I was ten years old when I made my first trip to Princeton. My family was living in suburban Philadelphia, and my father had recently taken a new job in northern New Jersey. My mother invited me to ride with her to Princeton to meet with the real estate agent.
As we were driving into town along Mercer Street, my mom slowed the car and craned her neck to the right, examining the houses as they passed by. She slowed down even more and finally said, "That's it — that's Einstein's house!"
It was at that moment that I realized that, as something of an aspiring boy scientist, I was getting in a little over my head.
In early 2022 the Census Bureau released the original documents (available at the Official 1950 Census Website) it had created eight years before my family moved to Princeton. Virtually none of our closest neighbors appear in them, as construction on the housing development we lived in didn't begin until the early to mid-1950s.
Given that all of the original documents are handwritten, even a search function that's aided by machine learning is of limited usefulness to a researcher or a curious member of the public.
I downloaded high-resolution copies of all the files from Princeton and Princeton Township, as well as several from neighboring Lawrence Township.
The stripped and anonymized numerical data are typically made available to the public immediately after the completion of the census. Under current law, however, the Bureau must wait for 72 years before releasing the original documents in their full detail. A gap of such length is necessary to protect privacy and confidentiality, and to maintain public confidence in the census-taking process.
Entries in each category are arranged by enumeration district and sheet number.
Students at Princeton Schools
Students at Lawrenceville School
Teachers at Princeton Schools
Teachers at Lawrenceville School
Friends of the Family
Merchants, Shopkeepers, and Dentist
Scientists and Mathematicians
Other Academics
Princeton Undergraduates
Other Notable Residents
Princeton in 1950
Gendered Job Titles
A Sample of Other Job Titles
New Jersey, Mercer County, Lawrence, 11-58, sheet 28
Province Line Rd
Tassie, John M, head, 33, born in California; vice president, china manufacturing factory
—, Margaret M, wife, 30, born in New York
—, John M, Jr, son, 6, born in NJ
—, Meg, daughter, 4, born in NJ
—, Hope M, daughter, 2, born in NJ
—, Mark, son, 1, born in NJ
John Milton Tassie graduated from Princeton in 1939 and joined Lenox, Inc in 1942. He was its chief executive from 1959 to 1977. Under his leadership the company went from a small family-owned craft operation to a publicly traded company with a worldwide reputation, according to his obituary in the New York Times.
John Tassie, Sr died in Princeton in 2002.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Lawrence, 11-61, sheet 17
64 Lawn Park Ave
Trani, Nicholas, head, 30, born in New Jersey; laborer, construction
—, Susanna D, wife, 26, born in New Jersey
—, Anthony, son, 3, born in NJ
—, Nicholas, son, 1, born in NJ
—, John, son, October, born in NJ
—, Anthony, father, 62, born in NJ
John Trani attended Princeton area schools.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-67, sheet 71
145 Ewing St
Delano, James K, head, 25, born in France; business manager, Electronic Research Corp
—, Anne K, wife, 25, born in New York
—, Richard K, son, 2, born in NJ
—, James F, son, 1, born in NJ
Ricky Delano graduated from Princeton Country Day School (now Princeton Day School) in 1962. The extended Delano family includes President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-68, sheet 12
109 Linden Ln
Johnson, Ernest F, head, 25, born in New York; instructor in chemical engineering, university
—, Marjorie R, wife, 27, born in Pennsylvania
—, David S, son, 3, born in Pennsylvania
—, Carolyn L, daughter, August, born in Pennsylvania
David Johnson attended Princeton Country Day School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-70, sheet 13
30 Humbert St
Sculerati, Vincent J, head, 35, born in NJ; machine operator, drug plant
—, Julia M, wife, 34, born in NJ
—, Daniel J, son, 11, born in NJ
—, Lillian C, daughter, 9, born in NJ
—, Charles A, son, 3, born in NJ
Charlie Sculerati graduated from Princeton High School in 1964. He worked at the Hobby Shop, the Alchemist & Barrister, and the Yankee Doodle Tap Room. In 2006 he moved to Baltimore, MD, where he tended bar at the Baltimore Convention Center, according to his obituary in the Princeton Town Topics.
Charlie Sculerati died in 2014.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-70, sheet 77
56 Jefferson Rd
Jeffries, Edward B, head, 32, born in Pennsylvania; lab technician, textile research
—, Margaret L, wife, 30, born in Indiana; beautician, beauty shop
—, Dennis E, son, 3, born in Indiana
—, Christopher M, son, Nov, born in NJ
Dennis graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1965. He was on the cross-country and wrestling teams and excelled in studio art.
According to his brother Mark, Dennis had a diverse career including piano player in a Country & Western band, and a stint at the Library of Congress.
Dennis died in 2001.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-72, sheet 3
66 1/2 Witherspoon St
Bolling, Lankford (sic), head, 35, born in Florida; laboratory assistant, university
—, Aurelia, wife, 36, born in North Carolina
—, Lankford (sic), Jr, son, 3, born in Princeton, NJ
Langford Bolling, Jr played in the junior baseball leagues. He was a talented outfielder.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-76, sheet 8
103 Mercer St
Cameron, Nicholas G, head, 44, born in New Jersey; management, industrial engineer
—, Katherine R, wife, 37, born in New York
—, Nicholas A, son, 11, born in New Jersey
—, Gerard G, son, 2, born in New Jersey
Lew, Kenneth, lodger, 32, born in North Carolina; research work, survey
Gerry Cameron graduated from Princeton Country Day School in 1962.
New Jersey, Mercer County, 11-76, sheet 12
150 Mercer St
Gaston, John M, Jr, head, 44, born in New Jersey; lawyer, law office
—, Bettie R, wife, 34, born in Virginia
—, Harriet J, daughter, 8, born in Indiana
—, John M III, son, 2, born in New York
John Gaston III attended Princeton Country Day School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-76, sheet 18
75 Alexander St
Poole, Alan C, head, 36, born in Rhode Island; research analyst, brokerage
—, Anne N, wife, 32, born in Maryland
—, Anne S, daughter, 8, born in New Jersey
—, John B, son, 2, born in New Jersey
John attended Princeton Country Day School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77B, sheet 6
47 Dickinson St
Sieja, Stanley S, head, 35, born in New York; instructor in athletics, Princeton University
—, Wanda P, wife, 33, born in Ohio
—, Donald, son, 4, born in Ohio
—, Theodore, son, 2, born in New Jersey
—, Joseph, father, 64, born in Poland
—, Blanche R, sister, 19, born in New York
Teddy Sieja attended Valley Road School (middle school).
His father Stanley coached the fencing team at Princeton. He guided the Tigers to an NCAA championship in 1964.
Stanley Sieja died in Princeton in 1982.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77C, sheet 71
163 Nassau St
Parsells, H Richard, head, 24, born in New Jersey; sells appliances, appliance store
—, Claire G, wife, 22, born in New Jersey
—, Barbara C, daughter, 1, born in New Jersey
Barbara attended Princeton schools. 163 Nassau Street now houses the offices of Morford & Dodds Realty.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-79, sheet 1
127 Linden Ln
Federici, Joseph, head, 42, born in New Jersey; tailor, retail clothing store
—, Adeline B, wife, 40, born in New Jersey
—, Philomena, daughter, 2, born in New Jersey
—, Anita, daughter, July, born in New Jersey
Philomena, later known as Mena, attended Valley Road School. The Federici family lived next door to the Kurt Gödels.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-79, sheet 5
41 Jefferson Rd
Blair, David H, Jr, head, 31, born in North Carolina; author fiction, works for self
—, Constance K, wife, 33, born in England
—, David H III, son, 1, born in New Jersey
David Hunt Blair III graduated from Princeton Country Day School in 1963. His grandfather served as US Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-79, sheet 9
198 Moore St
Decker, Robert C, head, 32, born in New Jersey; account executive, advertising agency
—, Luora [?] M, wife, 31, born in New York
—, Ronald C, son, 6, born in New York
—, Barbara L, daughter, 4, born in New Jersey
—, Robert H, son, 3, born in New Jersey
The younger Robert Decker attended Valley Road School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-79, sheet 14
11 Harris Rd
Toto, Albert S, head, 35, born in New Jersey; manager, retail grocery store
—, Ida, wife, 31, born in Italy
—, Albert S, Jr, son, 2, born in New Jersey
—, Lucille M, daughter, 6, born in New Jersey
Albert Toto, Jr attended Valley Road School. His father was proprietor of Toto's Market on Witherspoon St.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-79, sheet 23
124 Laurel Rd
Bales, John F, head, 39, born in Ohio; vice president, perfume & soap manufacturing corporation
—, Jean T, wife, 34, born in Ohio
—, John F III, son, 9, born in Massachusetts
—, Robert T, son, 7, born in Massachusetts
—, Richard F, son, 1, born in New Jersey
Rick Bales was a student at Princeton High School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, North Princeton Township, 11-80, sheet 13
97 Leigh Ave
Armonia, Aristede, head, 48, born in Italy; janitor, university
—, Mary Y, wife, 37, born in Italy
—, Carmella, daughter, 15, born in New Jersey
—, Lucy, daughter, 14, born in New Jersey
—, Mary, daughter, 12, born in New Jersey
—, Anna, daughter, 9, born in New Jersey
—, John, son, 7, born in New Jersey
Denise Armonia, born circa 1952, is a daughter of Aristede and Mary. She attended Princeton High School and earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the State University of New York. She married Thomas M Wiltshire around 1976. She worked at the US Geological Survey in Albany, NY for most of her career, according to her obituary.
Denise Armonia died in 2013.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 10
114 Snowden Ln
Coppedge, Roy F, Jr, head, 35, born in Tennessee; lawyer, law firm
—, Nina, wife, 30, born in New Jersey
—, Wendy R, daughter, 5, born in New York
—, Roy F III, son, 2, born in New York
The younger Roy Coppedge was a student at Princeton Country Day School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 17
Cherry Valley Rd
Hutner, Simeon, head, 32, born in New York; trustee investment office, investment office
—, Frances, wife, 31, born in Vermont
—, Daniel, son, 1, born in Ohio
Simeon Hutner earned a PhD in economics from Princeton in 1951 and settled his family there. He worked at various investment companies before starting his own, according to a death notice in the Princeton Town Topics.
Simeon Hutner died in 2003.
The Hutner's son Nathaniel graduated in 1965 from Princeton Country Day School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheets 29 and 30
23 Rollingmead St
Westefeld, Albert, head, 36, born in New York; project director, public opinion research
—, Josephine, wife, 37, born in New York
—, John, son, January, born in New Jersey
Josephine was a graduate of Baylor University and worked as a nurse during World War II. While at the Works Progress Administration office in Washington DC, she met Albert Westefeld. They married and moved to Princeton in 1946.
Albert Westefeld died in 1988 and Josephine died in 2002.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 31
345 Random Rd
Linder, Ernest G, head, 48, born in Massachusetts; research engineer, research lab
—, Jacqueline, wife, 27, born in Canada
—, Jacqueline, daughter, 4, born in New Jersey
—, Robert, son, September, born in New Jersey
Jacqueline Linder (the elder) was a concert pianist from Montreal. In 1945 she married Ernest G Linder, an engineering physicist at RCA Laboratories in Princeton.
Jacqueline died in 2004. Her husband predeceased her.
Jacqueline Linder (the younger) attended Princeton High School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 75
87 Snowden Ln
Kilgore, L Bernard, head, 41, born in Indiana; president, financial reports & stock journal company
—, Mary L, wife, 38, born in New Jersey
—, Kathryn, daughter, 5, born in New Jersey
—, James, son, 2, born in New Jersey
Nomm, Harda, maid, 35, born in Germany
Bernard Kilgore was the managing editor of the Wall Street Journal and chair of the Dow Jones Company. He died prematurely in 1967. He is buried in Princeton Cemetery.
Mary Louise remarried after her husband's death. She was chair of Princeton Packet, Inc, a publisher of local newspapers in central New Jersey. She died in 2005.
Jim Kilgore attended Princeton Country Day School and Lawrenceville School. He has spent most of his career in the family publishing business.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 76
263 Great Rd
Hereford, Brice, head, 39, born in California; executive, oil corporation
—, Anne, wife, 31, born in New Jersey
—, William, son, 2 1/2, born in New Jersey
William Hereford graduated from Princeton Country Day School in 1962.
William's father Brice graduated from Princeton in 1931 and was vice president of Gulf Oil. He fought in World War II and was decorated for meritorious service at the Battle of the Bulge, according to his death notice in the Princeton Alumni Weekly.
Brice Hereford died in Princeton in 1996.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 76
259 Mountain Ave
Knox, Gordon, head, 44, born in Texas; motion picture producer, film company
—, Nancy, wife, 36, born in New Jersey
—, Cynthia, daughter, 13, born in California
—, Gordon, Jr, son, 7, born in New York
—, Harold, son, 3, born in New York
—, Thomas, son, 3, born in New York
Cynthia graduated from Miss Fine's School in Princeton in 1955. Her brothers Harold and Thomas also attended Princeton area schools.
Their father Gordon was a documentary filmmaker who founded the Princeton Film Archives in 1941. Nancy Corbusier Knox is described in her obituary in the Princeton Town Topics as "an historian, historical researcher, newspaper reporter, prolific author of non-fiction and fiction, and writer of documentary movie screenplays."
Gordon Knox died in 1992, Nancy Knox died in 2006, and Harold Corbusier Knox died in 2021.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 78
39 Mountain Ave
Bissell, Tallman, head, 30, born in Delaware; lawyer, admiralty firm
—, Dorothy, wife, 30, born in Alabama
—, Galey, daughter, 2, born in Massachusetts
Galey Bissell graduated from Princeton Day School in 1966.
Tallman Bissell graduated from Princeton (1941) and Harvard Law School. He died in 1999.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 82
Princeton Kingston Rd
Otis, George G, head, 36, born in Ohio; research analyst, motion picture film
—, Lonise [?] G, wife, 34, born in New York
—, Catherine, daughter, 8, born in Louisiana
—, Robert, son, 3, born in New Jersey
Robert Otis attended Princeton Country Day School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 6
Lincoln Hwy — Lawrenceville Rd
Lauch, Gerald M, head, 56, born in Illinois; executive advertising agent, advertising agency
—, Ruby N, wife, 58, born in Florida
Our espouse [?], Jean, horseman, 42, born in France
—, Marie, cook, 45, born in France
Lauch, Gerald M, Jr, head, 33, born in New York; advertising, advertising agency
—, Jane F, wife, 30, born in Pennsylvania
—, Anthony G, son, 6, born in Pennsylvania
Lauch, Peter, head, 31, born in New Jersey; painting, artist
—, Annette C, wife, 32, born in Massachusetts
—, Louise L, daughter, 8, born in Pennsylvania
—, Lauren, daughter, 3, born in Pennsylvania
Lauren Lauch attended Princeton area schools.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 9
Edgerstoune Rd
Rajchman, Jan A, head, 38, born in England; scientist, research lab
—, Ruth J, wife, 40, born in Pennsylvania
—, Alice R, daughter, 5, born in New Jersey
—, John A, son, 3, born in New Jersey
John Rajchman graduated from Princeton High School.
John's father Jan Rajchman studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich) before joining RCA Laboratory in 1935. He's known for his invention of the core memory.
Jan Rajchman died in 1989.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 31
Lower Harrison St
Pittendrigh, Colin S, head, 31, born in England; biology professor, university
—, Margaret D, wife, 32, born in New Jersey
—, Robin, daughter, 5, born in Trinidad
—, Colin, Jr, son, 1, born in New Jersey
Colin ("Sandy") Pittendrigh, Jr attended Princeton area schools.
Colin's father Colin Pittendrigh, Sr was a biologist best known for his discovery of circadian rhythms. Educated at Durham College in England and Columbia University, he joined the Princeton faculty in 1947 and served as dean of the graduate school in the 1960s. He taught at Stanford University and directed the Hopkins Marine Station there.
Colin Pittendrigh, Sr died in 1996.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 44
Project — 414D Devereux Ave
Bogdonoff, Seymour M, head, 29, born in New York; aeronautical engineering research and teaching, university
—, Harriet E, wife, 27, born in New York
—, Sondra Sue, daughter, 2, born in New Jersey
—, Zelda Lynn, daughter, April, born in New Jersey
Seymour Bogdonoff was educated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Princeton and joined the Princeton faculty in 1948. He was a leading expert in supersonic and hypersonic aerodynamics, according to the Princeton Alumni Weekly. He died in 2005.
Harriet was trained in mathematics at Hunter College and met her future husband while working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the precursor to NASA. The Bogdonoffs were founding members of the Jewish Center in Princeton. She died in 2020.
Zelda Bogdonoff studied early childhood development and was an administrator at Head Start in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, according to her obituary. She died in 2015.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Lawrence Township, 11-58, sheet 27
Province Line Rd
Edmonds, Russell S, head, 35, born in New Jersey; animal doctor, hospital (animal)
—, Ruth M, wife, 34, born in New Jersey
—, Arthur M, son, 9, born in New Jersey
—, Russell S, Jr, son, 7, born in New Jersey
—, Nancy L, daughter, 3, born in New Jersey
—, Bruce C, son, 2, born in New Jersey
Curll [?], Betty, maid, 21, born in Pennsylvania; housekeeper, private home
Bruce Edmonds attended Lawrenceville School and earned a degree at the University of Pennsylvania. He spent his career in the marine repair business, according to a note he sent to his fellow alumni.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-76, sheet 6
43 Hibben Rd
Metzger, Bruce M, head, 36, born in Pennsylvania; teaching, Greek & Syriac
—, Isobel M, wife, 31, born in Peru
—, John M, son, 2, born in New Jersey
John graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1966. He has a younger brother, James.
Their father Bruce was a prodigious scholar of ancient languages including Greek and Syriac. (The latter was an Aramaic dialect that emerged in the first century AD in Edessa, Upper Mesopotamia, in present-day Turkey.) He earned a PhD in classics from Princeton University before taking a position at the Princeton Theological Seminary, where he remained for the rest of his life. He's known for his expertise in the translation of the New Testament from the original Greek.
Bruce died in Princeton in 2007 and was buried in Princeton Cemetery. Isobel died in 2016.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77B, sheet 1
15 University Pl, Apt 6
Megna, Edmund R, head, 30, born in New York; teaching, Lawrenceville School
—, Patricia A, wife, 30, born in New York
—, Edmund R, son, 4, born in Connecticut
—, Ronald, son, July, born in New Jersey
Ed Megna studied at Manhattan College and Columbia University. He taught French and coached the basketball team at Lawrenceville School.
His son Ron studied at Lawrenceville School and played on the basketball team.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-67, sheet 72
321 Nassau St
Smyth, Robert N, head, 45, born in New York; French teacher and priest, Episcopal Church
—, Jean O, wife, 37, born in Illinois
—, Robert O, son, 7, born in NJ
—, Charles A, son, 5, born in NJ
Robert Smyth, Sr taught at Princeton Country Day School and acted in local theater groups. Both of the younger Smyths attended PCD.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-70, sheet 15
15 Greenview Ave
Thiel, Cornelius A, head, 62, born in New York; tinsmith
—, Matilda J, wife, 58, born in Canada
—, Donald C, son, 26, born in NJ
Donald Thiel was a shop instructor at Valley Road School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-70, sheet 75
102 Moore St
Seitz, John A, head, 32, born in NJ; shop teacher, high school
—, Gloria E, wife, 29, born in NJ; bookkeeping teacher, college
John Seitz, known as Alfred, was later assistant principal at Princeton High School. He helped to arrange the school choir's European trips and accompanied them abroad, according to his obituary.
Seitz married Gloria Valdisseri in 1952. After earning degrees at Trenton State College and the University of Pennsylvania, she taught business administration at PHS, according to her obituary. They had three children.
Gloria died in 2002 and Alfred died in 2011.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-71, sheets 2 and 3
22 Madison St
Lanahan, John J, head, 58, born in NJ; bookkeeper, public service
—, Anne H, wife, 43, born in NJ; intermediate teacher, public schools
Anne Lanahan taught sixth grade at Valley Road School in the late 1950s.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-74, sheet 20
59 Bayard Ln
McAneny, Herbert L, head, 47, born in New York; secondary school teacher, private school
—, Marguerite C, wife, 49, born in Pennsylvania; curator and dramatic coach, university library, private school
—, Wendy, daughter, 16, born in New York; babysitter
—, Leslie C, daughter, 13, born in New York
Herbert McAneny taught English at Princeton Country Day School and Princeton Day School and coached their drama clubs.
Leslie studied at Miss Fine's School, Case Western Reserve University, and the Yale School of Drama. She served in the Peace Corps, ran a settlement house in Philadelphia, and edited the Gallup Poll Monthly newsletter, according to her obituary.
Herbert McAneny died in 1993 and Leslie died in 2005.
New Jersey, Mercer County, 11-76, sheet 7
16 Edgehill St
Whitehead, Robert VC, Jr, head, 41, born in New Jersey
—, Jane W, wife, 40, born in New York
—, Mary J, daughter, 9, born in New Jersey
—, Gretchen M, daughter, 5, born in New Jersey
—, Ann R, daughter, 1, born in New Jersey
Case, Kenneth M, lodger, 28, born in New York
Robert Whitehead graduated from Princeton in 1931. He lettered in tennis. He taught mathematics and coached the tennis team at Princeton Country Day School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 24
55 Mountain Ave
Hilbish, Thomas, head, 31, born in Indiana; teacher, high school
*Burrier, Ralph, partner, 35, born in New Jersey; teacher (she thinks), high school
*information received from neighbor
Hilbish received his Master's degree in Music from the Westminster Choir College and directed the Princeton High School Choir from 1948 to 1965. The Choir toured Europe under his leadership in 1962 and 1964. He joined the faculty at the University of Michigan, where he was director of choral music.
Thomas Hilbish died in 2015.
Burrier was bandmaster at Princeton High School and later joined the faculty at the Choir College.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 29
23 Rollingmead St
Robson, Stuart, head, 36, born in Massachusetts; elementary school level, private boys school
—, Charlotte, wife, 34, born in Florida
—, Stuart, Jr, son, 8, born in New Jersey
—, Nancy L, daughter, December, born in New Jersey
Stuart Robson, Sr taught science at Princeton Country Day School and Princeton Day School. He was also the town tax assessor. He died in 2004.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-82, sheet 1
Quaker Rd
Birch, Frank, head, 45, born in New Jersey; manual training teacher, high school
—, Eunice, wife, 39, born in New Jersey
—, George T, son, 17, born in New Jersey
—, Frank L, son, 12, born in New Jersey
The younger Frank Birch, who was called Wayne, graduated from Princeton High School and worked in the construction industry, according to his obituary. He died in 2018.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheets 18 and 19
6 Newlin Rd
Rulon-Miller, Sumner J, head, 36, born in Pennsylvania; account executive, advertising firm
—, Sarah G, wife, 34, born in Massachusetts
—, Henry, son, 14, born in New Mexico
—, Sumner III, son, 12, born in Pennsylvania
—, Patrick, son, 10, born in New York
Sumner Rulon-Miller, Jr graduated from Princeton. He worked in advertising, insurance, and real estate, according to his obituary in the New York Times. He died in 1986.
Henry ("Harry") Rulon-Miller was a star hockey player at Princeton Country Day School and Princeton University (class of 1958). He was assistant hockey coach at PCD and the longtime head hockey coach at Princeton Day School.
Sumner Rulon-Miller III graduated from Princeton in 1961. He was an insurance and real estate consultant and an avid sportsman. He died in 2011.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Lawrence Township, 11-57, sheet 29
[no street address given]
Wagner, Chester H, lodger, 37, born in Pennsylvania; teacher, prep school
Chester Hall Wagner graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and served in the US Army during World War II. In 1948 he arrived at Lawrenceville, where he taught French and English and coached wrestling. He died in 2009.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Lawrence Township, 11-57, sheet 29
[no street address given]
Estey, L Wendell, head, 43, born in Massachusetts; teacher, prep school
—, Audree P, wife, 40, born in Canada
—, Lawrence M, son, 9, born in NJ
—, Carol A, daughter, 5, born in NJ
Lawrence Wendell ("Bud") Estey graduated from Amherst College in 1930. He taught English at Lawrenceville School, coached the swimming and diving teams, and participated in the production of plays and musicals. He retired from Lawrenceville in 1976.
Audrée Phipps was a touring classical ballet dancer and a contract performer at Fox Studios in Los Angeles when she met Bud Estey. They were married in 1933. She co-founded and directed the Princeton Ballet Society (now American Repertory Ballet) and Les Chalets Français, a French camp for girls in Deer Isle, Maine.
Bud Estey died in Maine in 2002. Audrée died the same year.
Carol Estey attended Miss Fine's School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Lawrence Township, 11-57, sheet 29
[no street address given]
Wright, Hugh K, head, 42, born in China; teacher, prep school
—, Jessica P, wife, 42, born in New York; saleswoman, nursery
—, Hugh K, Jr, son, 16, born in New York
—, Peter G, son, 13, born in New Jersey
Hugh King Wright, Sr graduated from Union College in 1928 and came to Lawrenceville the same year. He taught English.
Hugh King Wright, Jr studied at Lawrenceville and Wesleyan University. He died in 2018.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Lawrence Township, 11-57, sheet 29
[no street address given]
Easterline, Henry D, head, 48, born in Pennsylvania; teacher, prep school
—, Eunice C, wife, 37, born in Pennsylvania; librarian, prep school
H Dony Easterline graduated from Lafayette College in 1927 and arrived at Lawrenceville in 1936. He taught English.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Lawrence Township, 11-57, sheet 30
[no street address given]
Keller, Theodore H, head, 51, born in Connecticut; teacher, prep school
—, Marion K, wife, 50, born in Connecticut
—, Elsa H, daughter, 20, born in New Jersey
Theodore Keller graduated from Yale University in 1920 and arrived at Lawrenceville the same year. He served as organist, choir director, and instructor in music.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Lawrence Township, 11-57, sheet 31
[no street address given]
Heyniger, Frank K, head, 33, born in New York; master, prep school
—, Adelaide, wife, 26, born in New York
Frank Heyniger taught history and coached the golf team at Lawrenceville School. He was educated at Lawrenceville and Princeton University. He started teaching at Lawrenceville in 1941. He was an heir by marriage to the Corning Glass fortunes. He died in 1970, according to his obituary.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 31
Lower Harrison St
Wicks, Robert R, head, 67, born in New York; dean, boy's college
—, Eleanor M, wife, 58, born in New York
—, Robert S, son, 27, born in Massachusetts; teacher, boy's private school
—, Margaret C, daughter, 25, born in Massachusetts; secretarial, Educational Testing Service
The Reverend Robert Russell Wicks was the dean of the Princeton University chapel from 1929 to 1949. He also served as head of the religion department at Lawrenceville School. He died in 1963.
Robert Stewart Wicks graduated from Lawrenceville School and Princeton University (1945) and taught religion at Lawrenceville and Princeton Country Day. He died in 2000.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-68, sheet 7
96 Spruce St
Male, Raymond F, head, 29, born in New York; personnel director
—, Alice L, wife, 26, born in New York
—, Susan A, daughter, 2, born in NJ
—, Laura E, daughter, Dec, born in NJ
Ray Male served as Mayor of Princeton, ran a bookstore on Nassau St, and taught a First Day school class for young people.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-78, sheet 14
26 Murray Pl
Lockwood, William W, head, 44, born in China; director, school of international affairs, Princeton University
—, Virginia, wife, 39, born in Maine
—, Stephen, son, 9, born in New York
—, William, Jr, son, 12, born in New York
—, Julia, daughter, 1, born in New York
Bill Lockwood, Jr was the longtime program director at McCarter Theater and Lincoln Center. He co-founded the popular Mostly Mozart Festival.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-82, sheet 64
Quaker Rd
Tchorni, Bernard, head, 27, born in Massachusetts; administrator, Educational Testing Service
—, Jacquelyn, wife, 24, born in Connecticut; test construction, Educational Testing Service
Bernie Tchorni was vice president of operations at ETS. He and Jackie had a son, David, and a daughter, Ellen, according to his obituary. They lived on Balsam Lane. Bernie died in 2018.
Jackie Tchorni graduated from Connecticut College and designed math tests at ETS. She married Bernie in 1949, according to her obituary. She died in 2022.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Lawrence Township, 11-57, sheet 19
2529 Main St
Turner, Orren J, Jr, head, 31, born in NJ; operator/manager, photographic studio company
—, Marianlouise, wife, 27, born in Illinois
—, Orren J, III, son, February, born in NJ
Turner operated a photography studio in Princeton. His father was the official photographer of Princeton University for many years, according to his obituary. He retired in 1949.
The Turner home was on US Route 206 across from the Lawrenceville School.
Orren Jack Turner, Jr, died in 2008 and Marianlouise died in 2012.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-70, sheet 4
110 Moore St
Hulit, Ralph D, head, 31, born in NJ; shoe salesman, retail store
—, Mary M, wife, 31, born in NJ
—, Ralph D, son, 6, born in NJ
—, Kathleen M, daughter, 3, born in NJ
—, Warren M, brother, 25, born in NJ
The Hulit family operated a shoe store on Nassau St for many years.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-70, sheet 77
32 Jefferson Rd
Wolman, Nathaniel, head, 66, born in Lithuania; manager, retail clothing store
—, Fannie W, wife, 59, born in Lithuania; manager, retail clothing store
The Wolman family operated a dry goods store at 25 Witherspoon Street from the 1920s through 1955.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-71, sheet 2
24 Madison St
Honore, John A, head, 65, born in Denmark; barber, barber shop
—, Beatrice, wife, 59, born in England
Multiple generations of the Honore family operated a barber shop at various locations around town for most of the twentieth century. There was a Susan Honore at Valley Road School and Princeton High School.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-72, sheet 2
27 Witherspoon St
Urken, Paul, head, 48, born in Russia; manager, hardware store
—, Eunice, wife, 39, born in Pennsylvania; salesclerk, hardware store
—, Frances, daughter, 12, born in NJ
—, Arnold, son, 8, born in NJ
Paul Urken started the Urken Supply Company, a hardware store, on Witherspoon St in 1937. After his death, Eunice ran the business.
Their son Irvin, born in September 1950, eventually ran the business and became mayor of Princeton. He's now a financial advisor.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-74, sheet 18
42 East Stanworth Dr
Pickering, Albert D, head, 30, born in Massachusetts; dentist, dentistry
—, Dorothy C, wife, 25, born in NJ
Dr Pickering's practice at 22 Chambers St was later moved to its present location at Princeton Shopping Center, according to the website of Princeton Dental Group, its successor organization.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-79, sheet 24
234 Mount Laurel Rd
Hinkson, Harold M, head, 29, born in New Jersey; sales clerk, retail stationery store
—, Beverly S, wife, 23, born in New Jersey
—, Harold W, son, 8, born in New Jersey
From the Hinkson's Office Supply Store website: "In 1919 Harold M. Hinkson purchased the business and started the Hinkson's that has become a staple of the community." The current ownership moved the store from its longtime addresses on Nassau St to its present location at 28 Spring St.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 74
55 State Rd
LaVake, Myron E, Jr, head, 42, born in New Jersey; jeweler, jewelry store
—, Mary, wife, 40, born in New Jersey; math teacher, township elementary school
—, Myron, son, 15, born in New Jersey
—, John, son, 10, born in New Jersey
LaVake, Martha, mother, 76, born in New Jersey; store manager, jewelry store
LaVake Jewelers was at 54 Nassau St for many years.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 71
Lawrenceville Rd
Mather, S W, head, [?]0, born in New Jersey; mortician, funeral home
—, Mae, wife, 60, born in New Jersey
Now at 40 Vandeventer Ave, Mather-Hodge describes itself as "Family Owned and Operated, Princeton's Oldest Funeral Home."
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 85
155 Harrison St
Brophy, Thomas L, head, 33, born in New Jersey; shoe merchant, shoe store
—, Gertrude, wife, 33, born in Pennsylvania
—, Thomas Leo, III, son, 8, born in New Jersey
—, Barbara Lynn, daughter, 3, born in New Jersey
Tom Brophy III ran his family's namesake shoe store on Palmer Square for many years before retiring and taking a position with the state of New Jersey. He attended St Paul's Elementary School and Princeton High School, according to his obituary. He died in 2020.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Lawrence, 11-58, sheet 23
Carter Rd
Steenrod, Norman E, head, 39, born in Ohio; teacher, university
—, Caroline W, wife, 34, born in Missouri
—, Katherine A, daughter, 7, born in Illinois
—, Charles L, son, 3, born in Michigan
Norman Steenrod earned a PhD at Princeton and taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. He returned to Princeton in 1947 and remained there for the rest of his career. He was known for his work in algebraic topology.
Charles Steenrod graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1965.
Norman Steenrod died in Princeton in 1971.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-67, sheet 80
364 Nassau St, Apt B
Slotnick, Murray, head, 22, born in New York; research fellow in physics
Jastrow, Robert, partner, 24, born in New York; research fellow in theoretical physics
Jastrow was the founding director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and a best-selling author. He died in 2008.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-68, sheet 10
7 Evelyn Pl
Tate, John T, lodger, 25, born in Minnesota; instructor in mathematics
Tate was an award-winning algebraist, geometer, and number theorist. He received a PhD from Princeton and taught for many years at Harvard University. He died in 2019.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-68, sheet 14
178 Spruce St
Siegel, Carl L, head, 53, born in Germany; professor of mathematics
Siegel was a number theorist at the Institute for Advanced Study. He died in 1981.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-70, sheet 25
30 Jefferson Rd
Church, Alonzo, head, 46, born in Washington, DC; mathematics professor
Church was a world-renowned logician and teacher. He made important contributions to the mathematical and logical foundations of computer science.
Alonzo Church died in 1995.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-71, sheet 4
14 Park Pl
Gale, David, head, 28, born in New York; mathematics instructor, university
Muether, Herbert, co-head, 28, born in New York; physics instructor, university
Gale was a contemporary of Mom and Dad's at Swarthmore College. He graduated in 1943, the same year as Dad. He earned a PhD at Princeton and taught at Brown University and the University of California, Berkeley. He's known for his contributions to the fields of game theory, mathematical economics, and the foundations of mathematics.
Dave Gale died in 2008.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-71, sheet 7
44 Park Pl
Bergman (sic), Valentine, head, 42, born in Germany; physics & math associate prof, university
—, Sophie, wife, 38, born in Switzerland; teacher of physical chemistry, university
Bargmann left Germany when Hitler came to power and earned his doctorate at the University of Zurich. He joined the Institute for Advanced Study in 1937 and taught at Princeton University. He assisted Albert Einstein and collaborated with John von Neumann and Eugene Wigner.
His areas of special interest included quantum theory, relativity, and group theory.
Valentine Bargmann died in Princeton in 1989. His wife predeceased him, according to his obituary in the New York Times.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-74, sheet 24
19 Bank St
Tomonaga, Sin-Itiro, lodger, 43, born in Japan; physics research work, graduate school
Tomonaga (whose first name is sometimes given as Shin'ichirō) came to the Institute for Advanced Study in 1949. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1965 for his work in quantum electrodynamics and the physics of elementary particles.
Tomonaga died in 1979.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-74, sheet 24
19 Bank St
Kodaira, Kunihiko, lodger, 35, born in Japan; mathematics professor, Institute for Advanced Study
Kodaira was an algebraic geometer. In 1954 he became the first Japanese to earn the Field's Medal, the highest honor in mathematics. He died in 1997.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-74, sheet 72
18 N Stanworth Dr
Schwarzschild, Martin, head, 37, born in Germany; astronomy professor, university
—, Barbara, wife, 35, born in Massachusetts
Schwarzschild was an astronomer and astrophysicist who made important contributions to the study of stellar structure and the evolution of the universe. He joined the Princeton faculty in 1947. He died in 1997.
Barbara Cherry trained in astronomy at Radcliffe College. She married Martin Schwarzschild in 1945, while he was teaching at Columbia University. She and he collaborated on several scientific papers. She served as president of the Princeton League of Women Voters.
Barbara Schwarzschild died in 2009.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-75, sheet 12
29 Cleveland Ln
Alexander, James W, head, 61, born in NJ; mathematician, school for advanced study
—, Natalie, wife, 59, born in Russia
James Waddell Alexander II was a topologist. He taught at Princeton for many years and became one of the first members of the Institute for Advanced Study.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-76, sheet 8
111 Mercer St
Shenstone, Allen G, head, 56, born in Canada; professor of physics, university teaching
—, Mildred M, wife, 53, born in England
Shenstone was educated at Princeton and studied physics under under JJ Thomson and CTR Wilson at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. After an interruption during World War I, he returned to the Cavendish Laboratory, this time to study with Ernest Rutherford. (All three of the above-mentioned mentors were Nobel Prize-winners.) He returned to Princeton, where he taught and did research for the rest of his career. His area of specialization was atomic spectroscopy.
Allen Shenstone died in Princeton in 1980.
New Jersey, Mercer County, 11-76, sheet 11
112 Mercer St
Dukas, Helen, lodger, 53, born in Germany; secretarial, private work
Einstein, Albert, head, 71, born in Germany; member emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study
—, Margot, daughter, 50, born in Germany
Winteler, Marie E, sister, 69, born in Germany
Margot was Einstein's stepdaughter from his first marriage.
Helen Dukas was his longtime personal secretary, household manager, and according to reports, his protector from overzealous, adoring fans. She was with the Einstein family when they moved from Europe to Princeton in the 1930s, according to her obituary in the New York Times.
Helen is buried in Princeton Cemetery.
Einstein and his younger sister Marie (or "Maja") died in Princeton in 1955 and 1951, respectively. At the time of Helen's death in 1982, she was living with Margot in the Mercer St house. Margot died in 1986.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-76, sheet 18
79 Alexander St
Russell, Henry Norris, head, 72, born in New York; professor of astronomy, university
—, Lucy May, wife, 68, born in New York
Davidson, Ward, nephew, 31, born in Michigan; physicist, RCA lab
—, Alice, nephew's wife, 35, born in New York
Russell was educated at Princeton and conducted research at Cambridge University and the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC. Returning to his alma mater, he directed the University Observatory for many years and established himself as one of the leading astronomers of his generation. He died in 1957.
Ward Follett Davidson, Jr was a chemist who worked at a number of governmental and private-sector research labs. Included among them is RCA, where he contributed to the invention of color TV. He later earned a master's degree in education and taught science and mathematics at the secondary level.
Ward Davidson died in 2006. His wife, Alice Russell Davidson, predeceased him.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-76, sheet 75
Princeton Graduate School, Graduate College
Calabi, Eugenio, student, 27, born in Italy; math instructor, private university
Calabi earned a PhD from Princeton in 1950 and taught at the University of Minnesota and the University of Pennsylvania. He was a differential geometer.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-76, sheet 78
Princeton Graduate School, Graduate College
Nash, John F, student, 21, born in West Virginia
John Forbes Nash, Jr earned a BS and MS in mathematics from the Carnegie Institute before arriving at Princeton on a fellowship. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 1994 for his work in game theory.
Nash's brilliance in mathematics, as well his mental health challenges, contributed to his legendary status and made him an object of popular fascination. He was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film, A Beautiful Mind (2001).
John Nash died in 2019.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77B, sheet 5
45 University Pl
Yang, Chen-Ning, lodger, 27, born in China; physicist, Institute for Advanced Study
After receiving his undergraduate education in China, Yang came to the University of Chicago, where he studied with Enrico Fermi. He arrived at the Institute in 1949 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1957. His work involved statistical mechanics and symmetrical principles.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77B, sheet 8
14 Dickinson St
Pais, Abraham, head, 31, born in Holland; physicist, Institute for Advanced Study
Pais was a Dutch-American physicist and historian of modern physics. He arrived at the Institute in 1947. His scientific specialty was elementary particle theory. He also had associations with the Rockefeller Institute in New York and the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen.
Pais is author of Einstein Lived Here (1994), a book about the life of the famous physicist.
Abraham Pais died in 2000.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-78, sheet 2
15 College Rd
Hofstadter, Robert, head, 35, born in New York; physics professor, Princeton University
—, Nancy, wife, 30, born in Maryland
—, Douglas, son, 5, born in New York
Robert Hofstadter earned his MS and PhD degrees at Princeton and taught at Stanford University for most of his career. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1961 for his work in nucleons and atomic nuclei.
Robert Hofstadter died in 1990.
Douglas Hofstadter earned a degree in mathematics at Stanford University and a PhD in physics from the University of Oregon. His areas of research include physics, cognitive science, and the philosophy of mind. He's the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (1979).
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-78, sheet 3
70 College Rd
Snapper, Ernst, head, 36, born in Holland; physics professor, Princeton University
—, Ethel, wife, 32, born in New York
—, John W, son, 4, born in New Jersey
—, James R, son, 1, born in California
Snapper earned a PhD at Princeton in 1941 and taught for much of his career at Dartmouth College. His field of specialization was algebra. He was a visiting professor at Princeton in 1949-50.
Ernst Snapper died in 2011.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-78, sheet 10
129 Broadmead St
Lefschetz, Solomon, head, 65, born in Russia; mathematics professor, Princeton University
—, Alice, wife, 62, born in Minnesota
Lefschetz was trained as an engineer at the École Centrale Paris. After migrating to the US, he suffered a disabling accident and changed fields to mathematics.
Lefschetz made important contributions to the field of algebraic topologist. He was the longtime editor of the journal Annals of Mathematics, jointly published by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study.
Solomon Lefschetz died in Princeton in 1972. He is buried in Princeton Cemetery.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-78, sheet 11
55 Princeton Ave
Ladenburg, Rudolf, head, 67, born in Germany; physics professor, Princeton University
—, Else, wife, 60, born in Germany
Ladenburg was an atomic physicist. He received his doctorate at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich under the tutelage of Wilhelm Röntgen, the renowned discoverer of x-rays.
Ladenburg arrived in Princeton in 1932. He assisted in the resettlement of German Jewish scientists in the United States during the rise of Adolf Hitler. He and Else had three children.
Rudolf Ladenburg died in 1952.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-79, sheet 1
129 Linden Ln
Gödel, Kurt F, head, 34, born in Czechoslovakia; professor of mathematics, educational research foundation
—, Adele D, wife, 50, born in Austria
Gödel was the most celebrated logician of the twentieth century. He gave his first lectures at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1934 and became a permanent member there in 1946.
Kurt Gödel died in 1978 and Adele died in 1981. They're buried in Princeton Cemetery.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 30
47 Rollingmead St
Montgomery, Deane, head, 40, born in Minnesota; mathematician, Institute for Advanced Study
—, Katherine, wife, 40, born in Oklahoma
—, Mary, daughter, 12, born in Massachusetts
—, Richard, son, 7, born in Massachusetts
Dean Montgomery was an investigator in the then-emerging field of topology. He earned his graduate degrees at the University of Iowa and spent much of his career at the Institute. In the 1950s he made a major contribution to the solution of David Hilbert's Fifth Problem, which involved Euclidean topological groups. He served as president of the American Mathematical Society and the International Mathematical Society.
Deane Montgomery died in 1992.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 82
Herrontown Rd
Veblan (sic), Oswald, head, 69, born in Iowa; professor of mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study
—, Elizabeth, wife, 68, born in England
Veblen was a geometer and topologist. He came to Princeton in 1905 to teach in the mathematics department. In 1932 he earned one of the first research appointments at the Institute. His work has found applications in a number of fields including high-velocity and high-energy physics. He strongly supported the use of the emerging electronic computer as a tool in mathematical and scientific research.
Oswald Veblen died in 1960.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 14
9C Goodman Rd [?]
Newburgh, John David, head, 29, born in Michigan; research, research institute
Rådström, Hans Vilhem, partner, 30, born in Sweden; research, research institute
Ramanathan, Kollagunta, partner, 29, born in India; research, research institute
Hans Vilhem Rådström was a mathematician who specialized in complex analysis and game theory. After leaving the Institute for Advanced Study, he taught at Stockholm University and at Linköping University. He died in 1970.
Kollagunta Gopalaiyer Ramanathan earned his PhD in mathematics at Princeton in 1951. He specialized in number theory and took an interest in the work of the celebrated Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920).
Kollagunta Ramanathan died in 1992.
Note: There's no Goodman Rd on present-day maps of Princeton. It's possible that Goldman Ln was intended. The latter is in the vicinity of Springdale Rd, Olden Ln, and the IAS campus.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 14
9F Goodman Rd [?]
Moise, Edwin E, head, 31, born in Louisiana; research, research institute
—, Mary L, wife, 29, born in Arkansas
—, Edwin E, Jr, son, 3, born in Texas
—, Claire M, daughter, 2, born in Louisiana
Moise received his PhD from the University of Texas in 1947 and taught at University of Michigan and Harvard University. He produced an important result in topology while in residence at the Institute for Advanced Study. His area of specialization was continuum theory, a branch of topology.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 14
7A Goodman Rd [?]
Bott, Raoul H, head, 25, born in Hungary; research fellow, Institute for Advanced Study
—, Phyllis H, wife, 23, born in British West Indies
—, Anthony R, son, 1, born in Pennsylvania
Bott studied electrical engineering and earned his PhD in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University. He taught for much of his career at Harvard University. His area of specialization was geometry.
Raoul Bott died in 2005.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 14
7B Goodman Rd [?]
Van Hove, Leon C, head, 26, born in Belgium; research fellow, Institute for Advanced Study
—, Jennig [?] M, wife, 26, born in Belgium
—, Michel A, son, 3, born in Belgium
Van Hove earned his PhD in mathematics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1946. After working at Brookhaven National Laboratory, he was head of theoretical physics, director of research, and finally director-general at CERN, the European high-energy physics laboratory.
Van Hove's wife's first name may be a Dutch derivative of Johanna.
Léon Van Hove died in 1990.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheets 14 and 15
7C Goodman Rd [?]
Charney, Jule G, head, 33, born in California; research Navy project, Institute for Advanced Study
—, Elinor K, wife, 34, born in Minnesota
—, Nicholas H, son, 8, born in Minnesota
—, Nora K, daughter, 1, born in New Jersey
Jule Gregory Charney is a founder of modern meteorology. Educated at the University of California, Los Angeles, he arrived at the Institute in 1947. Working with John von Neumann, he was one of the first meteorologists to use electronic computers in weather prediction. He joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1956.
While at the Institute, Charney began working with the US Weather Bureau, the Air Force, and the Navy, to create a weather prediction office within the federal government.
Charney believed that with sufficient computing power and a sufficiently robust fluid-dynamic model, the previously intractable problem of weather prediction was, though difficult, solvable.
Charney was one of the first scientists to warn of the link between carbon dioxide pollution and global warming.
Charney married Elinor Kesting Frye in 1946. Her son Nicholas from a previous marriage took the Charney surname. In addition to their daughter Nora, the couple had a son Peter.
Jule Charney died in 1981.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 15
7E Goodman Rd [?]
Skyrme, Tony HR, head, 27, born in England; research fellow, Institute for Advanced Study
—, Dorothy M, wife, 34, born in England
Anthony Hilton Royle Skyrme was educated in mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He participated in the Manhattan Project, performing computer-assisted calculations related to the construction of the plutonium bomb.
Skyrme's research interests included the structure of the nucleus, the nature of nuclear forces, and the mathematics of the three-body problem in short ranges.
Skyrme married Dorothy Mildred, an instructor in experimental physics at Birmingham University, in 1949. They had no children.
After living and working abroad for several years, Skyrme returned to Birmingham University, where he spent the rest of his career.
Tony Skyrme died in 1987.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-82, sheet 16
1B Goodman [?]
Reidemeister, Kurt, head, 56, born in Germany; research fellow, Institute
—, Elizabeth, wife, 57, born in Satzen [?], Kurland
Reidemeister, an algebraic number theorist, taught and did research at the University of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia), the University of Marburg, and Göttingen University. He made important contributions to the field of knot theory.
Reidemeister spent the years 1948 to 1950 at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Elisabeth Wagner, a professional photographer, married Reidemeister in 1924. Her birthplace, Kurland (also spelled Courland or Kurzeme), is a region of Latvia on the Baltic coast.
Kurt Reidemeister died in 1971.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 17
6B Cook Rd
Dvoretzky, Aryeh, head, 33, born in Ukraine; research fellow, advanced school
—, Sara, wife, 34, born in Poland
—, Guina [?], daughter, 3, born in Israel
Dvoretzky earned a PhD in mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1941. He had two appointments at the Institute for Advance Study; the first was from 1948 to 1950.
He contributed to the study of statistics, probability, and functional analysis.
Dvoretzky married Sarah Schneerson, a scholar of classical languages, in 1940. In addition to their daughter Gina, they had a son Gideon who died in the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Sarah died in 1972.
Dvoretzky taught and did research at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Collège de France in Paris, and number of universities in the United States. He served as chief scientist for the Israeli Ministry of Defense and as president of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Aryeh Dvoretzky died in 2008.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 17
6F Cook Rd
Messiah, Albert M, head, 28, born in France; research, sent by French government, school of advanced study
—, Jacqueline, wife, 26, born in France
—, Martina (sic), son, April, born in France
Messiah studied at the prestigious École Polytechnique in France. After World War II his government sent him to Princeton to attend a lecture series on quantum mechanics led by the renowned physicist Niels Bohr. Messiah taught physics, authored a textbook on quantum mechanics, and served as director of the physics division at the French high-energy physics agency.
His son's name was Martine.
Albert Messiah died in 2013.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 19
8 Ober Rd
Wigner, Eugene P, head, 47, born in Hungary; research & teaching — physics, university
—, Mary W, wife, 48, born in Vermont
—, David W, son, 7, born in Illinois
—, Martha F, daughter, 5, born in Illinois
Wigner was a physicist and mathematician. He came to Princeton from Hungary in 1930, along with his fellow countryman John von Neumann. During World War II, Wigner played an important role in persuading Albert Einstein to sign a letter to President Franklin D Roosevelt, urging him to approve a project to construct the first atomic bomb. Wigner worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Postwar, Wigner was director of what is now the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He returned to Princeton in 1947. In 1963 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his work involving atomic nuclei and elementary particles.
Mary Annette Wheeler earned a BA at Wellesley College in 1923 and a PhD in Physics from Yale University in 1932. She was professor of physics at Vassar College and Douglass College (Rutgers University). She died in 1977.
Eugene Wigner died in Princeton in 1995. Both of the senior Wigners are buried in Princeton Cemetery.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 22
59[?] Battle Rd
Seligman, Bryce, lodger, 26, born in California; physicist, institute
Carl Bryce Seligman was known as Bryce DeWitt after he and his siblings added a surname from their mother's side of the family. He served in the navy in World War II and earned a PhD at Harvard in 1950. His thesis advisor was Julian Schwinger, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist.
Seligman's work involved the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.
DeWitt married Cécile Morette, a French mathematical physicist, in 1951. Robert Oppenheimer offered her a position at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1947. She founded a school in the French Alps that produced many Nobel Prize winners. The DeWitts had four children.
Following their time at the Institute, the DeWitts taught at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Bryce DeWitt died in 2004 and Cécile Morette-DeWitt died in 2017.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 22
14 Battle Rd
Wightman, Arthur S, head, 28, born in New York; physics teacher, university
—, Anna-Greta L, wife, 30, born in Sweden; painting, freelance artist
Wightman was a mathematical physicist who did research on the foundations of quantum field theory. He earned a PhD at Princeton University in 1949 and taught there for most of the rest of his career.
Arthur and Anna-Greta Larsson had a daughter. Both mother and daughter died prematurely.
Arthur Wightman died in New Jersey in 2013.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheets 22 and 23
71 Battle Rd
Pease, Robert N, head, 55, born in Vermont; chemistry professor, university
—, Margaret S, wife, 49, born in Pennsylvania
—, Margaret J, daughter, 17, born in New Jersey
—, Clement F, son, 13, born in Vermont
Pease was a chemist who specialized in combustion and kinetics. He earned his PhD at Princeton and joined its faculty in 1926. He served as department chair in the 1950s, according to his obituary in the New York Times.
Robert N Pease died in 1964.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 25
184 Springdale Rd
Bochner, Saloman, head, 50, born in Poland; math professor, university
—, Naomi, wife, 39, born in New York
—, Deborah S, daughter, 10, born in New York
Bochner was educated in Germany and arrived at the Princeton mathematics department in 1933, the year the Civil Service Law provided the means of removing Jewish teachers from universities.
Naomi Weinberg, the daughter of a newspaper publisher, married Bochner in 1938. John von Neumann was best man.
In 1968 Bochner accepted a position at Rice University and became department chair there.
Saloman Bochner died in 1982.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 63
Prospect Ave Extension
Bleakney, Walker, head, 49, born in Pennsylvania; physics professor, university
—, Clyde, wife, 46, born in North Dakota
Bleakney specialized in atomic physics and fluid dynamics. He co-discovered tritium (hydrogen-3 or 3H), a rare, radioactive isotope of hydrogen, and was on the team that first produced it in the laboratory, in the 1930s.
He became chair of the physics department at Princeton in 1960.
Bleakney married Dorothy Clyde Thomas in 1931.
Walker Bleakney died in 1992 and Dorothy died the same year.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 70
97 Olden Lane
Oppenheimer, J Robert, head, 45, born in New York; director scientific administration, School for Advanced Study
—, Katherine, wife, 39, born in Germany
—, Peter, son, 8, born in California
—, Katherine, daughter, 5, born in New Mexico
Leurs, Jacqueline, servant, 25, born in Holland
J Robert Oppenheimer studied physics at Christ's College, Cambridge, and at the University of Göttingen with Max Born.
Oppenheimer was a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1941 when he was asked to lead the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico. This was the project that would produce the first atomic bomb.
After the war, Oppenheimer became the director of the Institute for Advanced Study, where, despite the controversy surrounding his security clearance, he continued his role as a celebrated scientist, talented scientific administrator, and leading public intellectual.
Robert Oppenheimer died in Princeton in 1967. His wife Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer died in 1972.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-74, sheet 13
50 Stanworth Ln
Gordon, Cyrus H, head, 41, born in Pennsylvania; professor of research, orientalist, graduate college
—, Joan K, wife, 24, born in Maryland
—, Deborah J, daughter, 1, born in NJ
Cyrus H Gordon was an historian and scholar of the ancient Near East at the Institute for Advanced Study. After his stay at Princeton, he taught for many years at Brandeis University and New York University.
Gordon married Joan Elizabeth Kendall in 1946. She died in 1985, according to his obituary in the New York Times.
Cyrus Gordon died in 2001.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-75, sheet 2
1 Orchid Circle
Goheen, Robert F, head, 30, born in India; classics professor, university
—, Margaret S, wife, 30, born in Delaware
—, Anne, daughter, 7, born in Delaware
—, Gertrude, daughter, 6, born in Delaware
—, Stephen, son, 2, born in NJ
Robert Francis Goheen studied at Princeton Country Day School and Lawrenceville School before earning an AB and a PhD at Princeton University. He was appointed to the Princeton faculty in 1950, and later served as president of the university. He served as ambassador to India in the Carter administration.
Robert Goheen died in 2008.
Stephen Goheen graduated from Princeton Country Day School in 1963.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-75, sheet 72
107 Library Pl
Shellaberger (sic), Samuel, head, 62, born in Washington, DC; author, novels
—, Divan (sic), wife, 60, born in Sweden
Rouge, Adele, housekeeper, 54, born in Switzerland; housekeeper, private home
A graduate of Princeton University, Shellabarger was a teacher and an historical novelist. His wife's first name is Vivan. He died in 1954 at his home in Princeton, according to his website.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77B, sheet 10
7 College Rd
Palmer, Robert R, head, 41, born in Illinois; professor of history, Princeton University
—, Esther H, wife, 33, born in Massachusetts
—, Stanley H, son, 5, born in Washington, DC
—, Richard R, son, 3, born in New Jersey
Robert Palmer earned a PhD in history at Cornell University and arrived in Princeton as an instructor in 1936. Much published, he specialized in modern European history. He died in 2002.
Stanley Palmer is professor emeritus of history at the University of Texas at Arlington.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77B, sheet 24
131 Pyne Hall, university dormitory
Blum, Jerome, lodger, 37, born in Maryland; assistant professor of history, Princeton University
Blum was a teacher and author of books on European history. He chaired the history department at Princeton during the 1960s. He died in 1993.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77A, sheet 5
749 Blair Hall, university dormitory
Mathey, Macdonald, lodger, 20, born in New York
Macdonald Mathey graduated from Princeton in 1951. Dean Mathey, who roomed in 1903 Hall, is his brother.
From the Princeton Alumni Weekly: "Don and his wife, Charlotte, lived on Nantucket where she created Hedged About, a 30-year labor of love consisting of a perennial garden, herb garden, blueberry house, wisteria arbor, and shrub garden."
Macdonald Mathey died in Princeton in 2017.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77A, sheet 16
223 Joline Hall, university dormitory
Hazeltine, Barrett, lodger, 18, born in France
Hazeltine is professor emeritus of engineering and former associate dean at Brown University. He founded its program in Organizational Behavior and Management. He shared a suite at Princeton with George H Gallup, Jr.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77A, sheet 23
8B Holder Hall, university dormitory
DeVoe, Leslie C, lodger, 20, born in Indiana
Leslie Charles DeVoe was captain of the Princeton basketball team and a three-time letter winner on the tennis team. Nationally ranked as a junior, he never lost a tennis match, in singles or doubles, in collegiate competition, according to his obituary. He graduated in 1952.
DeVoe was one of the founding sponsors of the Indiana Pacers basketball team in the American Basketball Association (now part of the National Basketball Association). He died in 2013.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77A, sheet 24
10A Holder Hall, university dormitory
Kazmaier, Richard W, lodger, 19, born in Ohio
A star football player, Dick Kazmaier won the Heisman Trophy in 1951 and was named Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press. He died in 2013.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77A, sheet 29
311 Hamilton Hall, university dormitory
Oakley, Robert, lodger, 19, born in Texas
Oakley joined the foreign service and was ambassador to Pakistan in the Reagan and George HW Bush administrations.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77A, sheet 29
312 Hamilton Hall, university dormitory
Gallup, George H, lodger, 20, born in Illinois
Gallup is the son of the well-known pollster. He graduated from Princeton and ran the family organization for many years. He died in Princeton in 2011.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77B, sheet 13
322 Lockhart Hall, university dormitory
Kemeny, John C, lodger, 23, born in Hungary
Kemeny migrated to the United States with his family when he was a teenager. He studied physics and philosophy at Princeton before joining the Manhattan project, where he worked with Richard Feynman and John von Neumann. After the war he earned a PhD at Princeton under the direction of Alonzo Church. He taught mathematics at Dartmouth College, become the department chair, and ultimately the college president.
Kemeny is remembered for his efforts to make computing more available to non-scientists. To this end, he co-wrote the BASIC programming language, which had a simple and understandable user interface.
John Kemeny died in 1992.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77B, sheet 40
53 Little Hall, university dormitory
Bogle, John C, lodger, 20, born in Pennsylvania
Bogle studied economics at Princeton and founded the Vanguard Group, a family of investment funds. He was the first to offer low-cost index funds to the general public, and he became one of the most successful and influential money managers of his generation. He died in 2019.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77B, sheet 41
61 Little Hall, university dormitory
Weeden, Charles F, lodger, 20, born in Massachusetts
Weeden taught history and coached the hockey team at Lawrenceville School. His Princeton classmate Jack Reydel coached the football team at Lawrenceville.
Chuck Weeden died in 1998, according to the Princeton Alumni Weekly.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77C, sheet 4
343 Brown Hall, university dormitory
Carlucci, Frank C, lodger, 19, born in Pennsylvania
Carlucci served as secretary of defense and national security advisor in the Reagan administration and later as chair of the Carlyle Group, a multinational private equity firm. He died in 2018.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-77C, sheet 20
235 1903 Hall, university dormitory
Mathey, Dean W, lodger, 20, born in New Jersey
Dean Mathey lettered in tennis at Princeton in 1948 and 1950. Macdonald Mathey, who roomed in Blair Hall, is his brother. Together they were interscholastic doubles champions while at Deerfield Academy. Their father, Dean Mathey, Sr was intercollegiate doubles champion in 1910 and 1911.
Dean Mathey died in 2017.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-74, sheet 9
22 N Stanworth Dr
Katzenbach, Edward L, Jr, head, 31, born in NJ; history teacher, university
—, Maude, wife, 28, born in NJ
—, Edward III, son, 6, born in California
—, Matilda R, daughter, 3, born in NJ
Katzenbach was the son of a New Jersey Attorney General and the nephew of a New Jersey Supreme Court justice. His mother was the first woman to serve as president of the New Jersey State Board of Education. His younger brother Nicholas was Deputy US Attorney General when President John F Kennedy sent him to Alabama to enforce a federal order to desegregate the University of Alabama.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-74, sheet 13
52 Stanworth Ln
Kempton, James M, head, 32, born in Maryland; reporter, metropolitan newspaper
—, Mina, wife, 31, born in North Carolina
—, Sally, daughter, 7, born in New York
—, James M, Jr, son, 5, born in Delaware
Murray Kempton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and editor. He was among the most influential journalists of the twentieth century. He died in 1997.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-75, sheet 12
7 Cleveland Ln
Lockwood, Norman (sic), head, 44, born in New York; musical composer, choir school
—, Dorothy, wife, 44, born in Illinois
—, Angelina, daughter, 14, born in Ohio
—, Hedwig, daughter, 11, born in Ohio
Normand Lockwood was a composer of classical choral works, operas, symphonies, and chamber music, many with religious themes. At the time of this census, he held a position at the Union Theological Seminary in Morningside Heights, NY. He died in 2002.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-75, sheet 13
20 Boudinot St
Erdman, Charles R, Jr, head, 53, born in Pennsylvania; New Jersey commissioner, state of NJ
—, Lucy, wife, 49, born in NJ
—, Peter, son, 21, born in NJ
—, David, son, 19, born in NJ
—, Michael, son, 15, born in NJ
Erdman served six terms as mayor of Princeton, and in various posts in state government. He's credited with acquiring land in the Pine Barrens and at the Jersey shore for public use. He died in 1984.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-76, sheets 6 and 7
32 Edgehill St
Cuyler, Lewis B, head, 47, born in New Jersey; personnel, banking
—, Margery P, wife, 37, born in New York
—, Juliana S, daughter, 14, born in New Jersey
—, George G, son, 12, born in New Jersey
—, Marjorie S, daughter, 1, born in New Jersey
Matthews, Thomas S, brother-in-law, 49, born in Cincinnati, Ohio; editor, magazine
—, William A P, son, 8, born in New York
Thomas Stanley Matthews studied at Princeton and Oxford. In 1947 he succeeded Henry Luce as editor-in-chief of Time. In 1953 he relocated to England, where he wrote book reviews for the New York Times and books of his own. He died in 1991.
Matthews married Juliana Stevens Cuyler in 1925 in Princeton. Their son John Potter Cuyler Matthews was born in 1929. Juliana died in 1949.
William Procter Matthews III was a poet and essayist. He was born in Cincinnati in 1942 and died in 1997.
New Jersey, Mercer County, 11-76, sheet 7
6 Edgehill St
Poole, DeWitt Clinton, head, 64, born in Washington; director, nat'l committee
—, Rachel S, wife, 63, born in Rhode Island
Poole was a US diplomat in Moscow during and after the Russian Revolution. As Consul General he led the American spy efforts. Returning to the States in the 1930s, he founded the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and became its director.
The committee referenced in the census sheet is the National Committee for a Free Europe, later known as Free Europe Committee, an anti-communist and anti-Soviet front organization founded by Poole and Alan Dulles. (Dulles later became the director of Central Intelligence.) The Committee's purpose was to spread American influence in post-World War II Europe.
DeWitt Clinton Poole died in 1952.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-76, sheet 72
41 Stockton Pl
O'Hara, John, head, 43, born in Pennsylvania; writer, writing novels
—, Belle, wife, 39, born in New York
—, Wylie, daughter, 4, born in New York
John Henry O'Hara was a prolific novelist and contributor of short stories to The New Yorker magazine. He married Belle Wylie in 1937. She was the second of his three wives. Their daughter Wylie Delaney O'Hara was born in Manhattan in 1945.
Belle died in 1953 and John died in Princeton in 1970. He was then living in what the New York Times described as a "secluded French manor house in the woods."
John is buried in Princeton Cemetery.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton Borough, 11-78, sheet 74
275 Nassau St
Conroy, John J, head, 42, born in Rhode Island; physical ed teacher, university
—, Irene J, wife, 37, born in Massachusetts
—, Dana, daughter, 8, born in New Jersey
—, Lind, daughter, 4, born in New Jersey
Conroy coached the tennis and squash teams at Princeton University from the 1940s through the early 1970s. He's a member of the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame and the College Squash Hall of Fame.
John Conroy died in 1987.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 28
Mansgrove Rd
Van Deventer, Fred L, head, 46, born in Indiana; commentator & printing business, radio, printing house
—, Florence M, wife, 48, born in Indiana; radio artist, radio
—, Nancy, daughter, 20, born in Indiana
Fred Van Deventer invented the radio and TV quiz show Twenty Questions. It first aired on WOR radio in New York in 1946. Florence Van Deventer appeared on the show as a panelist, as did their son Robert, and occasionally, their daughter Nancy.
Fred Van Deventer died in 1971.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-81, sheet 81
Coventry Farms
Winant, John G, Jr, head, 28, born in New York; theater manager, motion picture industry
—, Janine, wife, 27, born in Switzerland
—, John G III, son, 1, born in New Jersey
Winant served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and graduated from Princeton in 1945, according to the Princeton Alumni Weekly. He was a banker on Wall Street. He died in 1993.
Winant's father, John G Winant, Sr was governor of New Hampshire and ambassador to the United Kingdom. He died in 1947.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 2
Princeton Pike, RD 3
Caldwell, Charles, head, 47, born in Virginia; football coach, college
—, Marian T, wife, 37, born in New York
—, Mary Jane, daughter, 15, born in Massachusetts
—, Charles W, Jr, son, 5, born in Massachusetts
Caldwell played three sports at Princeton University and served as head coach of the Tigers football team from 1945 to 1956. He died in 1957.
Charlie Caldwell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1961.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 5
Mercer Rd
Hobler, Herbert W, head, 27, born in Missouri; television time salesman, television network
—, Mary R, wife, 27, born in New York
—, Randolph W, son, 4, born in New Jersey
—, Deborah V, daughter, 1, born in New Jersey
Herbert Hobler worked in the broadcast industry and founded the local radio station WHWH. He died in 2019.
Randy Hobler graduated from Princeton University in 1968.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 5
Mercer Rd
Brinster, John F, head, 28, born in New Jersey; physicist, research & development
—, Doris A, wife, 28, born in New Jersey
—, Jaye Lacy, daughter, July, born in New Jersey
John Brinster graduated in physics and chemistry from Princeton University in 1943. He was an entrepreneur in the technology space. He died in 2016.
In addition to Jaye Lacy, the Brinsters also had a son, John, and a second daughter, Meg.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 8
Lincoln Hwy — Lawrenceville Rd
Casadesus, Robert, head, 51, born in France; concert pianist, concert pianist
—, Gaby, wife, 48, born in France; plays piano, concert pianist
—, John, son, 22, born in France; plays piano, concert pianist
—, Guy, son, 18, born in France
—, Theresa, daughter, 8, born in New Jersey
Robert Casadesus was a composer and pianist. He married Gabrielle L'Hôte, also a concert pianist, in 1921. The family moved to Princeton during World War II.
Their son Jean Casadesus attended Princeton University and made his musical debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy. He died tragically in a car accident in early 1972. He predeceased his parents.
Robert Casadesus died in Paris in 1972 and Gaby died there in 1999.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 15
5A Goodman Rd [?]
Robbins, Lionel C, head, 51, born in Great Britain; research fellow, Institute
—, Iris E, wife, 53, born in Great Britain
Lionel Charles Robbins was educated at the London School of Economics. He lectured there and at New College, Oxford.
Robbins was a free-market economist, a liberal in the classical sense of the term. He often clashed with John Maynard Keynes, another powerful force in his field, especially over the issue of government intervention during the Great Depression.
Robbins helped to open up British higher education to all qualified candidates, without regard to economic or social status. Later in life, he turned his attention to the history of economic thought.
He married Iris Elizabeth Harris Gardiner in 1924. She died in 1997.
Lionel Robbins died in London in 1984.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 24
88 Battle Rd
Aydelotte, Frank, head, 69, born in Indiana; educator, American secretary, Rhodes Trust Fund
—, Marie O, wife, 71, born in Massachusetts
Aydelotte served as president of Swarthmore College before becoming director of the Institute for Advanced Study in 1939. One of the first recipients of the Rhodes scholarship, he oversaw its American program for many years.
Frank Aydelotte died in 1956.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton, 11-82, sheet 88
465 Nassau St
Tate, Allen, head, 50, born in Kentucky; teacher & author, university
—, Caroline E, wife, 54, born in Kentucky; teacher & author, university
Allen Tate was an author, essayist, and critic. He was appointed poet in residence at Princeton University in 1939 and US poet laureate in 1943. He founded the creative writing program at Princeton.
Caroline Gordon was a prize-winning novelist and a friend and mentor to writers, both aspiring and established. She married Allen Tate in 1929. They had a daughter, Nancy Meriwether.
Allen Tate died in 1979 and Caroline died in 1981.
Princeton was a very male place in 1950. There were no female students or faculty members. Most of the wives of academics were homemakers, while a few taught or did research at other institutions. In one case, a wife collaborated professionally with her husband, but in no case did she receive equal credit.
The highest ranking African American I could find was a laboratory assistant who wasn't on an academic track.
Representation issues aside, the biographies of the scholars at the University and the Institute provide a snapshot of where we were at the mid-point of the twentieth century. The United States was emerging as a global economic power, as a result in large part of rapid advancements in science and technology.
Among those enumerated in Mercer County were a meteorologist who revolutionized his field, a biologist who discovered circadian rhythms, a logician who changed the way we think about the foundations of mathematics, and a physicist who led the project that produced the first atomic bomb.
Well represented in the census were researchers in a variety of scientific disciplines, including mathematics, physics, and meteorology. Many were keen to take advantage of the power of the emerging electronic computer. (As an aside, the 1950 census itself was the first to utilize the electronic computer in its tabulation processes.)
Nobel Prize winners include the physicists Einstein (1921), Yang (1957), Hofstadter (1961), Wigner (1963), and Tomonaga (1965), and the mathematician and economist Nash (1994). (This list is almost certainly incomplete.)
Many other academics among the counted taught, or were taught by, Nobel Prize winners.
In the arts and letters, the gamut ran from high-brow authors and a family of concert pianists to the inventors of a popular television game show.
In the business world, there was an owner of an iconic brand of high-end ceramic tableware, the founder of a major investment management company, and the chair of a large international asset management firm.
In the media, there was a publisher of a major national newspaper and the editor-in-chief of a major weekly newsmagazine.
In government, there was a future secretary of defense and national security advisor, as well as many diplomats.
Not everyone was able to boast a high-flying job title, however. Many of the less exalted titles not only paid less well but were also explicitly gendered.
A girl looking for work had many options: bus girl, counter girl, floor girl/pocketbook manufacturer, fountain girl, pantry girl, perforating girl/ETS, sales girl, and stock girl.
Many titles ended with -ess: directress of nurses, governess, hostess, janitress, laundress, seamstress, and stewardess.
Maids were in demand: barmaid, chambermaid, housemaid, ladies maid, meter maid, nursemaid, and parlor maid.
If you preferred to think of yourself as a lady, however, you could be a floorlady, forelady, or saleslady.
I only found one job title for a woman: editing woman.
If, however, you wanted to choose from a greater number of almost certainly higher paying or steadier job titles, it helped to be a man: brakeman, clergyman, dairy man, draftsman, field man/department of agriculture, foreman, horseman, houseman, ice man, kilnman/chinaware factory, kitchen man, milkman, nursery man, plant man/Princeton Borough, pantry man, policeman, repair man, shear man/steel plant, stable man, stockman/warehouse, stockroom man, telephone repairman, trackman/railroad company, utility man, and watchman.
I found one job title for a boy: pin boy/bowling alley.
Gendered language aside, the job market was broad and diversified for a largely rural and suburban area.
Mills and factories were still operating in the area. Some of the reported job titles included bench hand, buffer/hose factory, drill press operator, iron molder, lathe operator, millwright, plater, potter/radiator factory, punch press operator, rug trimmer/linoleum factory, still operator/chemical factory, toolmaker, and warper/textile mill.
There was plenty of office work if you were a computer (yes, that was human being), Dictaphone [invented by Alexander Graham Bell] operator, duplicating machine operator, Ediphone [Thomas Edison's cylinder phonograph] operator, executive secretary, IBM scoring machine operator, stenographer, tabulator, or typist.
There were also opportunities in the skilled trades: blacksmith, ceramist/pottery plant, earthenware polisher, glass blower, glazier, mason, paper hanger, stairbuilder, stone cutter, stone mason, tile setter, and wall plasterer.
The Educational Testing Service was one of the larger employers in the county. Job titles there included checker, corresponder, recorder, and test constructor.
There was household work: butler, domestic, homekeeper, ladies companion/private home, and servant.
Job titles related to the railroads included baggage master, crossing watchman, and porter.
Wired telephone service was an important technology in 1950. Job titles included cable splicer, sorter/wire company, and telephone operator.
Yes, there were even jobs available on working farms in the Princeton area: farm hand, hired hand, and riding instructor.
The hotels in town offered employment for bellhop and elevator operator.
If the standard job categories weren't your cup of tea, other opportunities included armorer/department of defense, ball player/minor league; pro ball player, cabin tender/tourist cabins, cigar packer, coal broker, ice deliverer, packer/pottery wholesale business, proctor, sign painter, and tree surgeon.
If you fitted in nowhere else, there was always odd jobber.