Louis R. Mote
Louis Rodger Mote was born in New Jersey in 1884. He appears to have been the son of James Mote, a machinist who resided on Howell Street, what was then considered the Cramer Hill section of what was then Stockton Township. In more recent times Howell Street, which lies on the far side of the railroad tracks from Cramer Hill, is considered a part of East Camden. Louis Mote had at least one brother, Harry Jackson Mote, who would also make his home in Cramer Hill.
Louis Mote married Louise Bauck at the age of 24. By the end of 1920 two sons were born, Louis G. and George H. Mote.
When the Census was taken in January of 1920 the Mote family owned a home at 1111 North 23rd Street, in the Cramer Hill neighborhood. Louis R. Mote was then working at one of Camden's many shipyards. Both Louis and Louise Mote were active in 11th Ward Republican politics, and during the administration of Mayor Winfield S. Price, Louis Mote worked as Assistant Superintendent of Streets for the City of Camden.
Louis Mote was one of several middle managers who were laid off in the mid-1930s in an economy move by Camden's city government. He passed on November 18, 1939 and was buried at Locustwood Cemetery in Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill) NJ.
When the 1947 Camden City Directory was published, Louise Mote was then still living at 1111 North 23rd Street, while son Louis, after serving with the Marines during World War II, had married and resided at 1018 North 23rd Street.
A nephew, Harry Jackson Mote Jr., was killed while serving with the United States Merchant Marine when the SS Meriwether Lewis, a Liberty Ship, was torpedoed and sunk on March 3, 1943 in the North Atlantic.
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Harry Jackson Mote Jr.
Harry Jackson Mote Jr. of Camden, NJ, served as Second Engineer aboard the Liberty Ship SS Meriwether Lewis. He was lost on March 2, 1943 when the ship was torpedoed and sunk by German Submarine U-634 in the North Atlantic, with all hands.
23rd Street
23rd Street originates in the former Pavonia section — now Cramer Hill — and extends south to Federal Street in East Camden, noted in the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory. The James G. Blaine School stood at the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Wayne Avenue.
11th Ward G.O.P. Women Elect, Install Officers
Organization of the Eleventh Ward Women's Republican Club was completed with the election and installation of officers at headquarters, Twenty-seventh Street and Wayne Avenue. Mrs. Louise Mote was elected president.
Attacked by Fish Hawk
John Daltman and George Wells were attacked by a fish hawk while gunning along the North Cramer Hill shore in East Camden, and shot the bird after a desperate battle. Freeholder Funfer, William Pepeta Jr., Samuel Arnold and Louis Mote had similar experiences with hawks along Petty's Island within a few days.