Radburn7 Brighton Place1
7 Brighton Place was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3717, Lot 6.2
The occupants of 7 Brighton Place were:
#1. Roy S. Crane (from 1930 to 1935).
His mother Sarah Crane resides with him.
The value of the house in 1930 was $9,000.3
The New York Times, 6 December 1929, pg. 54.
In Radburn the City Housing Corporation sold a house at 7 Brighton Place to Roy S. Crane of Rutherford.4
Roy S. Crane was born in 1892 in New York.3 Roy S. Crane married Rita M. in 1928.3 Roy S. Crane appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 7 Brighton Place, with Rita M. as wife. Enumerated with him was Sarah Crane, mother.3 Roy S. Crane was a draftsman, later an architect.3,5,6 He owned a radio in 1930.3 Rita was born in 1894 in New York.3 Rita Crane was in 1930 an adjustment clerk for an insurance company. No occupation was listed in the directories.3 Roy and Rita were listed in 1930-5 at 7 Brighton Place, and in 1937 at 15-43 George Street, Fair Lawn.
Sarah was born in 1869 in New York.3 Sarah Crane was widowed (Spouse: Richard V.)3,5 Sarah Crane was in 1930 a journalist. No occupation is listed in the directories.3
The New York Times, 6 December 1929, pg. 54.
In Radburn the City Housing Corporation sold a house at 7 Brighton Place to Roy S. Crane of Rutherford.4
Roy S. Crane was born in 1892 in New York.3 Roy S. Crane married Rita M. in 1928.3 Roy S. Crane appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 7 Brighton Place, with Rita M. as wife. Enumerated with him was Sarah Crane, mother.3 Roy S. Crane was a draftsman, later an architect.3,5,6 He owned a radio in 1930.3 Rita was born in 1894 in New York.3 Rita Crane was in 1930 an adjustment clerk for an insurance company. No occupation was listed in the directories.3 Roy and Rita were listed in 1930-5 at 7 Brighton Place, and in 1937 at 15-43 George Street, Fair Lawn.
Sarah was born in 1869 in New York.3 Sarah Crane was widowed (Spouse: Richard V.)3,5 Sarah Crane was in 1930 a journalist. No occupation is listed in the directories.3
#2. David B. Mayer (from 1937 to 1944).
See 8 Aberdeen Place for his biography.
The monthly rent in 1940 was $55.7
#3. Jesse Engle (from 1948 to 1970).
In 1948 his son Richard B. Engle is listed as a renter (see 325 Plaza Road North for his biography.)
Jesse Engle married Pauline.8,9 Jesse Engle was in 1956 a salesman in NY.9 She is possibly the daughter of F. Demarest, and was a celebrated singer between 1920 and 1950 (Bergen Record on Newspapers.com.)
#4. John Bemben (1973.)
In 1946 it was listed as vacant.
Citations
- [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
- [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
- [S1] 1930 Federal Census, T626, Roll 1312, ED 2-66: sheet 4B (152), line 65-67.
- [S76] NY Times, Dec 6, 1929. pg. 54.
- [S5] 1931 Directory.
- [S8] 1937 Directory.
- [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 8A (1312), line 3-6.
- [S13] 1948 Directory.
- [S17] 1956 Directory.