14 Ramapo Terrace1


14 Ramapo Terrace was build in 1942. The designation is Block 3613, Lot 3.2 It was designated as 17 Ramapo Terrace in the 1940 census.3
The occupants of 14 Ramapo Terrace were:

#1. Leonard B. Dixon (from 1940 to 1962).
     His mother Alice B. Dixon was listed also (at least until 1946). After 1950 he was listed as L. Bentley Dixon.
The value of the house in 1940 was $6,000.3
Leonard was listed from 1935 to 1939 at 8 Burnham Place, and in 1940-6 (his mother moves as well) at 14 Ramapo Terrace.
Leonard B. Dixon was born in 1902 in England.3 Leonard B. Dixon married Helen.4,3,1 Leonard B. Dixon was a draftsman (telephones) in New York. In 1930 no occupation was listed; in 1956 he was an electronics engineer in NY.4,3,1,5,6 Helen was born in 1903 in England.3 Leonard and Helen lived in 1935 in 8 Burnham Place, Fair Lawn.3 Leonard and Helen had 2 children: Peter and Wendy.3 Peter was born in 1927 in England.3 Peter Dixon was in 1946 in the US Army.7 Wendy was born in 1929 in England.3 Leonard B. Dixon appeared on the 1930 census as the head of household at 37-50 81st Street, Queens, New York, with his wife Ellen, and their children Peter and Wendy.5
Leonard Bentley Dixon and Ellen Maybell Dixon immigrated in 1930 arriving on the "Majestic" from Southampton in New York on 2 Apr 1930 with their children Peter Frederick Dixon and Wendy Margaret Dixon. His mother Alice B. Dixon is their contact in England.8 Wendy Dixon was in 1956 a clerk in NY.6
Alice B. Dixon was born in 1873 in England.3 Alice B. Dixon was widowed (Spouse: Frederick.)9,1


#2. Brendan W. O'Malley (from 1966 to 1973.)
Brendan W. O'Malley married Mildred K.10 Brendan W. O'Malley died on 6 June 2013 in Crofton, Maryland.10 (Obituary in the Radburn Bulletin on 18 July 2013.)10 Brendan W. O'Malley was in 1973 an accountant in the personel dept of the Port Authority NY.11


14 Ramapo Terrace was not listed in the numerical directory before 1941.

Citations

  1. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-94, sheet 5A (1405), line 17-21.
  4. [S8] 1937 Directory.
  5. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RZ8-G27> : 8 December 2015), New York > Queens > Queens (Districts 0001-0250) > ED 190 > image 9 of 82; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
  6. [S17] 1956 Directory.
  7. [S12] 1946 Directory.
  8. [S79] Family Search, online at https://familysearch.org/ /"New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5HH-9N27> : 21 May 2014), 4705 - vol 10231-10232, Apr 1, 1930 > image 744 of 1012; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  9. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  10. [S35] The Bulletin, 18 Jul 2013. #3222.
  11. [S25] 1973 Directory.