GREGOIRE: 1930 U.S. Census

 Octave and Charlotte finally got the memo, so the 1930 U.S. Census only shows himself, Charlotte and "Margarite" living on 44th Drive in Queens, which is the same house they've been living in since the 1920 census, but the street name was changed.  Queens renumbered or renamed all of the streets over several years, starting in 1915.  (For an interesting article about that project see the blog "Forgotten New York" at http://forgotten-ny.com/2013/06/every-street-is-named-60-maspeth/

Octave, Charlotte and Margo ("Margarite") on the 1930 U.S. Census, living on
44th Drive in Queens.  The street name had been changed from Nott Avenue.

The abstract of the 1930 U.S. Census with details for Octave, 
Charlotte and Margo.

Maurice and Lillian with their two children Eleanor and Maurice J. are living at 2720 Barnes Ave. in the Bronx.  Also living with them is 15-year-old Ludlow Schamberger, noted as a boarder.  Teddy and Matilda (Urbinelli) Soldati live here also with their three oldest children Helen, Lorraine and Mercedes, and Lillian's father Victor Soldati is here too.  

Abstract of the 1930 U.S. Census showing Maurice
and family at 2720 Barnes Ave.

A New York City tax photo taken around 1939-40 of 2720 Barnes Ave. in the
Bronx.  From the New York City Department of Records.

In the tax photo of 2720 Barnes Ave. in the Bronx which was taken in 1939 or 1940, there is a woman standing to the left of the front door.  I wonder who she is.

For the longest time, I thought that this woman was holding a white bag.  They didn't have white plastic trash bags then but I thought maybe it was a laundry bag.  My dear friend Maureen looked at the picture and pointed out that it is not a bag at all, but part of the sign in the foreground that the photographer placed there to identify the building.