F. Joseph Rouh
F. Joseph Rouh was born in France around 1843. He came to America with his wife and children in the 1870s. F. Joseph Rouh was living in Philadelphia when the Census was taken in 1880, and working as a musician. He first appears in Camden City Directories in 1890. He acquired 751 Ferry Avenue and opened up a saloon there. The premises had previously been a residence. Sadly, his wife died in December of 1897 from injuries sustained in a fall.
By 1906 F. Joseph Rouh had gone into real estate and turned the bar over to his son Frank J. Rouh. He was living next door at 753 Ferry Avenue with his wife Marianna. Another son, Charles, was also in the liquor business, at 1744 Broadway. Besides his real estate activities, F. Joseph Rouh also served Camden's Eighth Ward as a justice of the peace.
F. Joseph Rouh passed away in May of 1914, and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Kossuth Street
Kossuth Street ran south through South Camden from Van Hook Street to the railroad tracks; named for the Hungarian revolutionary Louis Kossuth, much of it was razed in the 1950s for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor and Chelton Terrace public housing projects.
Dr. Donges, Mills, Schepperkittes, Covely and Other Men Wrought Through Years to Bring Needed Improvements to District
Camden Courier-Post - June 12, 1933 By BEN COURTER When a larger community annexes an adjoining district the newer area is generally regarded, for a time at least, as a step-child.
Boys Find Charred Body in Fire Ruins
A lamp explosion in a barn behind 751 Ferry Avenue killed Michael Errieski; Patrolman Karl Quinton saved a horse and a family from the spreading fire, which gutted Mrs. Jennie Stevenson's home at 1848 Kossuth Street.
Final Tribute to Squire F. J. Rouh
Justice F. Joseph Rouh was buried from his late residence on Ferry Avenue after high mass at Sacred Heart Church; hundreds visited to pay their respects to the veteran justice of the peace.
Partnership Papers Signed in Justice Rouh's Office
Joseph Feinberg White and William N. Shaw signed partnership papers in Justice Rouh's office to form a general contracting and kindling wood business.
Camden Commissioners of Deeds
County Clerk Patterson received thirty-two commissions for Commissioners of Deeds, including F. Joseph Rouh.
Doings in Realty
Real estate transfers recorded in the Register of Deeds' office, including F. Joseph Rouh's purchase of the northeast corner of Broadway and Ferry Avenue from Wilhelmina Countiss for $7,250.
Camden News Notes (April 16, 1899)
A roundup of Camden news items, including Justice F. Joseph Rouh's planned trip to Europe and the re-election of officers at the West Jersey Orphanage for Destitute Colored Children.
Camden News Condensed
Mrs. F. Joseph Rouh, of Kossuth Street and Ferry Avenue, died from injuries received two weeks earlier when she fell down stairs.
Warrants Issued for Liquor License Violations
Warrants were issued for F. J. Rouh and six others, charged with selling liquor under illegal county excise licenses.