8 Bancroft Place1


8 Bancroft Place was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3710, Lot 14.2
The occupants of 8 Bancroft Place were:

#1. Alfred R. Chappelka (from 1930 to 1931.)
The value of the house in 1930 was $10,000.3
Alfred and Eloise were listed in 1930-1 at 8 Bancroft Place, and in 1933 at 420 Colonial Rd, Ridgewood
Alfred R. Chappelka was born in 1900 in Ohio.3 Alfred R. Chappelka married Eloise in 1925.3 Alfred R. Chappelka appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 8 Bancroft Place, with Eloise as wife, and their child Doris.3 Alfred R. Chappelka was an electrical engineer (with a public utility) in New York.3,4 He owned a radio in 1930.3 Eloise was born in 1901 in Ohio.3


#2. Dorothy C. Lawn (from 1933 to 1939.)
The monthly rent in 1940 was $60.5
Dorothy was listed with her first husband Victor at 10 Bolton Place, then in 1933-9 alone, and in 1940-1 with her second husband William Ingram at 8 Bancroft Place, and before 1944 William and Dorothy moved to Ashville, North Carolina6
Dorothy C. Lawn was born in 1889 in Missouri.5 Dorothy C. Lawn married Victor H. in 1916.4,7 Victor and Dorothy had two sons: Evan and Roger.7 Dorothy C. Lawn married William Ingram circa 1939. William was born in 1872 in England.5 No occupation was listed for William Ingram. In the 1940 census he is listed as retired.8,5 William lived in 1935 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.5
Evan Lawn was born in 1918 in Pennsylvania.5 Evan Lawn was from 1937 to 1939 a student, and later he was a teacher (science and history) at the George School.9,5,8
Roger C. Lawn was born in 1923 in New York.5 Roger C. Lawn graduated in 1940 from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood. He atttended the University of Michigan for two years.10,11 Roger C. Lawn served in the Army. He was inducted in Jan 1943, and received training in Miami and Denver, CO. He was sent oversees in the fall of 1943. He was a bombardier (private.)10,12 Roger C. Lawn died on 20 May 1944 in Italy.10 (Obituary in the Fair Lawn - Paramus Clarion on 21 July 1944, insert, pg.1.)10


#3. Lawrence O. Houstoun (1944).
     see 328B Plaza Road North for his biography.


#4. Richard H. Young (from 1946 to 1973).
     His mother-in-law Mrs. Morton Marshall is living with him at least through 1950.
Richard was listed from 1939 to 1944 at 14A Townley Road, and in 1946-1973 at 8 Bancroft Place.
Richard H. Young was born in 1900 in Massachusetts.13 Richard H. Young married Sara M.14,13 Richard H. Young was a salesman. In the 1940 census he was listed as a foreman dyer in a silk mill.14,13 Sara was born in 1900 in Texas.13,15 Richard and Sara lived in 1935 in New York City, New York.13 Richard and Sara had 2 daughters: Miriam and Marjorie.13 Miriam was born in 1927 in New York.13,16,17 Miriam Young graduated on 20 July 1944 from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood. Miriam was one of the last graduating class of Radburnites of Ridgewood High School. She planned to go to secretarial school.16,17 Miriam Young was in 1946 a stenographer in New York.18 Marjorie was born in 1938 in New Jersey.13
Morton A. Marshall was born in 1881 in Texas.15 Mrs. Morton Marshall was widowed (Spouse: Downs.)8,15,19 No occupation was listed for Mrs. Morton Marshall.8


Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S1] 1930 Federal Census, T626, Roll 1312, ED 2-66: sheet 3A (151), line 3-5.
  4. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  5. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 10B (1314), line 42-45.
  6. [S75] Clarion, July 21, 1944. insert. Serviceman's Newsletter, July 1944.
  7. [S39] Federal Census: 1930. T626, Roll 1538, pg 75, line 70-73 (ED-875).
  8. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  9. [S8] 1937 Directory.
  10. [S75] Clarion, July 21, 1944. insert, pg.1. Serviceman's Newsletter, July 1944.
  11. [S29] Arrow, 1940.
  12. [S31] NARA, online http://www.archives.gov/index.html, World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Buncombe County, North Carolina. pg. 4. <http://media.nara.gov/media/images/29/15/29-1431a.gif
  13. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-94, sheet 6B (1406), line 65-69.
  14. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  15. [S39] Federal Census: 1910 (T624). Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis City, 20th Ward, Ed 242, pg. 181, sheet 3B, line 86-93.
  16. [S75] Clarion, July 21, 1944, pg 6.
  17. [S29] Arrow, 1944.
  18. [S12] 1946 Directory.
  19. [S14] 1950 Directory.