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Home of Joseph Lowery (born 1896), CPA, Auditor of Los Angeles County. (Source Who’s Who in Los Angeles, 1942-43.)

1930 census:
1944 Laughlin Park Drive (Value: $100,000): 1) William D. Seperes?, owner and head of household; 55 year old white married male; married at age 21; born in New York; father born in United States, mother in England; not working. 2) Mary F. Seperes?, wife; 55 year old married white female; born in Missouri; father born in Tennessee, mother in Missouri; not working. 3) Josephine Brogan, sister-in-law; 57 year old single white female; born in Missouri; father born in Tennessee, mother in Missouri; not working. 4) James J. Haley, roomer; 45 year old white married male; married at age 20; born in Virginia; father born in the Free State of Ireland, mother in Virginia; a financier in industry. 5) Lois G. Haley, roomer; 43 year old white married female; married at age 15; born in Georgia; parents born in Georgia; an authoress of fiction. 6) Charlotte Walker, roomer; 45 year old divorced white female; married at age 17; born in Texas; father born in England, mother in the United States; an authoress of fiction. 7) Hortense L. Boyd, housekeeper; 52 year old white female widow; married at age 20; born in Illinois; father born in Connecticut, mother in Indiana; a servant in a private family.

1940 Census:
1944 Laughlin Park Drive (Value $16,000): 1) William D. Syers, head of household; white widower 70 years of age; born in Illinois; not working. 2) Mary C. Rumsey, secretary; white widow 58 years of age; born in Nova Scotia; secretary/maid for a private family; earns $720.