4 Bancroft Place1


4 Bancroft Place was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3710, Lot 12.2
The occupants of 4 Bancroft Place were:

#1. Gustav H. Burger (from 1931 to 1954.)
The value of the house in 1940 was $7,800.3
The New York Times, 16 March 1930, pg. 47.
     The City Housing Corporation has sold a one-family house at 4 Bancroft Place, Radburn to Gustav H. Burger of Cliffside Park.4

Gustav H. Burger was born in 1889 in Switzerland.3 Gustav H. Burger (1) married NN (his age at 1st marriage was 34) in 1923.5 He was naturalised in 1922.5 Gustav H. Burger (2) married Gertrude in 1925.6,5,3 Gustav H. Burger was in 1930 a dyer, and later a silkexaminer in Paterson. In 1939-41 he worked in New York. In the 1940 census he is listed as a silk manufacturer.5,6,7,3 Gertrude was born in 1893 in Switzerland.3 She was naturalised in 1925.5 Gustav and Gertrude had a daughter Doris.5 Doris was born in 1928 in New Jersey.5 She is not listed in the 1940 census.3


#2. Kenneth Vandenberg (from 1956 to 1973.)


Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 10B (1314), line 50-51.
  4. [S76] NY Times, May 16, 1930. pg. 47.
  5. [S39] Federal Census: 1930. T626, Roll 1311, sheet 17B, pg 50, ED 22, line 62-64.
  6. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  7. [S9] 1939 Directory.