15 Reading Terrace1


15 Reading Terrace was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3607.1, Lot 17.2
The occupants of 15 Reading Terrace were:

#1. Henry F. Scarr (from 1933 to 1973).
     He is not listed in 1937, when George H. Janes is listed instead. The address is not listed the numerical directory in 1952, but Henry F. Scarr is listed in the alphabetical section.
In the 1940 census the house number was listed as 18.3 The New York Times, 15 February 1931, pg. 164.
     Ten dwellings were recently sold in Radburn, the model town which the City Housing Corporation is building near Paterson and Ridgewood, New Jersey. Among the buyers was Henry F. Scarr.4
Henry was listed in 1933-46 at 15 Reading Terrace, but in 1939 as removed to New York.
Henry F. Scarr was born in 1901 in New Mexico.3 Henry F. Scarr married Harriet.5,3,6 Henry F. Scarr was an (electrical) engineer in New York. In the 1940 census he was listed as a sales manager for a radio dealer. However, his usual occupation was rodeo mechanic (suppl. questions.)5,7,3 Harriet was born in 1904 in France.3 Henry and Harriet had 2 children: Robert and Nancy.3 Robert was born in 1931 in New York.3 Robert F. Scarr was in 1952 in the US Air Force.6 Nancy was born in 1934 in New York.3


#2. George H. Janes (1937.)
George was listed in 1937 at 15 Reading Terrace, and in 1939 at 17 Reading Terrace. George H. Janes married Rowena S.8 George H. Janes was a salesman.8


In 1931 it was listed as vacant.3

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 6B (1406), line 44-47.
  4. [S76] NY Times, Feb 15, 1931. pg. 164.
  5. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  6. [S15] 1952 Directory.
  7. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  8. [S8] 1937 Directory.