George and Gertrude Tindall House

George and Gertrude Tindall house, December 2018.

Historical Overview

A 2.5-story L-shaped late Victorian house with wrap around porch stands at 1714 Old Trenton Road in the heart of the historic community of Edinburg. This building - hereafter called the "George and Gertrude Tindall" house - is also a member of West Windsor's "100 Club."

According to family members and censuses house was likely constructed some time between 1900 and 1910.[1],[2],[3] It was originally located on the same plot as the adjacent house at 1712 Old Trenton Road, and was consequently owned by John and Anna Tindall.[4]

However, it was their son, George Washington Tindall, who lived here with his wife, Gertrude B. Kelly Tindall.[5],[6],[7],[8],[9] George, a carpenter[10] - like his father[11] - and foreman for Lewis C. Bowers & Sons in Princeton,[12] was also was one of West Windsor's first Building Inspectors (1940s-50s) and its first Zoning Officer (also 1940s-50s).[13] The couple raised several children, including Maurice, Sanford, and Malcolm[14] (the last of who would be an eventual owner of the adjacent house at 1712 Old Trenton Road).[15]

George passed away in 1956,and Gertrude in 1971 (by which point she had moved out of the house). Since then, the house has passed through a number of owners. Like its neighbors, it still contributes to the historic character of Edinburg.

George Washington Tindall, c. 1950.

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Bibliography

United States Census, 1900 - West Windsor Township.” West Windsor Township, 1900.
United States Census, 1910 - West Windsor Township.” West Windsor Township, 1910.
Ligeti, Paul T. I., and LePrevost, Trevor. Phone Call with Trevor LePrevost. Personal, February 2022. Note: Trevor lived his entire life in or near Edinburg, growing up there in the mid-late 1900s and personally knew many of the people who lived in the village.
Tindall, Anna, Tindall, Jonathan H., Tindall, Liscomb, Margaret. “Indenture.” Windsor, 1882. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 132 Page 286.
United States Census, 1910 - West Windsor Township.” West Windsor Township, 1910.
United States Census, 1920 - West Windsor Township.” West Windsor Township, 1920.
United States Census, 1930 - West Windsor Township.” West Windsor Township, 1930.
United States Census, 1940 - West Windsor Township.” West Windsor Township, 1940.
United States Census, 1950 - West Windsor Township.” West Windsor Township, 1950.
United States Census, 1940 - West Windsor Township.” West Windsor Township, 1940.
United States Census, 1920 - West Windsor Township.” West Windsor Township, 1920.
"Obituary - George W. Tindall.” Trenton Evening Times, July 3, 1956.
“West Windsor Township Meeting Minutes, 1797-2012.,” n.d. Original Township Committee meeting minute database located in the Municipal Center.
United States Census, 1930 - West Windsor Township.” West Windsor Township, 1930.
Ligeti, Paul T. I., and Tindall, Wayne R. Phone Call with Wayne Tindall. Personal, February 2022. Note: Wayne lived his entire life in Edinburg, growing up there in the mid-1900s and personally knew many of the people who lived in the village.