Henry Smith Barber Shop
Known Name(s)
Henry Smith Barber Shop
Address
Mouldy Road Lawnside, NJ (Primary) (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955)54 Mouldy Road Lawnside, NJ (Modern Address)
Establishment Type(s)
Barber Shop
Physical Status
Extant
Detailed History
The Mouldy Road property from which Henry Smith’s barber shop operated was built ca 1925. It was recently described as a “1231 square feet, single family home.”[1] Henry lived there from 1937, when he married the widow Henrietta E. (Davis) Thomas, until his death in 1987. The couple made resourceful use of their property. Henry operated a barber shop from the basement. It was complete with a separate entrance and barber’s pole. Henrietta ran a beauty salon from the enclosed front porch.[2]
Henrietta died in 1964. Henry who likely retired circa 1970, died in 1987. Their Mouldy Road property was sold to a couple who were likely Henry’s relatives in 1997.[3]
[1]. Zillow.com (https://www.zillow.com/homes/54-Mouldy-Rd-Lawnside,-NJ-08045_rb/38279237_zpid/ : accessed 12/26/2023), 54 Mouldy Road, Lawnside, New Jersey.
[2]. New Castle County, Delaware, Marriages 1750-1954, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Hall of Records, Dover, Henry B. Smith-Henrietta Thomas, 11 January 1937; online images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 December 2023); Mrs. Ellen Benson Lawnside, NJ, brief interview by Andrea N. McDonald, 26 January 2023; notes privately held by McDonald, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Lindenwold, New Jersey: Mrs. Benson described the barbershop and beauty salon setup.
[3]. “Mrs. Henrietta E. Smith [Obituary],” The Courier Post, 17 September 1964, p.5, col.4; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 23 December 2023); “U. S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007,” database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12/22/2023), Henry B. Smith, SS no. 156-26-2272; citing “Claim Date: 7 March 1967.”: The claim date is indicative of retirement age for Henry B. Smith; “SMITH Henry B.,” The Courier Post, 22 January 1987, p. 21; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 23 December 2023); Camden County, New Jersey , Deed Book 4916: 0636-0638 (1997), Henry B. Daniels, Executor of the Estate of Henry B. Smith and Keith Daniels and Linda Daniels; image copy, CamdenCounty.com (https://www.camdencounty.com/service/county-clerk/online-property-records/ : accessed 12/232023).
