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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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
Named for Henry G. Morse.
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 through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at South 31st Street, named for William Carman whose home stood at the corner of Broadway and Federal Street 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.
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 extends from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden, running from River Road 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. Named for the Beideman family, notable landowners 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 runs through North Camden from the 200 block near Cooper Street north to the 800 block. It appears to be named for real estate developer William T. Bailey, who built rows of homes along State, Grant, Bailey, and York Streets in the late 19th century.
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
Runs for one block, from Ferry Avenue south.
Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic Avenue runs east–west through the heart of Camden, three blocks south of Kaighn Avenue, from Front Street to Haddon Avenue. East of 7th Street it was and remains a mix of homes and commercial properties; the street crosses under I-676 and the elevated rail between 7th and 9th Streets before becoming primarily residential toward Haddon Avenue.
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 — one of Camden's longest thoroughfares.
Railroad Avenue
Ran from Kaighn Avenue to Jefferson 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.
Levi Jones — Death Notice
Death notice for Levi M. Jones, formerly of 1618 Ferry Avenue.
Notice of Application — Triangle Tavern
Legal notice of application to transfer the plenary retail consumption license for Triangle Tavern at 1701 Ferry Avenue from John J. Flacco 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.
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 auto battery and $5 of gasoline; Sgt. Earl Wright testified in the gasoline case.
Camden Fire Alarms — June 1957
Camden fire alarms for June 3, 1957, including an auto fire at 1631 Ferry Avenue at 2:08 a.m.
Camden Marriage Licenses — March 1956
Camden marriage licenses published March 13, 1956, including Charles Williams and Margaret J. Land of 644 Ferry Avenue.
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.
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 of application to transfer the plenary retail consumption license for Anderson Tavern / Vic's Cafe between 751 and 852 Ferry Avenue.
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.
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.
Man, 69, Is Killed by Hit-Runners
Joseph Wright, 69, of 1716 Ferry Avenue was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver at Broadway and Van Hook Street; a second victim was seriously injured.
Notice of Application — Knast Cafe
Legal notice from Felix C. Knast applying for a plenary retail consumption license for Knast's Cafe at 671–673 Ferry Avenue.
15 Dead, 2 Missing from South Jersey
The War Department's June 13, 1944 casualty list named fifteen South Jersey men killed and two missing, among them Corporal Stephen V. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street, Camden — one of twelve on the list who had been lost with the troopship HMT Rohna in the Mediterranean seven months earlier.
Nicholas Haday
Portrait of Nicholas Haday, son of Stephen Haday, proprietor of the grocery at 675 Ferry Avenue, published in the Camden Courier-Post in 1943.
Housing Plans in East Camden Okayed by U.S.
The Camden Housing Authority announced U.S. Housing Authority approval of a $1,566,000 defense housing project of 306 units on the south side of East State Street between Cooper Creek and River Avenue. Camden Courier-Post, January 17, 1942.
Birthday Party Given for Mrs. Anna Olsen
The Eighth Ward Roosevelt Democratic Club auxiliary held a birthday party for Mrs. Anna Olsen at 521 Ferry Avenue.
Mrs. Phoebe Shultz — Obituary
Obituary notice for Mrs. Phoebe Shultz of 1717 Ferry Avenue, widow of Theodore Shultz.
Ace Iron & Metal Company
Advertisement for Ace Iron & Metal Company at Ferry Avenue and Lansdowne Avenue, buying scrap iron, metals, and rags at highest prices.
Hospital Cases
Hospital cases treated at West Jersey and Cooper hospitals on February 15, 1938, including residents of 757 and 507 Division Street.
6 Persons Injured in Auto Accidents
Three women and two men injured in automobile accidents over the weekend. Walter H. Holler of 884 Beideman Avenue was involved in a collision near Haddon Avenue and Line Street; two others were hurt at Ferry Avenue and Charles Street.