208 North 37th Street was the home of the Arno King family from about 1906 to 1918. Their son Herman John King served in the U.S. Navy during World War I aboard the U.S.S. Florida.
Herman John King, U.S. Navy — U.S.S. Florida
220 North 37th Street — George B. Johnson
George B. Johnson and his family lived at 220 North 37th Street from about 1900 to 1940.
238 North 37th Street — John Winton Jr.
John Winton Jr. — World War I Draft Registration Card, June 5, 1917View transcription
REGISTRATION CARD Form 1 No. 84 29-3-10-A
1. Name in full: Winton, John Jr. Age in yrs: 30
2. Home address: 238 N 37th St
3. Date of birth: May 12th 1887
4. Natural-born citizen
5. Where were you born: New York City, N.Y.
6. Citizen
7. What is your present trade, occupation, or office: Carpenter
8. By whom employed: Cramp & Co. / Where employed: Camden High School
9. Wife & 1 child
10. Married, Caucasian
[Signature: John Winton Jr.]
Date of registration: 6/5/17
Registrar: Charles J. Martin
Precinct 4, Camden, New Jersey
Name: Winton, John Jr. — Age: 30 — Address: 238 N 37th St
Date of birth: May 12, 1887 — Born: New York City, N.Y.
Fireman First Class Herman John King of 208 North 37th Street, Camden, served aboard the USS Cyclops and was lost at sea on June 14, 1918 when the collier disappeared with all 306 crew and passengers.
George B. Johnson served as a Camden policeman for more than twenty years, patrolling the North and South Rosedale sections without making a single arrest. Appointed in 1899, promoted to sergeant in 1914 and pensioned in 1920, he made his home at 220 North 37th Street from 1900 until at least 1940.
Forty-First Street runs from Jersey Avenue to Poplar Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again at Federal Street for one block to Myrtle Avenue.
A 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisement for Henry G. Coffey of 214 North 37th Street, Camden — mortgages, property management, and insurance.
Obituary of George B. Johnson, 80, who retired as a patrolman in the Camden Police Department in 1920 after 21 years of service. Funeral services were held at the home of his daughter on North Thirty-ninth Street, with burial at Harleigh Cemetery.
A July 1941 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for the A. Jacobs Co. of 313 North 37th Street, Camden, offering metal weatherstripping, caulking, and jobbing on easy terms.
Thomas W. Burnside, 81, husband of the late Louisa S. Burnside, died June 28, 1941. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the home of L. D. Horner, 36th and Westfield Ave., Camden. Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
The auxiliary to the Amity Lodge, Merchantville held a Washington tea at the home of Mrs. Walter Gill, Jr., 314 North Thirty-seventh Street. Mrs. Beatrice Morhauser gave a reading and Mrs. E. Helmsen sang several selections.
SLAYER CRAZED BY SEPARATION, RELATIVES SAY Dazedly Insists He Had No Intention of Shooting Sire ESTRANGED WIFE SEEN IN SUICIDE TRY Slain Man Long Was Prominent Figure in Camden Politics Jacob Schiller , 72, for 45 years a political figure here, is dead, shot by his own son.
Man and Woman Struck by Lightning; Mercury Tumbles A violent electric storm, which paralyzed a South Camden woman, accompanied by a driving rain tumbled the mercury last night and ended, temporarily, the six-day heat wave.
George Johnson, the retired Camden policeman, narrowly escaped drowning at Rio Grande Bridge near Wildwood after plunging from a wharf into 20 feet of water; unable to swim, he clung to a boat until help arrived.
Sergeant Thomas S. Reed went on the Camden police pension list after 21 years' service, and Policeman George Johnson of the Third District was to be pensioned on May 15 — with the record of never having made an arrest in 20 years on his Rosedale beat.
A death notice for Mrs. Frances M. Johnson, wife of Camden policeman George Johnson of 220 North Thirty-seventh Street, who died after a long illness. She was a member of the Frances Willard Women's Christian Temperance Union and was interred at Harleigh Cemetery.
Mrs. Charles Conner of 2407 Howell Street was injured while alighting from a trolley car at Twenty-fourth and Federal Streets, tripping over a suit case left standing in the aisle. Policemen Pedigree and Johnston carried her into a nearby restaurant.
Russell Horner, 14, son of Camden police sergeant William Horner, drowned in the Delaware off the old Red Mill at Pea Shore. His body was recovered the following morning after an all-night search by police and friends of the family.
The heat caused two dogs to go mad in East Camden — one on Thirtieth Street, another on Twenty-second Street near River Road. Policeman Johnson killed one; Policeman Thomas killed the other.
