11 Brighton Place1


11 Brighton Place was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3717, Lot 4.2
The occupants of 11 Brighton Place were:

#1. Harry W. Gunther (from 1931 to 1941).
     In 1940 Joseph Lawton is enumerated with him.
The value of the house in 1940 was $6800.3

Harry W. Gunther was born in 1901 in New York.3 Harry W. Gunther married Esther in 1929.4,5,3 Harry W. Gunther was a clerk (in a brokerage house) in New York.4,3 Esther was born in 1901 in New York.3 Harry and Esther lived in 1930 in 496 Hudson Street, Manhattan.5 Harry and Esther had 2 sons: Roger and Curtis.3 Roger was born in 1931 in New York.3 Curtis was born in 1934 in New York.3
Joseph Lawton was born in 1912 in Kentucky.3 Joseph Lawton was a machinist (textile dyeing.)3 Joseph lived in 1935 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.3


#2. William B. Harley (from 1944 to 1946.)

The Fair Lawn - Paramus Clarion, 21 July 1944, pg. 6.
     William Harley, son of Mr and Mrs William B. Harley of Brighton Place, is vacationing at Point Pleasant, NJ. Bill will leave for service in the Navy on July 17.6
William was listed in 1941 at 340B Plaza Road North, in 1944-6 at 11 Brighton Place, and in 1948-1960 at 3 Berkeley Place. In 1960 Mildred is a widow.
William B. Harley was born in 1890 in New Jersey.7 William B. Harley married Mildred A.8,9 William B. Harley was a lawyer in Paterson. In the 1948 numerical directory, he was listed as MD, but in the alphabetical section he was a lawyer.)9,10,11 Mildred was born in 1900 in New Jersey.8 Mildred A. Harley was a teacher, in 1948 at Roosevelt School, in 1960 at Lyncrest School.11,12 William was born in 1926 in New Jersey.8,13 William Harley graduated on 20 July 1944 from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood. William was one of the last graduating class of Radburnites of Ridgewood High School. He planned to go to the New York State Maritime Academy.13,6 William Harley of 11 Brighton Place was among a group of men who left on 17 July 1944 to be inducted in the US Armed Forces.14 William Harley was in 1948 a student.11


#3. James T. McCabe (from 1948 to 1950.)


#4. Roy E. Holmstrup (from 1952 to 1956.)
Roy was listed from 1952 to 1956 at 11 Brighton Place, and in 1960-1973 at 376 Owen Avenue. Roy E. Holmstrup married Joy C.15 Roy E. Holmstrup was in 1958 a buyer in NY.15 Roy and Christian P. Holmstrup (who lived at 5 Bolton Place and 9 Bedford Place) were brothers, see 1940 Richmond Cty census, as well as the 1920 census Manhattan. In 1930 the mother (listed as Katherine, rather than Kitty) is a widow, listed at Staten Island. There are also passport applications, passenger list (they visited Denmark in the end of 1919.)


#5. Martin D. McCluskey (from 1958 to 1960.)
Martin D. McCluskey married Anne.12 Martin D. McCluskey was in 1960 a salesman in NY.12


#6. Thomas A. Smith (from 1964 to 1966.)


#7. Mrs. Grace Daly (from 1968 to 1970.)


In 1973 it was listed as vacant.

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 8A (1312), line 7-11.
  4. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  5. [S39] Federal Census: 1930. T626, Roll 1545, pg 222, line 19-20 (ED-48).
  6. [S75] Clarion, July 21, 1944, pg 6.
  7. [S39] Federal Census: 1920 (T625). New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, 5th ward, ED 108, pg. 233, Sheet 5A/B, Line 49-53.
  8. [S39] Federal Census: 1940 (T627). New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, 4th ward, ED 26-69, pg. 859, Sheet 6B, Line 63-65.
  9. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  10. [S12] 1946 Directory.
  11. [S13] 1948 Directory.
  12. [S19] 1960 Directory.
  13. [S29] Arrow, 1944.
  14. [S75] Clarion, July 14, 1944, pg 1.
  15. [S18] 1958 Directory.