy married Daisy M.. She was the widow of Roscoe A. from 1956.8,9,10 Roscoe A. McCarthy was in 1944 in the US Navy, in 1946-48 in the US Merchant Marines, and after 1950 a master mariner in NY.11,6,12,9


385 Owen Avenue was not listed in the numerical directory before 1948.

Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 7A (1311), line 15-18.
  4. [S7] 1935 Directory.
  5. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  6. [S13] 1948 Directory.
  7. [S23] 1968 Directory.
  8. [S17] 1956 Directory.
  9. [S19] 1960 Directory.
  10. [S24] 1970 Directory.
  11. [S11] 1944 Directory.
  12. [S14] 1950 Directory.