5 Bancroft Place1


5 Bancroft Place was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3710, Lot 6.2
The occupants of 5 Bancroft Place were:

#1. Theodore B.H. Vogt (from 1930 to 1944).
     In 1939-41 his son Grennell is listed also.
The value of the house in 1930 was $9,500.3,4
Theodore was listed from 1931 to 1944 at 5 Bancroft Place, at 10 Arlington Place.
Theodore Vogt was born in 1889 in New Jersey.3,4 Theodore B.H. Vogt married M. Alice in 1911.3,4 Theodore Vogt appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 5 Bancroft Place, with Alice as wife, and their child Grennell H..3 Theodore B.H. Vogt was an electrician. In the 1940 census he is listed as a manager (industry not readable.)3,5,4 He owned a radio in 1930.3 Alice was born in 1892 in England.3 Grennell was born in 1915 in New Jersey.3,4 Grennell H. Vogt was in 1939 an assistant manager in Summit. In 1941 he worked in New Brunswick. In the 1940 census he is listed as the manager of a 5-10c store.6,7,4


#2. Maxwell Pugh (from 1946 to 1948.)


#3. Allen B. Hague (from 1950 to 1954).
     See 5 Berkeley Place for his biography.


#4. Mrs. Jane M. Cunningham (from 1956 to 1964).
     In 1964 W. Robert Cunningham is listed as the head.
Jane was listed from 1956 to 1964 at 5 Bancroft Place, and in 1966-1973 at 10 Bristol Place. W. Robert was not listed before 1964. Robert was listed in 1964 at 5 Bancroft Place, and in 1966-1973 at 10 Bristol Place. Jane M. Cunningham probably married W. Robert. In 1956-1962 no spouse was listed.8 Mrs. Jane M. Cunningham was from at least 1954 the owner of the Cunningham's Card & Gift Shop at 24-15 Fair Lawn Ave. W. Robert Cunningham was also connected with it in 1966. In 1973 no occupation was listed.9,10,8 The relationships are a bit unclear. In 1954 both Mrs. Jane M. and William R. (with wife Jane M.) are listed at 71 Andover Terrace, Glen Rock, William is a sales engineer in Passaic. In 1956-1958: only Mrs. Jane M. is listed at 5 Bancroft Place. Then in 1960 Mrs. Jane M. is listed at 5 Bancroft, and Robert Cunningham (with wife Dorothy) at 336A Plaza Road North. In 1962 only Jane is listed again. In 1964 W. Robert (with wife Jane M) and Mrs. Jane M. (as renter) are both listed at 5 Bancroft (and both associated with the card shop). In 1966 the same at 10 Bristol Place. It is unclear whether William R., Robert W. and W. Robert are the same person, and whether he is Jane's son or husband.


#5. Donald R. Bray (from 1966 to 1970.)
Donald was listed from 1960 to 1964 at 17 Aberdeen Place, in 1966-1970 at 5 Bancroft Place, and in 1973 at 11 Addison Place.
Donald R. Bray was born on 17 October 1930.11 Donald R. Bray married Jean Allison.12 Donald R. Bray died on 30 October 2005 in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.11 (Obituary in the Community News on 9 November 2005, pg. F40.)13
Jean Allison Bray was born in 1932 in Paterson, New Jersey.12 Jean Allison Bray died on 21 October 2008 in Fair Lawn.12 (Obituary in the VanderPlaat Website.)12


#6. Jack C. Ruthazer (1973.)


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 5B (153), line 72-74.
  4. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 10A (1314), line 6-8.
  5. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  6. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  7. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  8. [S20] 1962 Directory.
  9. [S16] 1954 Directory.
  10. [S19] 1960 Directory.
  11. [S41] SSDI, online http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/
  12. [S37] Vander Plaat Funeral Home, online at http://www.vpfairlawn.com/id=3538
  13. [S73] Comm. News, Nov 9, 2005, pg F40.