In this series of looking at the odd numbered side of the 1700 block of New Jersey Ave NW from 1920 to 1930, I decided to look at the other end of the block. The change from 1920 to 1930 for most of the block was from white renters to black home owners. My post The sell off of the 1700 block of New Jersey Ave NW pretty much explains the why.
White Renters
In 1920 the Talbot family rented 1711 NJ Ave NW. It was headed by Samuel C. Talbert, then a bookkeeper, he lived with his wife Mary, and their adult daughters Helen and Edith.
Samuel was born Dec 1863 in Washington, DC to George and Elizabeth Talbert. He married Mary Harriet Tucker (born 1868) in 1889 and they had three daughters: Edith E. (1891), Marie A. (1898), and Helen Louise (1899). in 1900 the family lived at 1617 6th St NW and Samuel was a bookkeeper. In 1910 the family lived at 436 Q St NW and Samuel worked as a manager at an insurance company.
After the Talberts left New Jersey Avenue in 1920, the Talberts were at 712 N St NW. At this point, Samuel was a 66 year old bookkeeper for an ice cream company. He lived with Mary, their adult daughter Edith and her husband, Merle D. Cardd. Mr. & Mrs. Talbert remained renters on N St NW through to the 1940 census. The only difference was that their daughter Edith remained with them after her divorce.
Black Homeowner
October 1920 the ‘developer’ Ms. M. Harvey Chiswell sold 1711 New Jersey Ave NW to Ms. Maria Jones. Jones got a mortgage from trustees W. Wallace Chiswell (M.’s brother) and real estate developer Harry A. Kite. Jones was released from the mortgage August 1926. March 1934 Jones sold the home to Adeline Stokes Naylor.
I don’t like researching women and with a name like Jones…. nope. There were several African American Maria Jones in Washington DC in 1920. She wasn’t even living at 1711 NJ Av NW in 1930, but renting the house out. So I don’t have any biographical information to work with.