Linden Street
Linden Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street. Over the years, large portions of the street have been demolished to accommodate the construction of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Rutgers University, the toll plaza, and related infrastructure projects.
Unit Block of Linden Street — Occupants
Foot of Linden Street, at the Delaware River, early 1900s.
5 Linden Street
| year | name | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Palko Continental | Fire Watch Magazine Advertisement |
Delaware Avenue & Linden Street — Occupants
Southeast corner occupants, 34–48 Linden.
Southeast Corner
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1933–1940 | John J. Robinson (coal) |
100 Block of Linden Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1876–1957.
100 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1888–1896 | Captain John G. Hutchison |
| 1940 | Robert Heggan (restaurant) |
101 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | William Talley |
102 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1876–1884 | John Dugan & Family |
| 1876–1884 | John & Annie Dugan |
| 1876–1884 | William Dugan |
| 1876–1884 | John Dugan Jr. |
| 1876–1884 | Hugh Dugan |
| 1876–1884 | Kate Dugan |
| 1876–1884 | Rebecca Dugan |
| 1876–1884 | Matthew Dugan |
| 1876–1884 | James Dugan |
| 1876–1884 | James A. Dugan |
| 1876–1884 | Marie Dugan |
| 1880 | Jacob Rettberg |
| 1940 | William W. Morton |
103 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Mary Curtz |
104 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1884 | Col. I.S. Buckelew |
| 1940 | Mrs. Margaret Trautwein |
105 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Raymond Lau |
106 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | William E. Godfrey |
107 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Minnie R. Josling |
108 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | John B. Green |
109 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Rudolph Preisendanz Sr. (wagon builder) |
| 1940 | Ernest L. Stahl |
110 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | J. Hobart Condit |
111 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Owen Glenn Stackhouse (Police Dept. / Magistrate) |
| 1940 | Robert L. Caskey |
112 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Edwin B. Carlin |
113 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Alex J. McCausland |
114 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Frank J. Grundy |
115 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1878–1910 | George W. Smith (Read & Smith, paperhangers) |
| 1878–1910 | George W. & Emma Hunter Smith |
| 1878–1910 | Maude Hunter Smith |
| 1896–1911 | Cornelius Baker & Family |
| 1912–1920 | John Dunn |
| 1921–1929 | Edward L. O'Brien (foreman) |
| 1931 | Samuel Saltzberg |
| 1940–1947 | George A. Parker (foreman) |
116 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Laura T. Stone (music teacher) |
117 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Walter J. Gill |
118 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | George R. Passwater |
119 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1880s–1940 | Nelson Johnson & Family |
| 1940 | Mrs. Anna M. Johnson |
120 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Mrs. Elizabeth Burns |
121 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Jefferson King |
122 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | John Lennon |
123 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Mrs. Elizabeth Worner |
| 1957 | Clara G. Blake |
125 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Samuel E. Harring & Family |
| 1910 | Samuel E. & Josephine Harring |
| 1910 | Samuel Harring |
| 1910 | Lottie Harring |
| 1910 | William R. Harring |
| 1940 | Mrs. Dorothea E. McConaghy |
200 Block of Linden Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1887–1954.
211 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
213 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
214 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
215 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
217 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1899–1900s | Charles J. 'Jeff' Kay (policeman) |
218 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Mrs. Margaret Larzalere |
219 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
220 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
221 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
222 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1922–1954 | Richard Johnson & Family |
| 1922–1954 | Richard & Clara Johnson |
223 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
224 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
225 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1920s | Richard C. Aitken & Family (bank manager; father of Private Richard K. Aitken) |
227 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
228 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1887 | T. Moore White |
229 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
231 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1888 | Henry Washington Buchanan (printer, Civil War veteran) |
300 Block of Linden Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1887–1956.
301 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
302 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
303 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1911–1920 | Charles C. Piper & Family |
| 1911–1920 | Charles Collins & Farabel Vandegrift Piper |
| 1911–1920 | Mrs. Sarah Vandegrift |
| 1911–1920 | Elsie Piper |
| 1911–1920 | Farabel Piper |
304 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1918–1954 | Mary G. Mooney |
305 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
306 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1898 | Charles J. 'Jeff' Kay (policeman) |
307 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1932 | William Vannest Silver & Family |
| 1932 | William V. & Anna Eldridge Silver |
308 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
312 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
313 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
314 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
315 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1887–1891 | Francis F. Patterson Sr. & Family |
| 1887–1891 | Francis Ford & Catherine Patterson |
| 1887–1891 | Francis Ford Patterson Jr. |
| 1887–1891 | Theodore Patterson; Wolcott J. Patterson |
| 1897–1923 | William J. Browning & Family |
| 1897–1923 | William J. & Lillian Browning |
317 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
319 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1953 | Ronald C. Archer |
| 1953 | Benjamin Dzick |
| 1953 | Harry Tracy |
| 1953 | David Kelly; Louis Prucella; Alfreda Warner |
321 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1956 | Marcyanna Staszek |
349 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
400 Block of Linden Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1885–1947.
400 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1922 | Edgar Freeman & Family |
| 1922 | Ruth Freeman |
| 1922 | Edith Freeman |
| 1933 | John W. Kelly & Family |
| 1933 | John W. & Elizabeth Kelly |
401 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
402 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
403 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
404 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1885–1906 | Martin V. Bergen |
| 1927 | Watson Finch |
405 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
406 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
407 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
408 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
409 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
410 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | Rev. Augustus D. Whitney Jr. |
| — | Augustus D. Whitney III (World War II) |
411 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
412 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Enos P. Reeves |
| — | Dr. William S. Jones |
| 1924–1943 | Ida Pfeil (widow of Stephen A. Pfeil) |
413 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
414 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
416–417 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1941 | Stella Bacon (later Stella Bacon Beach) |
| 1941 | Lester R. Beach; Edward T. Beach |
417 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1941 | Stella Bacon Beach |
418 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
419 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1922–1923 | Mrs. Ida Pfeil (widow of Stephen A. Pfeil) |
420 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
421 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1895–1896 | Stephen A. Pfeil & Family |
| 1895–1896 | Stephen & Ida Pfeil |
| 1895–1896 | Hubert Pfeil |
422 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1932–1933 | May Marchant (teacher, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School) |
423 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1897–1898 | Stephen A. Pfeil & Family |
| 1897–1898 | Stephen & Ida Pfeil |
| 1897–1898 | Hubert Pfeil |
424 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
425 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Dr. Ernest Ramsdell |
426 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
427 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1890 | Rev. Wellington E. Loucks |
428 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
430 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
431 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1900–1920 | Stephen A. Pfeil & Family |
| 1900–1920 | Stephen & Ida Pfeil |
| 1900–1920 | Hubert Pfeil |
432 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1907 | J. Willard Morgan |
| 1938 | Stephen P. Szwak |
500 Block of Linden Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1870s–1964.
500 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1880–1901 | William Joyce Sewell |
| 1921–1940 | Bellevue Private Hospital (Dr. J. Lynn Mahaffey & Dr. Elmer R. Schall) |
| 1943–1950s | Camden General Hospital |
501 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
502 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Joseph Carpani & Family |
| 1943–1947 | Arthur F. Mahaffey (funeral home) |
| 1955–1964 | Steelman Business School |
503 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1894–1895 | George Shimer & Family (Shimer & Boyer) |
504 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1943–1947 | Marie C. Kirby |
505 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
506 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Joseph Elverson & Family |
| 1943–1947 | Mrs. Bernadina Menaquale |
507 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
508 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
509 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Randolph Harrison |
| 1915 | James Crawford |
510 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
511 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1922 | Joseph H. Stewart & Family |
| 1922 | Joseph H. & Helen Baird Peak Stewart |
512 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
515 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
516 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
517 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
518 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1900s | Heber Robinson & Family |
| 1870s–1900s | Heber & Martha Robinson |
| 1870s–1900s | Mary Robinson |
| 1870s–1900s | Hebe Robinson |
| 1870s–1900s | Dr. Frank Neall Robinson |
| 1870s–1895 | Dr. George Taylor Robinson |
| 1870s–1905 | Dr. Frank Neill Robinson |
519 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
520 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
521 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
522 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
523 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
524 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1894–1895 | Benjamin F. Boyer & Family (Ralph B. Boyer; Shimer & Boyer) |
| 1894–1895 | Ralph B. Boyer |
525 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1888 | Rev. Isaac C. Wynn |
526 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
527 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1883 | Martin V. Bergen |
528 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
529 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1904 | A.J. Fullmer |
530 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1890s–1900s | Henry L. 'Harry' Hartshorn & Family |
531 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
535 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
537 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1914 | E.G. Locke |
| — | William T. Boyle |
600 Block of Linden Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1930–1938.
601 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
609 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
611 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
619 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1943 | Joe Spearing |
635 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1930 | Edward Morgenweck & Family |
| 1930 | Edward & Catherine Morgenweck |
| 1930 | Edward N. Morgenweck |
637 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Frank Benson |
646 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
700 Block of Linden Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1905–1954.
700 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1905 | H. Raymond Staley & Family |
| 1905 | H. Raymond & Bertha C. Staley |
707 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1932 | Evan Moore |
| 1932–1933 | Earl Trewin |
| 1951 | George H. Simon & Family |
| 1951 | George & Maria Simon |
| 1951 | Thomas Simon |
709 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1941–1950 | Walter Taylor (Deputy Warden of Camden County Jail) |
712 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
713 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1917–1940 | Daniel Quicksall & Family |
| 1917–1940 | Daniel & Henrietta Quicksall |
| — | C.M. Powell Quicksall & Family (Deputy County Surrogate; Charles M. Powell & Anna Quicksall) |
715 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1950 | Jennie T. Davis |
721 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1942 | Harry B. Maxwell & Family |
| 1942 | Harry & Marguerite Maxwell |
724 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1943 | Mrs. Gertrude Pogue |
| 1943 | Garrett C. Pogue Jr. |
725 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1945 | Philip J. Carlin |
| 1945 | John M. Richardson & Family |
| 1945 | John & Lillian Richardson |
| 1945 | Lillian Richardson Holtz |
| 1945 | John M. Richardson Jr. |
727 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Harry B. Maxwell & Family |
| 1947 | Harry & Marguerite Maxwell |
730 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1911 | P.A. Walton |
731 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
800 Block of Linden Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1895–1969.
800 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
801 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Johnny's Billiard Parlor |
803 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Emma Warders |
805 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1931 | Frederick Alanko Thompson & Family |
| 1931 | Frederick & Hilda Thompson |
| 1931 | Reino Alanko Thompson |
806 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1954 | Frank H. Moll Sr. & Family (Camden Police Department) |
| 1954 | Frank H. & Esther N. Schultz Moll |
| 1954 | Rose Moll |
| 1954 | Frank H. Moll Jr. |
| 1954 | Edward Moll |
| 1954 | Russell Moll |
| 1954 | William Moll |
| 1954 | Richard Moll |
811 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1930–1941 | Clinton D. Lowden & Family |
| 1930–1941 | Clinton D. & Ruth Lowden |
| 1930–1941 | Robert W. Lowden |
| 1930–1941 | Dudley Lowden |
812 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1895 | Benjamin Middleton |
813 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
814 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1903 | John Guthridge |
| 1914 | John J. Gaffney & Family (John J. & Sarah Kenny Gaffney; John F. Gaffney; Joseph Gaffney; Madeline Gaffney; Margaret Gaffney; Thomas Kenny; Kieran Kenny) |
| 1914 | Joseph Gaffney |
| 1914 | Margaret Gaffney |
816 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1899 | George W. Restrick & Family (George & Mary Restrick) |
817 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1950 | Earl Hamby & Family |
818 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1928 | Hubert Kernan |
820 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1897 | John Keogh |
831 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1931 | John Whelan |
| 1957 | John Hoey |
835 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1896 | George Osler |
| 1908–1911 | Frank Wilbur Pharazyn & Family |
| 1908–1911 | Frank & Sarah Jane Knight Pharazyn |
| 1908–1911 | James W. Pharazyn |
| 1908–1911 | Catherine Pharazyn |
840 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1930s–1969 | E.W. Ross Sr. Family (Emmett W. & Mary Ross; Emmett W. Ross Jr.; Charles C. Ross) |
900 Block of Linden Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1911–1959.
901 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
914 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1952 | Mrs. William Cogswell |
924 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1935 | William O'Shaughnessy & Family (William & Delia O'Shaughnessy; Thomas O'Shaughnessy; William O'Shaughnessy; Catherine O'Shaughnessy; Elizabeth O'Shaughnessy; Elenore O'Shaughnessy) |
930 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1911 | Pusey A. Walton |
931 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Carl Decker |
934 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1931 | Herbert Townsend |
935 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1932 | Oscar H. Higgenbotham |
937 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1932 | No information available |
940 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1915 | William F. Large Sr. & Family |
944 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1948 | Mrs. Ella Horner & Family (Florence 'Sally' Horner) |
945 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1928–1929 | George Daniels |
949 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| April 1943 – October 1959 | Woodrow & Marie Fairess (Shirley, Marie, Woody, Warren, and Bud Fairess) |
952 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1924–1927 | Kennard H. Naylor |
1000 Block of Linden Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1896–1940.
1010 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
1012 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
1014 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
1016 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
1018 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1904 | Albert West |
1020 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1954 | Leroy Freeman |
1022 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1896 | John W. Vanhart & Family |
| 1896 | John & Ella Vanhart |
| 1896 | Mary Vanhart |
| 1939–1940 | George W. Waters |
1028 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1928 | Claude 'Black Bill' Brooks |
1030 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
1032 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Mrs. Anna Lewis |
| 1939–1940 | C. Sheldon Johnson |
1034 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
1038 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Edward Jubb |
1046 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
1100 Block of Linden Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1890–1933.
1105 Linden Street
| year | name | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Scott Smith Cadillac | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
1130 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| — | No information available |
1156 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1909 | James Alcorn |
1158 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Eli Dent |
1166 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1895 | Jacob Schoellkopf & Family |
| 1895 | Jacob & Catharine Schoellkopf |
1176 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Ellen Hamilton |
1188 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1890 | Minnie Aaron |
1194 Linden Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Sarah Stone |
Everything on this site tagged Linden Street is listed in the Linden Street tag archive.
News Articles
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Election Frauds in Camden
RETURNS ALTERED TO FAVOR THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY CLERK Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 7, 1885.

Brief Across the River Notes
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 1890: Camden briefs, including a robbery at installment man Llewellen B. Jackson's place at 94 Federal Street, a coal-unloading accident that injured George Burton, and Minnie Aaron jailed by Mayor Pratt on a theft charge.

Genther—Jaeckel
Miss Florence M. Jaeckel of Camden and Frederick Genther of Philadelphia were married in a Camden parlor at 136 York Street, the residence of the bride's parents.

Camden News Notes — November 18, 1903
Camden briefs for November 18, 1903: the funeral of John Guthridge at 814 Linden Street, a gas explosion at the Public Service Corporation coke works, and the death of Mrs. Mary Peschmann at 1130 Broadway.

Sixteen Appointed to Fire Department
Meeting at the home of its ailing chairman, Dr. Frank Neall Robinson, the fire committee of Camden City Council recommended sixteen men — Martin Carrigan among them — for appointment to the Fire Department, drawn from wards throughout the city.

Wedding in Baptist Church
Camden Daily Courier, April 25, 1905: Miss Florence Clapton Toone, daughter of Isaac Clapton Toone, married Harry Raymond Staley at the First Baptist Church, with a reception at 554 Benson street.

News of a Day in the City of Camden
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news for May 16, 1906, including a planked shad dinner at Chew's Landing attended by Mayor Charles H. Ellis and city officials, plans for a new daily newspaper, and Dr. Ernest Ramsdell's rescue of a boy from beneath a team of horses.

Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire
A mixing-tank explosion touched off a disastrous fire that swept the N.Z. Graves Paint and Varnish Company plant on Twelfth Street, Camden, between Linden and Federal streets — destroying more than half a million dollars in property, injuring three, and driving families from their homes. (Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908.)

Pleads Guilty to Charges
John Topkins, alias Price, brought from Pittsburgh on requisition, pleaded guilty in Camden county court to aiding John Miller in burglarizing homes on Linden and Penn streets.

Camden at a Glance
Local briefs from Camden including Julius Narshinski, 40, of 214 Burns Street treated at Cooper Hospital for heat exhaustion, a drowning in the Delaware, and a fatal accident at the Gibbstown powder plant.

Death Car Driver Held in $1000 Bail
Thomas Atkins of Oaklyn, driver of the automobile that struck and killed Mrs. Emma Scholl, 67, of 694 Tulip Street at Ninth Street and Morgan Boulevard, was held for the grand jury on a technical charge of manslaughter by Judge Bertman in traffic court.

11th Ward G.O.P. Club to Discuss Boulevard
The Eleventh Ward Republican Club, with president Edward Peard presiding, met to discuss the city's plans for a northeast boulevard from Eleventh and Linden Streets to River Avenue and East State Street, connecting with the proposed Linden Street bridge over the Cooper River. Camden Courier-Post, April 3, 1928.

'Bus Bandits' Found Guilty; Face 15 Years
Reino A. Thompson, 19, of 805 Linden Street, and Henry N. Mallet, 21, of 119 North Ninth Street, were found guilty of holding up two bus drivers by a jury of eleven, after juror Charles B. Kay was excused saying he had been beaten and "put on the spot."

Pensions Awarded 6 Cops, 17 Firemen
Pensions for six Camden policemen and 17 firemen took effect January 1, 1933, as proposed salary cuts prompted the requests; Inspector Charles T. Humes refused to withdraw his application.

Bridge Board to Take 27 Properties as Safety Zone for Rail Underpass
Fourth Street Houses Between Main and Linden Considered Valuation Last Year set at $133,875, But May Go to $110,000 For 1933 Landmarks Included Twenty-seven properties, some of which are landmarks of generations past, are to be acquired by the Delaware River Joint Commission to make way for the proposed North Fourth Street underpass beneath tracks of the Camden bridge rapid transit line.

2 Camden Men Pay Liquor Law Fines in Federal Court
Three From Shore Also Assessed by Judge Avis for Rum Possession ALL 5 PLEAD GUILTY Two Camden men were among a group of five liquor law violators to pay fines yesterday in U. S. District Court before Judge John Boyd Avis after pleading guilty to charges of possession.
2 Jailed for Begging Money from Autoists
Camden Courier-Post - June 25, 1933 Charged with being drunk and disorderly, James Kelly, 34, of 324 Penn Street , and Charles Murphy, 59, of 423 Stevens Street , were each sentenced to 60 days in jail Saturday by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast .

Own Life Taken by Music Teacher
Miss Elizabeth McCreight, 65, a North Camden music teacher, was found dead by gas in her home at 321 State Street; funeral services were set for the Holl Funeral Home, 1401 Princess Avenue. Camden Morning Post, October 20, 1933.
Pair Held for Jury in Theft of Liquor
Charged with possession of stolen goods, Leon Grenkwicz, 21, of 1213 Louis Street, and George Sanders, 22, of 307 Walnut street, Haddonfield, yesterday were held without bail for the grand jury by Police Judge Lewis Liberman.

Manfredini Saloon Padlocked 15 Days
Alcohol Control Board Issues Order After Horse Race Sheets Are Found Joseph Manfredini , saloon operator of 306 Federal Street , must close the doors of his place for the next fifteen days by order of the Municipal Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Elimination of 20 City Blocks Urged by Housing Committee
The Camden Housing Advisory Committee recommended that the city clear 20 blocks of sub-standard properties, 895 dwellings in two areas, to save on municipal service costs; Mayor Frederick von Nieda favored eliminating the areas but opposed spending city money without assurance of a return.

Von Nieda Opposes 'Parking Lot' Plan
Mayor Frederick von Nieda denied approving the Camden Housing Advisory Committee's recommendation to raze 20 blocks of houses for public parking in North and South Camden, and opposed razing the two veterans' homes at Broadway and Benson street.

Harry Carle
Harry Carle, 54, of Eighth and Linden streets, died after an illness of several months. He was survived by his widow, Bertha Stein Carle, two brothers and four sisters; burial was in Calvary Cemetery.
Camden Incorporations
Incorporation notice for the North Camden Young Republican Association, with principal office at 940 Linden Street and Sidney Liss as agent, February 1938.

Chief Colsey Dies at 67 of Heart Attack
Camden Chief of Police Arthur Colsey, a 27-year veteran of the department, died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home at 2937 Stevens Street. The Courier-Post traced his career from merchant at Ninth and Market streets and Second Ward councilman to patrolman in 1912 and permanent chief in 1934.

John F. Meade
Page 60 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for John F. Meade, electrical contractor of Merchantville, Edward V. Martino, K. Beetar, Inc., S. Stefanski, hardwood floors at 1315 Haddon Avenue, and R. McAllister, coal and fuel oil at 7th and Linden Streets.
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.

Rites Wednesday For Miss Johntra
Services for Miss Anna M. Johntra, 90, of 732 Market Street, who taught in Camden public schools nearly 40 years and was principal of the Linden School from 1905 to 1916.

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."

Dominick Persiani Rites Arranged for Saturday
Camden Courier-Post - May 21, 1953 High Mass for Dominick J. Persiani , 35, will be sung Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Sacred Heart R. C. Church . Relatives in the funeral home of Joseph A. Falco, 1020 S. 4th st. , where friends may call Friday night.

Hospital Cases
West Jersey and Cooper hospital cases reported in the Camden Courier-Post of May 21, 1956, including Clarence Chapman, 65, of 739 Kaighns Avenue, treated for a cut head.

Hospital Cases
Cooper Hospital cases from December 1956, including David Lenher, 21, of 290 Ablett Village, treated for a dog bite. Camden Courier-Post, December 11, 1956.

Two N. Camden Men Attacked by Thugs
Two North Camden men, including Joseph Packer of 621 Grant Street, reported being attacked in separate street assaults in December 1957.
Historical Accounts
Category: historical-accounts

Old Cooper Street
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.
People
Category: people

A. Wesley Faust
Ambrose Wesley "Wes" Faust served with the Camden Fire Department from 1951 to 1961, and later became a police sergeant with New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, where he died on duty in 1977.

Betty Jean Turner
Betty Jean Turner was born on August 12, 1944, in Metter, Georgia, to Willie Pearl and H.S. Turner. The Turner family eventually migrated north and settled in Penns Grove, New Jersey, where Betty received her formal education.

Charles H. Lawyer
Charles H. Lawyer (1924–1994) served with the Camden Fire Department from 1948 to 1974. Appointed on March 2, 1948 to Engine Company 9 in East Camden, he was promoted to Captain on April 1, 1956 and spent most of his career with Engine Company 6 at Front and Linden Streets. He grew up on North 35th Street in Cramer Hill and later lived at 1032 North 22nd Street.
Edward A. Preisendanz
Edward Adam Preisendanz was the son of Rudolph and Annie Preisendanz and was born in Camden, New Jersey, on November 14, 1883.

Edward N. Cohn
Edward N. Cohn was born in 1832. On the 1870 U.S. Census, he reported his birthplace as Bohemia, while in the 1880 Census he listed it as Germany. It is likely he was born in a region that is now part of the Czech Republic.

Florence "Sally" Horner
Florence "Sally" Horner: A Tragic Story of Abduction and Inspiration Florence "Sally" Horner lived with her widowed mother, Ella Horner, at 944 Linden Street in North Camden when, in June 1948, she was abducted by Frank LaSalle.

George Birch
George Birch was born on May 10, 1905, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father either passed away or abandoned the family, leaving George's mother, Katherine Halligan, an illiterate Irish immigrant, to raise him alone.
James J. Daly
James J. Daly was born in Camden around 1881 and spent nearly his entire life there. He was the son of James P. Daly and his wife. His father entered the bar business as early as 1906, operating Daly's Café at 800 Linden Street .

James McDade
James McDade was born in Pennsylvania in September 1860 and had moved to Camden by 1884. His wife, Emma Ferkler, was seven years older than him.

John P. Gryckiewicz
John Paul Gryckiewicz (1918–2006) served 40 years with the Camden Fire Department, rising to captain of Engine Company 6, and was decorated for heroism in multiple rescues. A World War II Navy veteran, he served as a chief machinist mate aboard the Camden-built USS South Dakota.
Related Streets
Category: streets

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.

11th Street
Eleventh Street ran north from Market Street through to Pearl Street. Over time, North 11th Street was erased block by block, until only a short segment between Penn and Linden Streets survives. South 11th Street is a connecting road with no residential addresses.

12th Street
Camden has two separate 12th Streets: North Twelfth, which once ran from Federal Street to the Cooper River before being largely erased by highway construction, and South Twelfth, which runs from Fairview Street to Lakeshore Drive and is lined with post-World War II rowhouses.

2nd Street
2nd Street extends north-south between Front Street and 3rd Street, running parallel to the Delaware River until Mechanic Street. In the early 1970s, several buildings were cleared on the east side of North 2nd Street below Mickle Street to make way for the Royal Court townhomes and Mickle Tower senior citizens apartment building.

5th Street
Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.

9th Street
Ninth Street is one of Camden's longest north–south thoroughfares, running from the Delaware River waterfront in North Camden, through the city's central corridor, and far south through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park. Block numbering begins at Federal Street.

Burns Street
Burns Street was in Camden's Poet's Row neighborhood, named for Robert Burns. Three blocks of row homes built in the 1890s, all destroyed in the catastrophic Poet's Row fire of August 1972.
Erie Street
Erie Street in North Camden runs from Beach Avenue to 9th Street, crossing Delaware Avenue, Point, Front, Segal, and the numbered streets 2nd through 9th.
Linden Street
Linden Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street in Camden; large portions were demolished for the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Rutgers University and the toll plaza.

Main Street
Main Street is a diagonal street in North Camden running southeast from State and Point Streets. The 1878 city directory listed it as starting at the Vine Street Ferry.

Penn Street
Penn Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street in Camden. First listed in the 1867 city directory, it lost blocks to the expansion of Rutgers University and the building of Route 676.

Rex Place
Rex Place was a short street running east from near 317 North 5th Street to 309 North 6th Street, between Penn and Linden Streets, with 16 row homes on its south side behind the First Presbyterian Church.