10 Bolton Place1


10 Bolton Place was build in 1933. The designation is Block 3808, Lot 3.2
The occupants of 10 Bolton Place were:

#1. Victor H. Lawn (1931.)

Victor H. Lawn was born in 1892 in New York.3 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 Carolina4 Victor H. Lawn was in 1930 an advertising manager for a newspaper, and in 1931 a publicity agent in New York.5,3 Victor H. Lawn married Dorothy C. in 1916.5,3 Victor and Dorothy lived in 1930 in Brooklyn.3 Victor and Dorothy had two sons: Evan and Roger.3


#2. Floyd Lyle (from 1933 to 1946).
     His mother Martha H. Lewis is listed with him from 1939-1941.
The value of the house in 1940 was $8900.6

Floyd Lyle was born in 1889 in Missouri.7,6 Floyd Lyle married Katherine L.8,6 (Obituary in the Bergen Record on 20 June 1962.)7 Floyd Lyle was a manager, later an executive (welfare work) in New York.8,9,6 Katherine was born in 1901 in New York.6
Kay was very active politically. She founded the Fair Lawn League of Women Voters in 1937. In 1939 she was appointed to the first Fair Lawn Planning Board; she was the first woman to be elected to the Fair Lawn Borough Council.10,11 Floyd and Katherine had two children: Jane and William.6 Jane was born in 1928 in New York.6 An unknown person married Jane Lyle Neal Diepeveen on 10 May 1952. They moved to 14 Ryder Road.12 William was born in 1930 in New York.6 William Lyle married Sheila Anderson. They moved to 4B Townley Road.

Martha H. Lewis was born in 1867.13 Martha H. Lewis was widowed (Spouse: Thomas W.)9,14 (Obituary in the New York Times on 13 June 1933.)14 On 27 October 1953 she celebrated her 86th birthday.13


Parents of Ben Bontekoe lived here; they bought the house from Mrs. Lyle.

Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S39] Federal Census: 1930. T626, Roll 1538, pg 75, line 70-73 (ED-875).
  4. [S75] Clarion, July 21, 1944. insert. Serviceman's Newsletter, July 1944.
  5. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  6. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 5A (1309), line 20-24.
  7. [S70] Bergen Record, 29 Jun 1962, pg. 39.
  8. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  9. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  10. [S62] Elaine B. Winshell and Jane Lyle Diepeveen, Fair Lawn-1, pg. 106, 108.
  11. [S63] Jane Lyle Diepeveen, Fair Lawn-2, pg. 81.
  12. [S70] Bergen Record, 12 May 1952, pg. 12.
  13. [S70] Bergen Record, 28 Oct 1953, pg. 41.
  14. [S76] NY Times, Jun 13, 1933. p. 19.