332B Plaza Road North1


332B Plaza Road North was build in 1930. The designation is Block 2723, Lot 8.2 The census does not give unit letters, so it is not possible to determine, which unit was occupied by whom.
The occupants of 332B Plaza Road North were:

#1. M. Gordon Gay (from 1930 to 1931.)
The monthly rent in 1930 was $60.-.3

M. Gordon Gay was born in 1903 in Massachusetts.3,4 M. Gordon Gay married Adelaide E. in 1928.3,4 Marshall G. Gay appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 332 Plaza Road North, with Adelaide as wife, and their child Phoebe.3 Gordon Gay was in 1930 an (assistant) manager (merchandise) in New York. In de 1940 census he is in textiles.3,1,5,4 He did not own a radio in 1930.3 Gordon and Adelaide had a daughter Phoebe.3 Phoebe was born in August 1929 in New York.3,4


#2. J. Richard Amesbury (1933.)
J. Richard Amesbury married Anna.6 Gordon and Adelaide were listed in 1930-1 at 332B Plaza Road North, and in 1933-48 at 8 Bedford Place. J. Richard Amesbury was a clerk.6


#3. Leonard K. Squier (1935).
     see 18A Townley Road for his biography.


#4. Charles B. Schlesinger (from 1937 to 1939.)
The monthly rent in 1940 was $47.7
Charles was listed from 1937 to 1940 at 332B Plaza Road North, as removed to Maryland in 1941, and in 1944-1946 at 12 Aberdeen Place.
Charles B. Schlesinger was born in 1892 in New York.7 Charles B. Schlesinger married Catherine.8,7 Charles B. Schlesinger was a mechanical engineer in New York. In the census he is listed as a designer in shipbuilding, in 1944 a marine engineer.8,7,9 Catherine was born in 1905 in New Jersey.7 Charles and Catherine lived in 1935 in Fair Lawn.7 Charles and Catherine had a son Charles V.7 Charles was born in 1935 in New Jersey.7 Charles and Catherine were listed in 1937-40 at 332B Plaza Road North, and in 1941 as removed to Maryland.


#5. Duis W. Meador (1941.)

Duis W. Meador married Ruth M.12,10 Duis W. Meador died on 14 September 1947 in Manhattan, New York.11 Duis was buried in Ridgewood Cemetery, Ridgewood. But Find-A-Grave has a gravesite in Oakwood Cemetery in Macon, MO, with the same dates. His parents are also buried there.11,13 Duis W. Meador was an engineer in an airplane factory in Paterson.12,10
Duis is the son of Carlos Meador and Mabel Hensen.11 Duis W. Meador appeared on the 1940 census as the head of household at 465 Pines Lake, Wayne Township, Passaic County, New Jersey. Enumerated with them was his wife Ruth and his daughter Mabel Anne.10


Citations

  1. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S1] 1930 Federal Census, T626, Roll 1312, ED 2-66: sheet 4A (152), line 34-36.
  4. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 6B (1310), line 74-80.
  5. [S7] 1935 Directory.
  6. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  7. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 2A (1306), line 10-12.
  8. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  9. [S11] 1944 Directory.
  10. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-YSS5> : accessed 2 May 2019), New Jersey > Passaic > Wayne Township > 16-157 Wayne Township bounded by (N) township line; (E) township line; (S) Cedar Cliff Av, Ratzer Rd, Black Oak Ridge Rd, Newark and Pompton Turnpike; (W) township line and Wayne Township, Packanack Lake Area > image 41 of 46; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
  11. [S79] Family Search, online at https://familysearch.org/ /"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WY7-LLX> : 10 February 2018), Duis Weston Meador, 14 Sep 1947; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,133,780.
  12. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  13. [S64] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Duis Meador. <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93991359