2 Reading Terrace1


2 Reading Terrace was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3607, Lot 1.2
The occupants of 2 Reading Terrace were:

#1. Joseph A. Schaeffler (from 1931 to 1935.)
The New York Times, 23 September 1930, pg. 50.
     The City Housing Corporation sold the one-family home at 2 Reading Terrace, Radburn to Joseph A. Schaeffler.3

Joseph A. Schaeffler was born in 1904 in Massachusetts.4 Joseph A. Schaeffler married Marjorie.1,4 Joseph A. Schaeffler was a mechanical engineer (DuPont) in New York.1,4 Joseph and Marjorie had 2 children: Sarah (10) and William (6), both born in New Jersey.4


#2. John A. Christie (from 1939 to 1950.)
The value of the house in 1940 was $6,500.5
John was listed in 1935-7 at 24B Townley Road, in 1939-50 at 2 Reading Terrace, and in 1952-1958 at 348 Owen Avenue.
John A. Christie was born in 1904 in Massachusetts.5 John A. Christie married Elizabeth H.6 John A. Christie was a lawyer, and the recorder for the Fair Lawn Police Department. His office was at Gardiner in Fair Lawn, and in Hackensack.6,7,8,5 Elizabeth was born in 1907 in New York.5 John and Elizabeth lived in 1935 in Fair Lawn. The 1940 census lists their residence as 'same house.5' John and Elizabeth had a daughter Olden.5 Olden was born in 1935 in New Jersey.5 In 1949, he petioned the tax court to see whether some fees, received from the Borough of Fair Lawn for his work for the sewer construction was properly taxed (see. )


#3. William J. Moore (from 1952 to 1966.)


#4. Hyman Block (from 1968 to 1973.)


In 1937 it was listed as vacant.

Citations

  1. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S76] NY Times, Sep 23, 1930. pg. 50.
  4. [S39] Federal Census: 1940 (T627). Pennsylvania, Chester County, Kennett Square Borough, ED 15-46, pg. 703 (sheet 17A), line 35-38.
  5. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-94, sheet 5B (1405), line 70-72.
  6. [S7] 1935 Directory.
  7. [S8] 1937 Directory.
  8. [S10] 1941 Directory.