8 Brighton Place1


8 Brighton Place was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3717, Lot 15.2,3
The occupants of 8 Brighton Place were:

#1. Martin S. Prowell (from 1930 to 1931.)
The value of the house in 1930 was $8,300.4
The New York Times, 19 October 1929, 1929. pg.35.
     The City Housing Corporation announced the sale of the house at 8 Brighton Place, Radburn, NJ to Martin S. Prowell of 39-60 46th Street, Long Island City.5
Martin was listed in 1930-1 at 8 Brighton Place, and in 1933 as removed to New York City
Martin S. Prowell was born in 1906 in Pennsylvania.4 Martin S. Prowell married Martha in 1927.4 Martin Prowell appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 8 Brighton Place, with Martha as wife, and their child Audre.4 Martin S. Prowell was in 1930 an accountant at the Telephone Company in New York. and in 1931 a clerk in New York.4,6 He owned a radio in 1930.4 Martha was born in 1906 in Pennsylvania.4 Audre was born in May 1929 in New York.4


#2. George R. Blakley (1933.)
George was listed in 1933 at 8 Brighton Place, and in 1935 as removed to New York. George R. Blakley married Louise.7 George R. Blakley was a contractor in New York.7


#3. Frederick S. Elliot (1935.)
Frederick was listed in 1935 at 8 Brighton Place, and in 1937 as removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Frederick S. Elliot married Gertrude in New York.8


#4. William F. Britten (from 1937 to 1940.)
The monthly rent in 1940 was $54.9

William F. Britten was born in 1894 in New York.9 William F. Britten married Carin H.10,9 William F. Britten was in insurance in Newark. In the census he is listed as a special agent in insurance.10,9 Carin was born in 1904 in Denmark.9 William and Carin lived in 1935 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.9 William and Carin had a son Gerald.9 Gerald was born in 1930 in New York.9


#5. Alan E. Schuler (1941.)
Alan E. Schuler married Jean M.11 Alan E. Schuler was a technical clerk in Paterson.11


#6. Leonard Helie (1946.)


#7. Warren I. Crosby (from 1948 to 1973).
     From 1954 Ethel E. Crosby is listed as the head.

Warren I. Crosby was born in 1915 in Massachussetts.12 Warren I. Crosby married Ethel E.13 Warren I. Crosby died in January 1992.14 (Obituary in the Bergen Record on 27 January 1992.)14 Warren I. Crosby was in 1952 a supervisor in the Bronx. In 1940 he was a chemist at a drug factory.13,12
Ethel E. Crosby was born in 1915 in Vermont.15,12 Ethel E. Crosby (2) married Theodore Strysko.15 Ethel E. (Noyes) Strysko died on 30 September 2011 in Fair Lawn.15 (Obituary in the Radburn Bulletin on 13 October 2011, also in The Record/Herald News on Oct. 2, 2011.)15,16 No occupation was listed in 1960 for Ethel E. Crosby.17 In 1973 she was not listed as a widow, nor was an occupation listed.18


In 1944 it was listed as vacant.

Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S78] New Owners Lists: Oct 4, 2018.
  3. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  4. [S1] 1930 Federal Census, T626, Roll 1312, ED 2-66: sheet 4B (152), line 76-78.
  5. [S76] NY Times, Oct 19, 1929. pg.35.
  6. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  7. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  8. [S7] 1935 Directory.
  9. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 8A (1312), line 15-17.
  10. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  11. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  12. [S39] Federal Census: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-6WDR> : accessed 22 March 2019), Massachusetts > Worcester > Worcester City, Worcester, Ward 7 > 23-170 Worcester City Ward 7 (Area C - part) > image 1 of 43; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
  13. [S15] 1952 Directory.
  14. [S79] Family Search, online at https://familysearch.org/ /"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWG-FYD6> : accessed 12 May 2019), Warren I Crosby, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 27 Jan 1992; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Record, The, born-digital text.
  15. [S35] The Bulletin, #3174, 13 Oct 2011.
  16. [S70] Bergen Record, 2 Oct 2011, online. <https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=ethel-strysko&pid=153949687
  17. [S19] 1960 Directory.
  18. [S25] 1973 Directory.