8 Ballard Place1


8 Ballard Place was build in an unknown date . The designation is Block 3804, Lot 4.2
The occupants of 8 Ballard Place were:

#1. M. Walthall Turner (from 1935 to 1946).
     In 1935-1939 his brother William D. Turner resides with him, and in 1941 Donald McAlpin.
The value of the house in 1940 was $8,900.3

M. Walthall Turner was born in 1903 in New York.3 M. Walthall Turner married Dorothea L.4,3 M. Walthall Turner was the president of the New Jersey Dy-Dee Wash Inc at River Road near S. Maple in Fair Lawn. No occupation was listed in 1939, and in 1941 he was a president in Paterson.4,5,3 Dorothea was born in 1905 in New York.3 Dorothea L. Turner was a secretary at the YMCA.3 M. and Dorothea had a daughter Constance R.3 Constance was born in 1934 in New York.3

William D. Turner was born in 1901 in New York.6 William D. Turner was not married (at least no spouse was listed.)5 William D. Turner was the general manager of the New Jersey Dy-Dee Wash Inc at River Road near S. Maple in Fair Lawn. In 1937-39 no occupation is listed.4,5 William was listed in 1935-9 at 8 Ballard Place, and in 1941 as removed to Richmond, Virginia. His mother Grace moves also, they are both listed in the 1940 census in Richmond, Virginia.7,8
Donald McAlpin was not married (at least no spouse was listed.)8 Donald McAlpin was a clerk in New York.8 Raymond D. Wesler appeared in the 1920 Census as son in the household of Harry Wesler and Catherine Wesler at 111 West 106th Street, Manhattan.9


#2. Devereaux Martin (from 1948 to 1950.)
Devereaux was listed in 1933 at 333 Plaza Road North, in 1935 as removed to Paramus, then in 1940-41 at 1 Bolton Place, in 1944 at 2 Beekman Place, in 1948-50 at 8 Ballard Place, and in 1952 as removed to Reading, PA. He was not listed in 1937-39 and 1946.
Devereaux Martin was born on 26 December 1905 in Massachusetts.10,11 Devereaux Martin married Florence.12,8,10 Devereaux Martin died on 2 February 1983 in Los Angeles, California.11 Devereaux Martin was a radio engineer in New York. In the census he is listed as a radio engineer at an airport, in 1948 as an elect. engineer. He was in the class of 1928 at MIT.12,8,10,13,14 Devereaux and Florence lived in 1935 in New Castle, Lincoln County, Maine.10 Florence was born in 1908 in Pennsylvania.10 Devereaux and Florence had a son Benn.10 Benn was born in 1934 in Maine.10


#3. Raymond D. Wesler (from 1952 to 1954.)
Raymond was listed from 1939 to 1950 at 23 Reading Terrace, and in 1952-1954 at 8 Ballard Place.
Raymond D. Wesler was born in 1904 in New York.9 Raymond D. Wesler married Beatrice V.5 Raymond D. Wesler was an executive in New York.5


#4. Howard S. Kaltenborn (from 1956 to 1958.)
Howard was listed in 1954 at 5 Beekman Place, 1956-58 at 8 Ballard Place, and in 1960 listed as removed to Pennsylvania Howard S. Kaltenborn married Myrna M.15


#5. Selig Salkowitz (from 1962 to 1973.)
Selig Salkowitz married Marcia.16 Selig Salkowitz died in 2015.16 Marcia was born in 1930.17 Marcia Salkowitz died on 8 April 2017.17 (Obituary in the Radburn Bulletin on 20 April 2017.)17


8 Ballard Place was not listed in the numerical directory before 1933. In 1933 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 65B (1321), line 62-64.
  4. [S7] 1935 Directory.
  5. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  6. [S39] Federal Census: 1920. New York, Queens County, AD 4, ED 236, pg. 148/149, sheet 1B/2A, line 78-80/1-3 (NARA: T625, Roll ?).
  7. [S39] Federal Census: 1940. Virginia, Richmond, ED 118-25, pg. 148/149, sheet 9B, line 46-47 (NARA: T627, Roll 4319, pg. 288, sheet 9B).
  8. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  9. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RF4-LLZ> : 14 December 2015), New York > New York > Manhattan Assembly District 11 > ED 814 > image 20 of 36; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  10. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 4B (1308), line 63-65.
  11. [S82] Ancestry.com, online at https://ancestry.com/ /California Death Index.
  12. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  13. [S13] 1948 Directory.
  14. [S82] Ancestry.com, online at https://ancestry.com/ /The 1926 Technique, yearbook of the Massachussetts Institute of Technology, publ. by the undergraduates.
  15. [S19] 1960 Directory.
  16. [S25] 1973 Directory.
  17. [S35] The Bulletin, Apr 20, 2017. #3322.