Occupation in 1900 sailor, in 1905 pilot. (I assume a water, rather than air, pilot) His place of work in 1942 was the International Mercantile and Marine Company at 1 Broadway in New York.
In the Bronx telephone directory for 1930, the person at the address he gave in 1942 was his sister, Reba Haight, 349 East 142nd St. Reba and her husband Ralph Bickell had been dancing together on the stage in the late 1890s, and around 1940 she had a dance school under her maiden name. Reba may have known Loretta? Robert and Loretta were not living with Reba at the time of the 1940 US census.