20 Randolph Terrace1


20 Randolph Terrace was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3606, Lot 10.2
The occupants of 20 Randolph Terrace were:

#1. William I. Tode (from 1933 to 1944.)
The house number in the 1940 census was listed as 5.3 The monthly rent in 1940 was $57.3

William I. Tode was born in 1904 in England.3 William I. Tode married Isobel M. Isobel (M.)4,5,3 William I. Tode was a draftsman at W. & J. Sloane in New York. In the 1940 census he was listed as a furniture designer.4,6,3 Isobel was born in 1905 in Scotland.3 William and Isobel had a daughter Joan.3 Joan was born in 1933 in New York.3
The Arts and Crafts Guild, 1932.
     Linoleum Handicraft, conducted by W. F. Tode. Class to meet for personal instruction and critcism on Tuesdays in the Workshop. This class will take up: book plates, block printing (curtains, friezes), decorative panels, screens, tray tops, waste baskets. Mr. Tode is a graduate architect, has practised with a leading Canadian firm of architects and designers, was a consultant on the New York Life Insurance Company Building and is now professionally associated with W. and J. Sloane in New York City as a senior designer, planning, decoration and equipment specialist.6
Nicholas J. Ressetar and William I. Tode both worked for W. & J. Sloane in New York.6


#2. Philip G. Gray Jr (from 1946 to 1948.)
Philip G. Gray Jr married Carolyn G.7 Philip G. Gray Jr was in 1946 an engineer in NY.7


#3. William E. McGinnity (1950).
     see 19 Reading Terrace for his biography.


#4. Roland R. Eaton (from 1952 to 1960.)


#5. Walton B. Miller (from 1962 to 1968.)
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.8 Walton B. Miller married Emma A.9,8 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.9,5,8,10,11 Emma was born in 1906 in Virginia.8 Walton and Emma lived in 1935 in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.8 Walton and Emma had at least 2 sons: Benton and David. In 1968 there is also a Wayne R., student and renter listed.8,11 Benton was born in 1930 in New York.8 David was born in 1934 in New York.8


#6. Philip Caranico (from 1970 to 1973.)


In 1931 it was listed as vacant.

Citations

  1. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-94, sheet 5B (1405), line 64-66.
  4. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  5. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  6. [S34] Robert B. Hudson, Radburn, pg. 108.
  7. [S12] 1946 Directory.
  8. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 7A (1311), line 15-18.
  9. [S7] 1935 Directory.
  10. [S13] 1948 Directory.
  11. [S23] 1968 Directory.