311 Plaza Road North1


311 Plaza Road North was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3720, Lot 2.2
The occupants of 311 Plaza Road North were:

#1. Thomas F. LaHiff (from 1930 to 1931).
     See 15 Aberdeen Place for his biography.
The value of the house in 1930 was $8,500.3
Thomas LaHiff appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 311 Plaza Road North, with Sarah as wife, and their children Paul and Sally A..3


#2. Alvin E. Drager (from 1933 to 1939.)
The monthly rent in 1940 was $50.4
The New York Times, 3 July 1932, pg. RE-1.
     A house at Plaza Road, Radburn was sold by the City Housing Corporation to Alvin E. Drager.5

Alvin E. Drager was born in 1896 in Indiana.4 Alvin E. Drager married Dayle.6 Alvin E. Drager was in 1933 a telephone engineer, but in 1935-1946 a salesman.6,7,8 Dayle was born in Indiana.4 Alvin and Dayle had 2 children: Richard and Allan.9,4 Alvin and Dayle were listed in 1933-40 at 311 Plaza Road North, and in 1941-6 at 16 Reading Terrace.
Richard D. Drager was born in 1924 in Connecticut.9,4 Richard D. Drager graduated from Ridgewood High School.9 Richard D. Drager served in the Army. He was a Staff Sergeant (in the same unit as Roger Lawn), and was reported MIA on 16 November 1943. He was later presumed dead.9,10 Richard D. Drager died in November 1943 in Europe.9
Allan Drager was born in 1927 in New Jersey.11,12,4 Allan Drager graduated on 20 July 1944 from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood. Allan was one of the last graduating class of Radburnites of Ridgewood High School. He had already left for training in the Navy.11,12


#3. S. Paul Maas (1941.)
S. Paul Maas married Pauline R.13 S. Paul Maas was a chiropodist in Paterson.13


#4. T. Charles Sullivan (1944).
     See 317 Plaza Road North for his biography.


#5. Margaret M. Loescher (from 1946 to 1973.)


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 3B (151), line 53-56.
  4. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 1A (1305), line 17-20.
  5. [S76] NY Times, Jul 3, 1932. pg. RE-1.
  6. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  7. [S12] 1946 Directory.
  8. [S7] 1935 Directory.
  9. [S75] Clarion, July 21, 1944. insert. Serviceman's Newsletter, July 1944.
  10. [S31] NARA, online http://www.archives.gov/index.html, World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Bergen County, New Jersey. pg. 3. <http://media.nara.gov/media/images/28/34/28-3320a.gif
  11. [S75] Clarion, July 21, 1944, pg 6.
  12. [S29] Arrow, 1944.
  13. [S10] 1941 Directory.