10 Bancroft Place

     The occupants of 10 Bancroft Place were
     in 1930: William W Niles²
     in 1933: Frederick K Lovejoy³
     in 1937: John Henshaw⁴
     and in 1939-41: A. Ladley Pearson^5,6
     In 1931 and 1935 it was listed as vacant.^7,8

William W Niles was born in 1902 in New York.² He married Mercedes G in 1927.² William W Niles appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 10 Bancroft Place, with Mercedes G as wife, and their child Mercedes G.² The value of the house was $10,500.² He owned a radio in 1930.² William W Niles was the proprietor of a used car exchange.²

Frederick K Lovejoy was born in 1903 in Rhode Island.⁹ He married Elizabeth in 1928.^7,9 Frederick K Lovejoy was a civil engineer (organisation work). In 1933 the listing said laundry in New York.^7,9,3 Before coming to Radburn Frederick and Elizabeth lived in Newark.⁹ Frederick K Lovejoy and Elizabeth Lovejoy moved before 1933 from 201-A4 Abbott Road to 10 Bancroft Place.³

Elizabeth Lovejoy was born in 1903 in New York.⁹ They moved before 1935 to Leonia.⁸
Elizabeth Lovejoy was the daughter of the Rev Robert H Beattie, former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Austin in Chicago, and president of the Presbyterian Training School of Chicago, who died 15 Nov 1932 in a hospital at age 68.¹⁰