Author: Camden NJ History
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George Frost
George Frost was the son of Andrew and Christiana Frost, both of whom were born in what is now Germany. The family name was originally Fraust, and his parents and siblings continued using that name into the 1870s. Shortly after the birth of George's older brother Henry in 1839, the family immigrated to the United…
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Gloria Bonilla-Santiago
Gloria Bonilla-Santiago is the founder of Camden’s LEAP Academy, a charter school that currently operates in the former Elks’ Lodge building at North 7th Street and Cooper Street.
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Daniel M. Gallucci
Daniel M. Gallucci was born in Camden, New Jersey, on July 11, 1939, to Dominick J. Gallucci and Marietta A. Paradise. The 1940 Census recorded the family living at 1315 Park Boulevard, along with Daniel's maternal aunt, Rose, and her husband, James Fullerton. His younger brother, Michael Gallucci, was born after the Census was taken.…
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Cooper B. Hatch
Cooper Browning Hatch was a prominent citizen of Camden in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born to Joseph and Mary Hatch in a farmhouse that now houses the Camden County Historical Society. His father, Joseph Hatch, owned extensive land in what is now East Camden, and Cooper grew up in the…
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Harry J. Burrichter
Harry J. Burrichter was born in 1877 in New Jersey to Henry J. and Katherine Burrichter. In 1880, the family lived at 929 Broadway, where Henry Burrichter operated a grocery store. A few years later, he moved to 1727 Broadway and ran a feed and grain business through the late 1880s and 1890s. Around 1904,…
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George H. Durar III
George H. Durar III was born in the Bronx, New York, to Jean and George Durar Jr. He was one of four siblings, along with his brother Brandon and sisters Daralyn and Deana. After serving in the U.S. military, George Durar III joined the Camden Fire Department on December 16, 1974. By 1994, he had…
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Frederick Morse
Frederick William Sheppard Morse was born in New Jersey on February 18, 1880, to Captain William and Annie Morse. His father, originally from Germany, immigrated to America in 1870 and eventually became a sea captain, while his mother was born in Nova Scotia. In the 1881-1882 City Directory, the Morse family was listed at 625…
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Henry E. Zook
Henry Evans Zook was born on March 29, 1888, in Evesham Township, New Jersey, to John Trimble Zook Sr. and Mary B. Evans. He was the youngest of seven siblings: Amos, Sarah, Elizabeth, Joseph, Anne, and John T. Zook Jr. In late 1893 or early 1894, J. Trimble Zook moved his family to Camden, settling…
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Spring Street
Spring Street in Camden dates back to at least 1850 and was mapped by 1891 to run north-south from Clinton Street, situated between Second Street and Front Street in South Camden. Although originally planned to extend as far south as Walnut Street, its development was obstructed by Volney Bennett’s lumber yard at Pine Street. The…
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Starr Avenue
Starr Avenue, later renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue between 1914 and 1946, ran northeast from Border Street to Federal Street near the Cooper River and was named after Jesse W. and John F. Starr, founders of Camden Iron Works. The foundry’s former site has housed Campbell Soup’s corporate headquarters since the 1960s. Starr Avenue and Border…
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Abraham Lincoln James
Abraham Lincoln James, commonly known as A. L. James or A. Lincoln James, was a career officer with the Camden Police Department, serving for 40 years. He was a close friend of David Baird Sr., a prominent Camden County sheriff, U.S. senator, and Republican leader in South Jersey. Born on August 14, 1863, at 817…
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Remembering Doctor Paul Cohen
I’ve been meaning to ask you for quite awhile if you know of, or are related to our family Doctor from the 50’s and 60’s. His name was Paul Cohen and he was at 5th and State Streets. He treated every member of our family from the early 50’s thru the mid 60’s. The good…
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Paul Cohen
Dr. Paul Cohen was born in Moorestown, NJ, in 1903. He graduated from Moorestown High School in 1922, the University of Pennsylvania in 1926, and the University of Switzerland Medical School in 1934. He completed his internship at St. Luke’s and Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia. During World War II, Dr. Cohen served as a captain…
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Dillwyn P. Pancoast
Dr. Dillwyn Parrish Pancoast was born on March 11, 1836, in Mullica Hill, Harrison Township, NJ, to Israel Pancoast, a farmer, and his wife, Sarah Ann Lippincott. As of October 1850, he had at least two older brothers, Stacy and Keasby Pancoast, and a sister, Mary Anne. He pursued his education at Marietta Academy, graduating…
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Linden Street
Linden Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street. Over the years, large portions of the street have been demolished to accommodate the construction of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Rutgers University, the toll plaza, and related infrastructure projects.