8 Bancroft Place¹
b. 1929

     
     The occupants of 8 Bancroft Place were
     in 1930-31: Alfred R Chappelka^2,3
     in 1935-39: Dorothy C Lawn^4,5,6,7
     and in 1941: William Ingram.⁸ However, someone also pencilled his name into the 1939 Directory.⁷

Alfred R Chappelka was born in 1900 in Ohio.² He married Eloise in 1925.² Alfred R Chappelka appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 8 Bancroft Place, with Eloise as wife, and their child Doris.² The value of the house was $10,000.² Alfred R Chappelka was an electrical engineer (with a public utility) in New York.^2,3 He owned a radio in 1930.² Alfred R Chappelka and Eloise Chappelka moved before 1933 to Ridgewood.⁴

Dorothy C Lawn was born in 1889 in Missouri.⁹ Victor H Lawn married Dorothy C in 1916.^3,9 Victor and his wife Dorothy had two sons Evan and Roger.⁹ Dorothy C Lawn moved before 1933 from 10 Bolton Place to 8 Bancroft Place.⁴ William Ingram married Dorothy C between 1939 and 1941.⁸ William Ingram and Dorothy C Lawn moved between 1942 and 1944 to Ashville, North Carolina.¹⁰

Roger C Lawn was born in 1923 in New York.⁹ Roger C Lawn attended Radburn School.¹⁰ Roger C Lawn graduated in 1940 from Ridgewood High School, and atttended the University of Michigan for two years.^10,11
Roger C Lawn served in the Army, He was inducted in Jan 1943, and received training in Miami and Denver, CO. He was sent oversees in the fall of 1943. He was a bombardier (private).^10,12 Roger C Lawn died on 20 May 1944 in Italy.¹⁰ No occupation was listed for William Ingram.⁸

Richard H Young married Sara M.¹³