9 Bristol Place1



The New York Times, 18 October 1931, pg. 159.
     New Construction at Bristol Place.2
9 Bristol Place was build in 1933. The designation is Block 3805, Lot 11.3
The occupants of 9 Bristol Place were:

#1. Richard E. Benner (from 1933 to 1960).
     In 1940 Grace Preston is enumerated with him as a maid.
The value of the house in 1940 was $10,000.4

Richard E. Benner was born in 1901 in Pennsylvania.5,4 Richard E. Benner married Dorothy E. in 1926.5,4 Richard E. Benner was in 1930 an engineer for an oil company, and later a mechanical engineer in New York. In 1933 his occupation was not listed.5,6,7,8,4 He owned a radio in 1930.5 Dorothy was born in 1905 in New York.5,4 Richard and Dorothy had 2 children: Barbara and Richard Jr.4 Barbara was born in October 1928 in New Jersey.5,4 Richard was born in 1933 in New Jersey.4 Richard was listed in 1930-1 at 302-E26 Highstreet, and in 1933-60 at 9 Bristol Place.
Grace Preston was born in 1920 in New Jersey.4 Grace lived in 1935 in Ridgewood, New Jersey.4


#2. Randall E. Porter (from 1964 to 1973.)
Randall was listed from 1933 to 1962 at 3 Randolph Terrace, and in 1964-1973 at 9 Bristol Place. Randall E. Porter married Ethel.7 Randall E. Porter was from 1933 to 1937 an auditor in New York. In 1939 he is a sales mgr in Newark, and in 1941 a resident manager in Mount Vernon, NY.7,9,8,10 Randall and Ethel had a daughter Mary.11 Mary was born on 22 January 1925 in Massachusetts.11


9 Bristol Place was not listed in the numerical directory before 1933.

Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S76] NY Times, 18 Oct 1931, pg 159.
  3. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  4. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 62B (1318), line 62-66.
  5. [S1] 1930 Federal Census, T626, Roll 1312, ED 2-66: sheet 5A (153), line 38-40.
  6. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  7. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  8. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  9. [S8] 1937 Directory.
  10. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  11. [S35] The Bulletin, 15 Dec 2011, #3180.