Ferry Avenue
In 1820 the road known as "Ferry Road," present-day Ferry Avenue, was opened from the southerly end of Front Street in Kaighnton, the settlement at Kaighn Avenue and the Delaware River, across the lands of Joseph Kaighn and Isaac Mickle to the center of the road leading from Woodbury to the Ferries which we know today as Broadway, and was at first called "the straight road to Woodbury" or the "Branch Road." In 1832 it was extended to the Mount Ephraim pike (Mount Ephraim Avenue), the extension on one of the early maps being designated "The Road to the Race Track" while on Sanders' map of 1855 it is named "The Kaighn's Point Road." The first part of this road was four rods wide, while the extension of 1832 was only laid out two rods in width. At Mount Ephraim Avenue the extension met a road which passed the Charles Cooper plantation (Woodlynne), and was commonly known as the "Cooper Road."
In 1859 Ferry Avenue was taken over and improved by the Stockton and Newton Turnpike Company and converted into a toll road with toll-gates at Mount Ephraim Avenue and the White Horse Pike. The incorporators of the turnpike were closely allied with the Kaighn's Point Ferry and its operation was based on its serving as a "feeder" for the ferry company. The name is distinctive of the part of the county through which the road ran; Stockton being then the local name for the part of the present city west of Evergreen Cemetery, being the present Jackson Street and Ferry Avenue, while east of Mount Ephraim Avenue the road passed through what was then Newton Township. The company abandoned its charter about 1875 and the highway known today as Ferry Avenue reverted to the city.
Edited by Phillip Cohen in the interest of clarity to present-day readers, July 2003.
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Viola Street
Viola Street runs west from Ancona Street across Broadway to the railroad tracks and Interstate 676. City directory records, newspaper clippings, and photos from 1891 to 1983.
Louis Street
Louis Street runs between Haddon Avenue and Mount Ephraim Avenue, from Mount Vernon Street south to Sheridan Street. Primarily residential with many corner businesses, it passes Whitman Park and was devastated by the crack epidemic of the 1980s.
Edwin S. Wirtz
Edwin Stanley Wirtz (1914–1975), son of Camden policeman Stanley R. Wirtz and grandson of Camden fireman James McDade, was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in October 1943 and served 22 years, retiring in October 1965 as an inspector in the Fire Marshal's office.
Adelbert J. "Duke" Kirk Sr.
Adelbert J. "Duke" Kirk Sr. (1918-1989) was a Camden firefighter who was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on November 16, 1956 and served with Engine Company 3 until his retirement on December 1, 1981.
Leonard E. Oshushek
Camden firefighter who served 32 years from 1941 to 1971, rising to Acting Battalion Chief. Son of Camden firefighter Samuel Oshushek.
Santo DiMaggio
Santo DiMaggio (1918–1973) was a Camden firefighter who joined the department in January 1951 and served with Engine Company 3.
10th Street
City directory records and newspaper accounts for 10th Street, one of Camden’s longest thoroughfares, running from State Street in North Camden through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park to Morgan Village, 1870s–1970s.
Old Ferries - Annals of Camden NJ
Annals of Camden No 3 - Old Ferries - Camden NJ Download In this age of inventions, improvements and ever-changing modes of transportation, the ferry boat is still an important factor in carrying the traveller across that "goodly and noble" river which forms the boundary between the two Quaker Colonies of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Morse Street
Morse Street in East Camden was named for Henry G. Morse, founder and president of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, whose Camden shipyard led to the creation of Yorkship Village.
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.
John A. Ewing
John Atwood Ewing was born on July 7, 1845, in Delaware to parents John and May Ewing. In his early years, he lived in Penns Grove, Salem County, New Jersey.
Carman Street
Carman Street ran from Broadway to South 8th Street downtown and, across the Cooper River, from 15th Street through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at 31st Street. It is apparently named for William Carman, whose home at Broadway and Federal Street stood until 1902.
Davis Street
Davis Street runs southeast from north of Sheridan Street to Ferry Avenue in the East Camden/Morgan Village area, named for Dr. Henry Hill Davis — Camden's first medical inspector and School Medical Inspector in New Jersey.
Van Hook Street
History and occupants of Van Hook Street (now Carl Miller Boulevard) in Camden, New Jersey, including the Bunting family at 515, Clement Coverall Company at 615, Booth's Flowers at 693, the Avalon Bar at 1176, and the eight houses builder S. Levy finished at 632–646 by January 1928.
Hale Street
Hale Street ran north-south from Central Avenue to Ferry Avenue in Camden; its four homes and the street itself were razed in the 1970s for the I-676 North-South Freeway.
Budd Street
Budd Street is in Camden's Centerville neighborhood, first appearing in City Directories in 1878. The construction of the Clement T. Branch Village public housing project in 1940 further shortened the street, which now begins at South 10th Street.
29th Street
29th Street runs from the Delaware River south across River Road to the Pavonia railroad yards, then from Pleasant Street to Westfield Avenue and from Federal Street to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.
Beideman Avenue
Beideman Avenue runs through Camden's Cramer Hill and East Camden sections, east of North 32nd Street, from the Delaware River south to Cleveland Avenue and from Lemuel Avenue through what was Westfield Acres to Westfield Avenue. It was named for the Beideman family, who owned a great deal of land in northern Cramer Hill before its residential development.
Hallowell Lane
Hallowell Lane runs south from Sheridan Street to Ferry Avenue in Camden, NJ, named for Charles H. Hallowell's brickyard; though it borders New Camden Cemetery and the former Camden Municipal Hospital, no address has ever carried a Hallowell Lane number.
Bailey Street
Bailey Street appears to be named for real estate developer William T. Bailey, who was responsible for building rows of homes between North 5th and North 6th Streets on State, Grant, Bailey and York Streets.
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.
Salem Street
Salem Street is a one-block street running from Ferry Avenue south to Viola Street. Homes at 1831 through 1841 Salem Street first appear in the 1890-1891 Camden City Directory.
Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic Avenue lies three blocks south of Kaighn Avenue and runs from Front Street east to Haddon Avenue. East of 7th Street it was and remains a mix of homes and commercial properties; between 7th and 9th Streets, I-676 and the elevated rail line cross the street, and east of 9th Street it is primarily residential.
Ramona Gonzalez Street
Division Street runs across South Camden. In 1997, a portion of the street was renamed Ramona Gonzalez Street to honor a community leader; the remainder continues to be known as Division Street.
8th Street
Eighth Street runs south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Morgan Boulevard to Pyne Point in North Camden.
Railroad Avenue
Railroad Avenue ran from Kaighn Avenue to Jefferson Street in Camden. The page includes a 1906 Sanborn Map of its west side from Chelton Avenue to Bulson Street.
Rand Street
East Camden street.
George Ackerle
GEORGE ACKERLE was born December 14, 1920 in New Jersey. He was one of at least seven children born to Paul F. and Anna Ackerle. The Ackerles lived in Deptford NJ through at least April of 1930.
Broadway
Broadway was Camden's main commercial thoroughfare, once known as the 'Mall of South Jersey,' running from the Delaware River bridge plaza south to Gloucester City and beyond.
Mary Bellangee
Death and funeral notice for Mary Bellangee, 42, of 607 Ferry Avenue; survived by three daughters and a brother.
Thomas J. Driscoll
Death notice for Thomas J. Driscoll, 72, of 2030 Arlington Street, Camden, who died June 22, 1972. Survived by his wife Virginia, one son, two daughters, two sisters, and five grandchildren. Mass of the Resurrection at Sacred Heart R.C. Church.
Abate, Pauline U.
Death notice for Pauline U. Abate (nee Priola), 45, wife of Vincent Abate of 420 Viola Street, with her funeral from the Troncone Funeral Home and requiem Mass at Sacred Heart R.C. Church.
Levi Jones — Death Notice
Death notice for Levi M. Jones, formerly of 1618 Ferry Avenue, who died September 6, 1967; funeral arrangements by the David F. Harrigan Funeral Home, 1451 Broadway, Camden.
Mrs. Julia A. Galm
Obituary for Mrs. Julia A. Galm, 75, of 2032 Arlington Street. Survived by five sons, two daughters, three sisters, 20 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart Church.
Notice of Application — Triangle Tavern
Legal notice of application to transfer Plenary Retail Consumption License #C-142 for the Triangle Tavern, 1701 Ferry Avenue, from Triangle Tavern Inc. to John D. Palazzese.
Massimo Di Marco — Obituary
Massimo Di Marco, 77, of 571 Ferry Avenue died at Cooper Hospital; a 40-year Camden resident, he owned and operated a shoe repair business.
John G. Dalton
John G. Dalton, 68, of 509 Fairview Street, a retired construction worker and native of Newfoundland who had lived in Camden 45 years, died at his home; a requiem Mass was set for the Sacred Heart Church.
Ogden's Super Duper Sports Car
Fausto Michilli of Ogden Auto Body on Ferry Avenue built a custom sports car on a '41 Chevrolet chassis — 5½ inches lower than stock, hitting 75 mph at 35–40 mpg.
2 Men Given 6 Months on Theft Counts
Municipal Judge Marino gave six-month jail sentences to two men for theft of an automobile battery and $5 worth of gasoline; Sgt. Earl Wright said one was arrested taking the gas.
Camden Fire Alarms
Camden Courier-Post list of Camden fire alarms from midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday, printed June 3, 1957, including an auto fire in front of 1631 Ferry Avenue at 2:08 a.m.
Marriage Licenses
Camden marriage licenses published March 13, 1956, including Margaret J. Land of 644 Ferry Avenue and Charles Williams of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Carrie Clark — Obituary
Mrs. Carrie Clark, 60, of 767 Ferry Avenue died at Cooper Hospital; she had lived in Camden 45 years and was survived by two daughters and three grandchildren.
Camden Boy Missing Since Saturday
A state police message was sent searching for Irvin Gibbs, 7, of 731 Ferry Avenue, missing since Saturday morning when he left home on an errand for his mother.
Sgt. Wilkie Is Still Held in Jail, His Bail of $50,000 Unchanged
Camden Courier-Post, December 26, 1953: Police Sgt. John V. Wilkie remains in jail on $50,000 bail after admitting his "confession" to accidentally killing his son was invented to win Catholic burial rites for the youth.
Spending Two-Week Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. John Shelton of 922 Ferry Avenue and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Williams of 1187 South 10th Street spend two weeks vacationing at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Notice of Application — Anderson Tavern
Legal notice that Victor G. Anderson, trading as Vic's Cafe, applied to transfer his plenary retail consumption license from 852 Ferry Avenue to 751 Ferry Avenue, with the 1972 death notice of his father, Matthew Anderson.
Man Stabbed in Row, Condition Critical
Edward Tyler, 37, of 761 Ferry Avenue was in critical condition after being stabbed with a table knife by Isaac Jackson during a quarrel over ownership of copper piping.
Burglary Victims Recover $4360 In Stolen Goods
Camden detectives returned about $4360 in stolen goods to burglary victims at City Hall in April 1952 and held parolee George Wilmer as the suspected daytime "phantom burglar."
Mrs. Mary Trusty — Obituary
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Trusty, 66, of 1003 Ferry Avenue, at Ferry Avenue Methodist Church; she died Friday in Cooper Hospital after 35 years at the address.
400 Housing Units To Be Added Near Present Projects
Camden Courier-Post, February 6, 1950: Housing authority chairman Joseph J. McComb announces 400 low-rent dwellings will be built near the four existing projects.