200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1877–1960s.

200 Royden Street

200 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

201 Royden Street

201 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

202 Royden Street

202 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

203 Royden Street

203 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1917	Dominic Arbano Family
1917	Joseph Arbano
1919–1920	Carl V. Ceciro & Family
1919–1920	Carl V. & Margaret L. Ceciro
1919–1920	Philomena Ceciro
1919–1920	Carolina Ceciro
1924–1930s	William Vangeley & Family
1924–1930s	William & Mary Vangeley
1924–1930s	Adeline Vangeley
1924–1930s	Frank Vangeley
1924–1930s	Jennie Vangeley
1924–1930s	Rose Vangeley
1924–1930s	Pat Vangeley
1924–1930s	Aurelia Vangeley
1930s–1959	Luigi Celani & Family
1930s–1959	Luigi & Mary Celani

204 Royden Street

204 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

205 Royden Street

205 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1914–1920s	Robert McMullen & Family
1914–1920s	Robert & Amelia McMullen
1914–1920s	Harry McMullen
1914–1920s	Viola McMullen
1914–1920s	Alma McMullen
1914–1920s	Clarence E. McMullen

206 Royden Street

206 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

207 Royden Street

207 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1880	Thomas McLaughlin

208 Royden Street

208 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

209 Royden Street

209 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

210 Royden Street

210 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

211 Royden Street

211 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

212 Royden Street

212 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

213 Royden Street

213 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

214 Royden Street

214 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

215 Royden Street

215 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1880–1890s	James H. Carey
1910–1911	Bernard Tierney & Family
1910–1911	Bernard & Josephine Tierney

216 Royden Street

216 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

217 Royden Street

217 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1877	Harry Miller
WWI	Private Nicolo Fanello

218 Royden Street

218 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1888	William H. Hawkins & Family
1888	William & Adelaide Hawkins
1888	J. Miller Hawkins

219 Royden Street

219 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1877	Charles M. Lane
1877–1878	George W. Kelley & Family
1960s	Anthony Tucci (Tucci Family)
—	Anthony Tucci

220 Royden Street

220 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1938	Margaret Schiave

221 Royden Street

221 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

222 Royden Street

222 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

223 Royden Street

223 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory
1910	Robert McMullen & Family
1910	Robert & Amelia McMullen
1910	Harry McMullen
1910	Viola McMullen
1910	Alma McMullen
1910	Clarence E. McMullen

224 Royden Street

224 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

225 Royden Street

225 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

226 Royden Street

226 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

227 Royden Street

227 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

228 Royden Street

228 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

229 Royden Street

229 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

230 Royden Street

230 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

231 Royden Street

231 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

232 Royden Street

232 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1897–1898	Harry Miller & Family
1897–1898	Harry & Mary Miller
1897–1898	H. Jarrett Miller
1897–1898	Edwin Miller
1897–1898	Elizabeth Miller
1897–1898	Charles H. Miller
1897–1898	George O. Miller

233 Royden Street

233 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

234 Royden Street

234 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1899–1901	Harry Miller & Family
1899–1901	Harry & Mary Miller
1899–1901	H. Jarrett Miller
1899–1901	Edwin Miller
1899–1901	Elizabeth Miller
1899–1901	Charles H. Miller
1899–1901	George O. Miller

235 Royden Street

235 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

236 Royden Street

236 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1899	Benjamin Edwards & Family
1899	Benjamin & Bertha Edwards
1899	Anna L. Edwards

237 Royden Street

237 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1949	Antonio Rizzo

239 Royden Street

239 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

241 Royden Street

241 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

243 Royden Street

243 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1900	William E. Laird

245 Royden Street

245 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1878–1887	Jacques Wissler
WWII	Sergeant Thomas Nuzzi
1972	William Foulks & Family
1972	William & Beatrice Foulks

247 Royden Street

247 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

William Vangeley in uniform

Vintage portrait of William Vangeley, a man in a double-breasted uniform and visored cap. — William Vangeley in uniform

William Vangeley's children, from left: Aurelia, Petrina (Pat), Rose, Genevinina (Jennie), Frank, Adeline. 203 Royden Street, 1924-1930s.

Studio portrait of six young Vangeley children and a young woman posed in front of a painted backdrop. — William Vangeley's children, from left: Aurelia, Petrina (Pat), Rose, Genevinina (Jennie), Frank, Adeline. 203 Royden Street, 1924-1930s.

William Vangeley & Family, 203 Royden Street, 1924–1930s. William Vangeley died in 1927. His widow, Mary, married Luigi Celani shortly after the 1930 Census was enumerated.

Sergeant Thomas Nuzzi, 245 Royden Street

Newspaper portrait of Sgt. Thomas Nuzzi, a smiling soldier in a cap, with his name printed beneath. — Sergeant Thomas Nuzzi, 245 Royden Street

Foulks (death notice)

Camden Courier-Post, January 25, 1972

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Funeral of Jacques Wissler, Designer of Confederate Currency—Other News

Philadelphia Inquirer, November 25, 1887

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Edwards

Philadelphia Inquirer, January 18, 1900

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Funeral of Bernard Tierney

Philadelphia Inquirer, December 19, 1911

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Camden Man Stabbed During Argument

Camden Courier-Post, March 21, 1932

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237 Royden Street, Camden Courier-Post, December 17, 1949

Courier-Post clipping headlined SAYS PAL ROBBED HIM, about a robbery arrest involving a 237 Royden Street man, December 1949. — 237 Royden Street, Camden Courier-Post, December 17, 1949

Intersection of South 3rd Street and Royden Street

Royden Street looking east from South 3rd Street, February 22, 2004

Royden Street looking east from South 3rd Street, with rowhouses, a corner market and a blue car parked at left. — Royden Street looking east from South 3rd Street, February 22, 2004

Royden Street at South 3rd Street, February 22, 2004

Royden Street at South 3rd Street, with a blue car at left and a long row of rowhouses and a blue corner building at right. — Royden Street at South 3rd Street, February 22, 2004

Royden Street looking east from South 3rd Street, February 22, 2004

Boarded blue corner building on Royden Street with a door marked 600, beside a row of rowhouses. — Royden Street looking east from South 3rd Street, February 22, 2004

On the left is 556 South 3rd Street, the corner of 3rd and Royden Streets, where the Pasquale DiRenzo family owned and operated a grocery from the 1920s through the late 1970s.

Intersection of South 3rd and Royden Streets as seen from the 300 block of Royden Street, January 5, 2012

A fire engine with lights on faces down a Royden Street block of rowhouses at dusk, with a graffiti-covered wall at left. — Intersection of South 3rd and Royden Streets as seen from the 300 block of Royden Street, January 5, 2012

600 South 3rd Street — Southeast Corner of South 3rd and Royden Streets — Roma Cafe (also known as Sciamanna’s). When the 1931 Camden City Directory was published, Joseph Griffo was operating a cafe at this address. By 1939 Antonio Cerasaro had acquired the property, and was running the bar, which was by then known as the Roma Cafe. The 1947 Camden City Directory shows that Antonio Cerasaro was still the proprietor, living on premises with his wife Angeline, and that Americo “Reds” Cerasaro lived and worked there as a bartender. The Roma Cafe appears in the 1964 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory, but is not listed in the 1966 edition. The Roma Cafe had closed by 1970. Reds Cerasaro and John Meloni had by then opened up a bar called RJ’s Lounge at 524 West Street. It is unclear at this time if the bar remained open under different management. The Roma Cafe stood boarded up and vacant in November 2003.

300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and photographs, 1906–2012.

307 Royden Street

307 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1920s–1930s	Tony Arbano Family
1920s–1930s	Joseph Arbano
1923–1927	Thomas Cunningham & Family (Thomas & Ida Lang Cunningham, Ida Cunningham)
1934	Mrs. Elsie Barnabie

308 Royden Street

308 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
2012	Photographed January 5, 2012

309 Royden Street

309 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

310 Royden Street

310 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1910	James H. McDermott & Family
1910	James H. & Anna McDermott
1910	Bertha McDermott
1910	David McDermott
1910	Catherine McDermott
1930	Tantone/Tantonio Family (Michael head, Rose wife; Tony, Mary, Nancy, Anna, Angeline, Michael/Madeline children)

311 Royden Street

311 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1940s	Maria Vittoria d'Alessandro & daughter Nunziata DiRenzo

312 Royden Street

312 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1938	Joseph Spada

313 Royden Street

313 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	Listed in city directory

314 Royden Street

314 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1924	George W. Attison
1924	William H. Deitz

316 Royden Street

316 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1910–1912	Thomas Cunningham & Family (Thomas & Ida Lang Cunningham)
1920s–1930s	Tony Arbano Family
1920s–1930s	Joseph Arbano

317 Royden Street

317 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1920–1960	Salvatore Pigliacelli & Family
1920–1960	Salvatore & Catherina Pigliacelli
1920–1960	Joseph Pigliacelli
1920–1960	Theresa Pigliacelli
1920–1960	Anthony Pigliacelli
1954–1960	Frank Pigliacelli Family (Frank & Louise Pigliacelli, Nanci Pigliacelli, Susan Pigliacelli)

318 Royden Street

318 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1922	Joseph Rugi

320 Royden Street

320 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1939	Photographed April 1939

322 Royden Street

322 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
2004	Vacant (demolished by 2011)
2004	VACANT
2011	GONE

323 Royden Street

323 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1943–1955	Benjamin Saia & Family
1943–1955	Benjamin & Rita M. Saia
1955–1968	Tony Vendetti Family
1955–1968	Tony & Gloria Vendetti
1955–1968	James Vendetti
1955–1968	Anthony Vendetti

324 Royden Street

324 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
2004–2011	Vacant; damaged by fire January 5, 2012
2004	Vacant
2011	Vacant

325 Royden Street

325 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
name
Listed in city directory

326 Royden Street

326 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
2008	Vacant; destroyed by fire January 5, 2012
2008	Vacant

328 Royden Street

328 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
2007	Gone

330 Royden Street

330 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
2007	Gone

337 Royden Street

337 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1898–1899	William Loughlin & Family
1898–1899	William & Mary Loughlin
1898–1899	Thomas Loughlin

343 Royden Street

343 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	James McNeal & Family
1906	James & Mary E. McNeal
2002	Gone

345 Royden Street

345 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
2011	Gone

307 Royden Street, January 10, 2005

Boarded-up red brick rowhouse at 307 Royden Street, Camden, with plywood-covered windows and an open doorway. — 307 Royden Street, January 10, 2005

307 & 309 Royden Street, January 10, 2005

Boarded-up red brick rowhouses at 307 and 309 Royden Street, Camden, with a utility pole at left. — 307 & 309 Royden Street, January 10, 2005

307 to 321 Royden Street, March 21, 2005

Row of brick rowhouses on the 300 block of Royden Street, Camden, seen at an angle past a utility pole. — 307 to 321 Royden Street, March 21, 2005

308 & 310 Royden Street, January 5, 2012

Two-story rowhouse pair at 308 and 310 Royden Street, Camden, with graffiti-covered ground floor and Mickey Mouse in an upstairs window. — 308 & 310 Royden Street, January 5, 2012

310 Royden Street, January 10, 2005

Boarded-up rowhouse at 310 Royden Street, Camden, painted in pink and purple, between graffiti-covered neighbors. — 310 Royden Street, January 10, 2005

310 Royden Street, January 10, 2005

Close view of the front of 310 Royden Street, Camden, with boarded windows and door daubed in purple paint. — 310 Royden Street, January 10, 2005

Maria Vittoria d'Alessandro and Nunziata DiRenzo at 311 Royden Street, 1940s

Two women in heavy winter coats posed in front of a brick house, Maria Vittoria d'Alessandro and her daughter Nunziata DiRenzo. — Maria Vittoria d'Alessandro and Nunziata DiRenzo at 311 Royden Street, 1940s

Maria Vittoria d’Alessandro (1874–1955), left, with her oldest daughter Nunziata DiRenzo (1897–1983), at 311 Royden Street, Camden, in the 1940s. From the Valente and DiRenzo Family History.

312 & 314 Royden Street, March 18, 2001

Rowhouses at 312 and 314 Royden Street, Camden, one with a white door numbered 314 and the other boarded and gray. — 312 & 314 Royden Street, March 18, 2001

312 Royden Street, July 12, 2005

Boarded-up brick rowhouse at 312 Royden Street, Camden, with a graffiti-covered gray porch front. — 312 Royden Street, July 12, 2005

314 Royden Street, July 12, 2005

Boarded-up rowhouse at 314 Royden Street, Camden, with a maroon-painted porch front and plywood-covered openings. — 314 Royden Street, July 12, 2005

William H. Deitz, 314 Royden Street, Camden Fire Department District Chief

Black-and-white halftone portrait of William H. Deitz in a Camden Fire Department uniform and peaked cap. — William H. Deitz, 314 Royden Street, Camden Fire Department District Chief

William H. Deitz, 314 Royden Street. George W. Attison was a Camden firefighter in the 1920s and 1930s. His stepson, William Deitz, would rise to the rank of District Chief in the Camden Fire Department, only to die in the line of duty in November of 1962.

315 & 317 Royden Street, July 12, 2005

Boarded-up rowhouses at 315 and 317 Royden Street, Camden; the white-sided middle house has a Department of Public Works notice on its door. — 315 & 317 Royden Street, July 12, 2005

316, 318 & 320 Royden Street, January 5, 2012

Pair of two-story rowhouses at 316 to 320 Royden Street, Camden, one red brick and occupied, the other whitewashed, boarded and covered in graffiti. — 316, 318 & 320 Royden Street, January 5, 2012

320 Royden Street, April 1939

Home Owners Loan Corporation property listing card for 320 Royden Street, Camden, April 1939, with a small photograph of the house. — 320 Royden Street, April 1939

324 & 326 Royden Street, damaged by fire January 5, 2012

Four Camden firefighters in turnout gear watch smoke pour from the upper floor of a two-story brick rowhouse at 324 and 326 Royden Street, with a ladder raised against it. — 324 & 326 Royden Street, damaged by fire January 5, 2012

326 Royden Street, destroyed by fire January 5, 2012

Smoke rising from the burning vacant rowhouse at 326 Royden Street, Camden, as firefighters stand beside a Camden Ladder 1 truck. — 326 Royden Street, destroyed by fire January 5, 2012

325, 327, 329, 331 Royden Street, March 14, 2004

Row of red and dark brick rowhouses at 325 to 331 Royden Street, Camden, with a boarded window and pink-painted houses at right. — 325, 327, 329, 331 Royden Street, March 14, 2004

331 Royden Street, January 5, 2012

Red brick rowhouse at 331 Royden Street, Camden, with neighbors gathered on the sidewalk in front and a white minivan parked at left. — 331 Royden Street, January 5, 2012

331, 333 & 335 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

Three red brick and painted rowhouses at 331, 333 and 335 Royden Street, Camden, at dusk with a firefighter and fire truck in the foreground. — 331, 333 & 335 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

333 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

Red brick rowhouse at 333 Royden Street, Camden, with a woman in a red top standing in the open doorway and a firefighter at the lower right. — 333 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

335 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

Pink-painted rowhouse at 335 Royden Street, Camden, with a bare tree hung with ornaments, a firefighter and a fire engine in front. — 335 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

337, 339 & 341 Royden Street. Photographs taken February 19, 2002.

Row of red brick houses at 337 to 341 Royden Street, Camden, with the two middle houses' windows and door boarded. — 337, 339 & 341 Royden Street. Photographs taken February 19, 2002.

343 & 345 Royden Street — 2002 Gone. Photograph taken July 12, 2005.

One-story yellow brick building with a boarded window and barred door at the site of 343 and 345 Royden Street, Camden, beside a grassy gap. — 343 & 345 Royden Street — 2002 Gone. Photograph taken July 12, 2005.

345 Royden Street — 2011 Gone. Photograph taken February 19, 2002.

Corner of a one-story building with a boarded window and barred doors at 345 Royden Street, Camden, with a police car at the right. — 345 Royden Street — 2011 Gone. Photograph taken February 19, 2002.

McNeal

Philadelphia Inquirer, December 28, 1906

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Laughlin

Philadelphia Inquirer, January 6, 1899

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Crash Injures Woman

Camden Courier-Post, November 4, 1949

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Woman Guard Takes Her Bed To Post Hole

Seattle Daily Times, September 20, 1934

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317 Royden Street — Salvatore Pigliacelli Family

In 1920, my grandparents, Salvatore and Catherina Pigliacelli, purchased their home at 317 Royden Street. My grandfather Salvatore worked at Snellenberg’s Department Store on Market Street between 11th and 12th Streets. They had four children: Joseph, Theresa, Anthony (who was born at 317 Royden Street in 1921) and Frank (who was also born there, in 1923). Frank is my father.

After his brothers and sisters got married and moved, Frank remained at the house with his parents while he worked at Galsworthy as a wholesale liquor salesman. In 1952 my grandfather, Salvatore Pigliacelli, died of cancer at 66 years of age.

On February 20, 1954, my father married Louise DePasquale of 3026 North Merrimac Road in the Fairview section of Camden. After their honeymoon in Miami, they moved into 317 Royden Street with my grandmother. In January 1955 they had me, and then my sister Susan in January 1957. We lived right down the street from DiRenzo’s Grocery Store. My Uncle Tony married Denny DiRenzo’s niece, Stella Campese, in January 1944, and we are still close to the DiRenzos.

In November 1960, my parents built a custom home in Pennsauken. The builder was my mother’s uncle, Peter Tocco, also from Camden. My grandmother sold her home at 317 Royden Street and moved with us to Pennsauken in November 1960.

—Nanci Pigliacelli Sinclair, March 2009

For more about this family, see Salvatore Pigliacelli & Family.

310 Royden Street — The Tantone/Tantonio Family

1930 Census, 310 Royden Street:

Head of Household — Michael — Laborer, Shipyard
Wife — Rose
Son — Tony — Laborer, Gas Co.
Daughter — Mary — Sprayer, Leather
Daughter — Nancy — Sorter, Wool
Daughter — Anna
Daughter — Angeline
Son — Michael*

* The last entry, a son named Michael, was actually my mother. Her name is Madeline, but her mother’s pronunciation was ‘Mickaline,’ and apparently the census taker misunderstood it as ‘Michael’ and as a son.

Also, my godfather, Anthony (Tony), always spelled the name ‘Tantonio,’ but records of my grandparents entering the country give the name as ‘Tantone.’ On my grandparents’ grave marker the name is spelled ‘Tantone,’ and next to theirs is my aunt and uncle’s, with the spelling ‘Tantonio.’

According to my mother’s memory, her father’s occupation for a good part of her life was on farms as a boss or foreman. My mom and her sister often had to leave school in the spring and in the autumn to work on the farms picking fruit, et cetera.

The census gives my grandfather’s name as ‘Michael,’ but his true name is ‘Michele.’ My grandmother’s name is given as ‘Rose,’ but is actually ‘Rosaria.’

—Anthony Venella, September 2006

Two Boys and a Woman Hurt by Autos in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer, November 20, 1922

Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, November 20, 1922, about two boys and a woman hurt by automobiles in Camden — Philadelphia Inquirer, November 20, 1922

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Intersection of South 4th Street and Royden Street

Northwest Corner of South 4th Street & Royden Street — February 15, 2002.

Northwest corner of South 4th Street and Royden Street, Camden, with a one-story corner building, a red brick rowhouse and two police cars. — Northwest Corner of South 4th Street & Royden Street — February 15, 2002.

Northeast Corner of South 4th & Royden Street — January 5, 2012.

Two-story stucco corner building at South 4th and Royden Streets, Camden, at dusk with a Camden Fire Marshal vehicle and firefighter in front. — Northeast Corner of South 4th & Royden Street — January 5, 2012.

Intersection of South 4th and Royden Streets as seen from the 300 Block of Royden Street — January 5, 2012.

View west down Royden Street from South 4th Street at dusk, with a fire truck, a Fire Marshal vehicle and a police car in the intersection. — Intersection of South 4th and Royden Streets as seen from the 300 Block of Royden Street — January 5, 2012.

Bandits Abandon Car Used in Bus Holdup

Camden Courier-Post, March 19, 1932

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Sciamanna’s Cafe — 601 South 4th Street

Sciamanna’s Cafe (also known as Sherman’s Cafe) was located at 601 South 4th Street — Southwest Corner of South 4th & Royden Street.

601 South 4th Street was not listed as a bar in the 1918–1919 Camden City Directory; however, a Giulio Cinelli was operating a saloon there, as evidenced by the 1920 Census and a 1921 Camden business directory. Giulio Cinelli had left the bar business and moved to Haddon Heights, NJ, by April of 1930. It is very possible that he was one of the Cinellis who opened Cinelli’s Country House on Haddonfield Road in what was then Delaware Township in 1935. By 1926 Giacinto Sciamanna was running the bar, and the Sciamanna family appears to have remained involved in the establishment into the early 1970s. 601 South 4th Street reappears as a tavern in the 1978 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory as the Spanish-American Cafe. This listing was continued until 1981. The bar then reappears in the 1983 Directory as Chic’s Cafe.

South 4th and Royden Streets became a notorious drug corner in the 1980s. Today the building is vacant and boarded up, and appears to have been vacant for many, many years.

Sciamanna's Cafe — Looking West down Royden Street from 4th Street — November 9, 2003.

Two-story stucco-fronted corner building at 601 South 4th Street, Camden, with boarded windows and a boarded door. — Sciamanna's Cafe — Looking West down Royden Street from 4th Street — November 9, 2003.

The Sciamanna Girls — July 20, 1941. Standing on Royden Street, just west of 4th Street, looking East.

Eight Sciamanna women and girls and a dog posed on Royden Street beneath a Pilsner Lager Beer sign, 1941. — The Sciamanna Girls — July 20, 1941. Standing on Royden Street, just west of 4th Street, looking East.

Royden Street at 4th — June 3, 1952 — The Wedding of Frank Albanese & Anna Sciamanna.

Bride and groom in front of a brick building with a hanging sign, Royden Street at 4th, June 3, 1952. — Royden Street at 4th — June 3, 1952 — The Wedding of Frank Albanese & Anna Sciamanna.

Royden Street at 4th — June 3, 1952 — The Wedding of Frank Albanese & Anna Sciamanna.

Close portrait of bride Anna Sciamanna and groom Frank Albanese on their wedding day, June 3, 1952. — Royden Street at 4th — June 3, 1952 — The Wedding of Frank Albanese & Anna Sciamanna.

Sign outside the bar in 1952 read Sherman's Cafe.

Cropped view of a 1952 cafe sign, partly cut off, reading RMAN'S CAFE. — Sign outside the bar in 1952 read Sherman's Cafe.

400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1899–1960s.

401 Royden Street

401 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
name
Listed in city directory

407 Royden Street

407 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1910s–1920s	Leonard J. Megee & Family
1910s–1920s	Leonard J. & Emma Megee
1910s–1920s	Leonard H. Megee
1910s–1920s	Evelyn Megee
1910s–1920s	Beatrice Megee
1910s–1920s	Harold J. Megee

414 Royden Street

414 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906–1940	Francis P. Pernier & Family
1906–1940	Francis & Laura Pernier
1906–1940	George Pernier
1906–1940	Emma Pernier
1906–1940	Anna Pernier
1906–1940	Frank Pernier
1906–1940	Harry Pernier
1906–1940	Josephine "Joesie" Pernier
1906–1940	Laura Taylor Pernier
1906–1940	William Pernier

416 Royden Street

416 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1918	John Holland

417 Royden Street

417 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1941	John Iacovino

419 Royden Street

419 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1922–1926	Hugh Boyle & Family (Hugh & Alice Boyle; retired Camden Police Department captain)
1922–1926	Hugh & Alice Boyle
1949	Francis A. Green

420 Royden Street

420 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1924–1932	Nicola Lapergola & Family
1924–1932	Nicola & Mary Lapergola
1924–1932	William Lapergola

432 Royden Street

432 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1899	John Stewart & Family
1899	John & Tacy Severns Stewart

440 Royden Street

440 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1900–1907	James F. Sharp & Family (ferrymaster at Kaighns Point Ferry)

441 Royden Street

441 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1910	Joseph C. White & Family
1910	Joseph C. & Sarah White
1910	Alberta White
1910	Edward White

443 Royden Street

443 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1910–1915	Caleb Williams & Family
1910–1915	Caleb & Susan Williams
1910–1915	William B. Williams

444 Royden Street

444 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1933	Dominick Oliveto (aka Dominic Olivette)
1933	Dominick Oleveto

445 Royden Street

445 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1910	William W. White & Family
1910	Walter White
1910	William W. White Jr.
1910	Ola White
1910	James White
1910	Katie White
1910	Elizabeth White
1910	Joseph B. White
1910	Madge White

447 Royden Street

447 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1910	Harry T. Powell & Family
1910	Harry T. & Mary Powell
1910	Harry L. Powell
1910	Raymond Powell
1910	Walter Powell
1967	Felice Pizzutiello

448 Royden Street

448 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	John Holland

449 Royden Street

449 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1915	John Holland

451 Royden Street

451 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1914	Miss Irene Williams

452 Royden Street

452 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1887–1899	Smith Moore
1893–1895	George Gladney & Family
1893–1895	George & Mary Gladney
1893–1895	David Gladney
1893–1895	Charles Gladney
1910	John Holland

453 Royden Street

453 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906	George Tabor Quinn

454 Royden Street

454 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1933	Basilio Masso
1964	Francesco Blasi & Family
1964	Francesco & Elvira Blasi
1964	Ida Blasi Masso
1964	Amelia Blasi Vespa

456 Royden Street

456 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1924–1930	John H. Lutts Sr.

458 Royden Street

458 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1930	Nathan Pettit

462 Royden Street

462 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1915–1923	George Hickman
1941	Albert Sharp

420 Royden Street — Nicola Lapergola & Family, 1924–1932

Philadelphia Inquirer, August 25, 1915

Newspaper clipping headed Many at Williams' Funeral, about the funeral of Caleb B. Williams of 443 Royden Street. — Philadelphia Inquirer, August 25, 1915

443 Royden Street — Caleb Williams & Family, 1910–1915

Camden Courier-Post, July 24, 1941

Newspaper clipping headed Workhouse Fugitive Arrested in Camden, about Albert Sharp of 462 Royden Street. — Camden Courier-Post, July 24, 1941

462 Royden Street — Albert Sharp, 1941

619 Kaighn Avenue Fire House, 1900s. From left: unknown, John Lutts, unknown

Three men in work clothes stand around a horse-drawn fire apparatus with a white horse outside a brick firehouse. — 619 Kaighn Avenue Fire House, 1900s. From left: unknown, John Lutts, unknown

John H. Lutts Sr., 456 Royden Street, 1924–1930.

Boys Sought in Theft from Baird Avenue Garage

Philadelphia Inquirer, August 4, 1923

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Francesco Blasi

Camden Courier-Post, November 19, 1964

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Stewart

Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1, 1899

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Camden News Notes — December 14, 1906

Philadelphia Inquirer, December 14, 1906

Newspaper column headed Camden News Notes, with brief items including a note on Captain James F. Sharp of 440 Royden street. — Philadelphia Inquirer, December 14, 1906

Read the article: Camden News Notes — December 14, 1906

440 Royden Street — James F. Sharp & Family, 1900–1907. Ferrymaster at Kaighn’s Point Ferry.

407 Royden Street — Leonard J. Megee Family

My grandfather died in 1940. My Aunt Em kept house for him, since my grandmother had died suddenly when my mother was 16, in 1929 or 1930. That is why my mom did not graduate with her class. After he died in 1940, the house must have been sold and the proceeds divided among the children, because it was after that that my Aunt Em lived in apartments, first on Pearl Street and then on Broadway. She never married, and we were the light of each other’s lives. I would spend weeks of my summers with her and with my Aunt Jo and Uncle Bill in Haddon Heights. Somewhere around Fairview there was an Athletic Club to which my uncle belonged. I have always believed it was a drinking club, but I thought they sponsored different sports for boys.

Aunt Em was a seamstress at a factory that made athletic jackets for the Philadelphia teams (and Camden, too, I guess). Oddly enough, the same company made our sorority jackets in high school.

My mother and dad were married July 2, 1938, at St. John’s Episcopal Church down on the corner. The reception was in the back yard, and I have all the pictures of it.

My grandmother worked very hard. She baked bread two days a week, and sweets every day. She also allowed the boys to have a monkey and a parrot. Why, with all her work, she allowed THAT, I’ll never know. I’m sorry I never met her. My mother never really got over her death.

The house looks big, although for a family of ten it certainly is not by today’s standards. Perhaps that is a good reason people are different.

—Susan White Schuff, August 2012

Mariano Will Speak

Camden Courier-Post, March 26, 1934

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Intersection of West Street and Royden Street.

500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1874–1980.

501 Royden Street

501 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
name
Listed in city directory

503 Royden Street

503 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1933	Leslie Bayne

507 Royden Street

507 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
name
Listed in city directory

509 Royden Street

509 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1922	John K. Voll (Camden Fire Department)

511 Royden Street

511 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1920s–1930s	George W. Attison
1920s–1930s	William H. Deitz

517 Royden Street

517 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1878	Benjamin Lytle
1878	Mrs. Mary Lytle
1897	Henry Phillips

526 Royden Street

526 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1947–1957	Antonio Persiano Family (Antonio & Nancy Persiano, Mae, Carmeal, Lean, Josephine, Jeannette, Mario, Leonard, Joseph, Nicholas, Anthony Persiano Jr.)
1947–1957	Antonio & Nancy Persiano
1947–1957	Mae Persiano
1947–1957	Carmeal Persiano
1947–1957	Lean Persiano
1947–1957	Josephine Persiano
1947–1957	Jeannette Persiano
1947–1957	Mario Persiano
1947–1957	Leonard Persiano
1947–1957	Joseph Persiano
1947–1957	Nicholas Persiano
1947–1957	Anthony Persiano Jr.
1947–1957	Dominic F. Persiano

528 Royden Street

528 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1914	John H. Lutts Sr.

532 Royden Street

532 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1910s–1977	William Henion & Family
1910s–1977	William B. & Anna Henion
1910s–1977	Mrs. Mary Henion Little
1910s–1977	Mrs. Helen Henion Packer
1910s–1977	William Paul Henion
1910s–1977	James J. Henion
1930–1971	Giuseppe Tascione
1980	L. Melendez

544 Royden Street

544 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
2011	Gone (aka 601 St. John Street)

545 Royden Street

545 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1932	Richard O'Neill
1947	The Little Sweet Shop
2012	Scheduled for demolition March 2012

547 Royden Street

547 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1947–1967	A. DiRenzo
1967+	Union of Brotherly Love social club (trustee)
2011	Gone

549 Royden Street

549 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
2011	Gone

554 Royden Street

554 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1933	Barney Masso

555 Royden Street

555 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
2011	Gone

556 Royden Street

556 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1943	Mrs. Elizabeth McCaffery & Family (Albert E. McCaffery)

558 Royden Street

558 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1910–1913	Charles Penrose Barto Sr. & Family
1910–1913	Charles P. & Florence Wolfe Barto
1910–1913	Lillian Barto
1920s–1930s	Joseph McKenna

559 Royden Street

559 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1874	George Roth

562 Royden Street

562 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1914–1917	Charles Penrose Barto Sr. & Family
1914–1917	Charles P. & Florence Wolfe Barto
1914–1917	Lillian Barto
1914–1917	Charles P. Barto Jr.
1914–1917	John Barto

569 Royden Street

569 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1910	Bernard A. Ahlberg & Family

571 Royden Street

571 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1889	Martin Frand

577 Royden Street

577 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1874	Lawrence Kelley
1890	Lawrence Smith

578 Royden Street

578 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1952	Robert G. Chambers

545, 547 and 549 Royden Street, as seen from 605 St. John Street; Catherine McGrath in the foreground

Young woman in a light dress stands in front of brick row houses at Royden Street with an early automobile parked at the curb. — 545, 547 and 549 Royden Street, as seen from 605 St. John Street; Catherine McGrath in the foreground

545, 547 and 549 Royden Street, seen from 605 St. John Street, July 16, 2011

Abandoned two-story red brick corner house with boarded windows and graffiti on a vacant lot, seen from St. John Street. — 545, 547 and 549 Royden Street, seen from 605 St. John Street, July 16, 2011

545 Royden Street, The Little Sweet Shop, 1947; photographed July 16, 2011

Abandoned red brick building at 545 Royden Street with boarded windows and graffiti, next to a one-way street sign. — 545 Royden Street, The Little Sweet Shop, 1947; photographed July 16, 2011

545 Royden Street, scheduled for demolition, March 19, 2012

Vacant red brick building at 545 Royden Street with boarded windows and graffiti, shown before demolition on a clear day. — 545 Royden Street, scheduled for demolition, March 19, 2012

545 Royden Street, scheduled for demolition, March 19, 2012

Front view of the vacant red brick building at 545 Royden Street with boarded openings and graffiti, March 2012. — 545 Royden Street, scheduled for demolition, March 19, 2012

551 and 553 Royden Street, July 16, 2011

Two attached rowhouses, one red brick with a front porch and one painted green, at 551 and 553 Royden Street. — 551 and 553 Royden Street, July 16, 2011

Bernard A. Ahlberg & Family, 569 Royden Street, 1910

Studio portrait of Bernard A. Ahlberg, a mustached man in a dark suit and light tie seated with his hand on a carved chair arm. — Bernard A. Ahlberg & Family, 569 Royden Street, 1910

575, 577 & 579 Royden Street, July 1940

Old black-and-white photograph of a two-story brick corner building with a utility pole at 575, 577 and 579 Royden Street, July 1940. — 575, 577 & 579 Royden Street, July 1940

Charles Penrose Barto Sr., 558 and 562 Royden Street, 1910

Portrait of Charles Penrose Barto Sr., a bald man in round wire-rimmed glasses, suit and striped tie, 1910. — Charles Penrose Barto Sr., 558 and 562 Royden Street, 1910

John H. Lutts, 422 Taylor Avenue, 1899–1910.

Studio portrait of fireman John H. Lutts in uniform overcoat and cap with a fire badge. — John H. Lutts, 422 Taylor Avenue, 1899–1910.

John H. Lutts Sr., 528 Royden Street, 1914.

557, 559 & 561 Royden Street, March 19, 2012

Row houses at 557, 559 and 561 Royden Street: a cream and a blue-trimmed house beside a red brick house with boarded openings. — 557, 559 & 561 Royden Street, March 19, 2012

563 & 565 Royden Street, March 19, 2012

Two attached houses at 563 and 565 Royden Street, one sided in pale blue and one of red brick with an ornate security door. — 563 & 565 Royden Street, March 19, 2012

566 Royden Street, March 19, 2012

Fire-damaged red brick house with empty upper windows and boarded openings, a car parked at left, at 566 Royden Street. — 566 Royden Street, March 19, 2012

566 & 568 Royden Street, March 19, 2012

Row houses at 566 and 568 Royden Street: a white-sided house beside a fire-damaged red brick house boarded up and marked Department of Public Works. — 566 & 568 Royden Street, March 19, 2012

Pfc. Albert E. McCaffery

Camden Courier-Post, July 28, 1943

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Domenic F. Persiano

Camden Courier-Post, December 10, 1957

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Two Youths Held In Burglary Case

Camden Courier-Post, May 7, 1952

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Speak-Easy Arrest

Philadelphia Inquirer, December 22, 1890

Philadelphia Inquirer item on Lawrence Smith's arrest for running a speak-easy at Sixth and Royden streets, 1890 — Philadelphia Inquirer, December 22, 1890

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Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9, 1897

Philadelphia Inquirer item on Henry B. Phillips of 517 Royden Street jailed for embezzling from George R. Danenhower & Son, 1897 — Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9, 1897

517 Royden Street — Henry Phillips, 1897

Intersection of Broadway and Royden Street — Northwest Corner

St. John’s Parish was incorporated on January 7, 1852, having been in its inception a mission of St. Paul’s Parish. In 1853 a lot was secured at the northwest corner of Broadway and Royden Street. The “Floating Chapel of the Redeemer for Seamen of the Port of Philadelphia,” moored at the foot of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, was bought, removed from the two canal boats upon which it rested, and drawn across open lots and placed on this site. This building was re-christened as St. John’s and was used as a place of worship from September 11, 1853 until Christmas Day of 1870, when it burned down. A new stone building was at once erected, the cornerstone being laid on April 21, 1871, by Bishop Odenheimer. The parish buildings were added in 1884–1885. The Men’s Club was opened on May 29, 1893.

Around 1950 St. John’s appears to have merged with St. Augustine’s Church, which had been located at South 9th & Sycamore Streets. It has been known as St. Augustine’s to this day.

St. John's Episcopal Church at Broadway and Royden Street, 1908

Color postcard of St. John's Episcopal Church, a stone Gothic church with a tall slate spire, seen from the street corner. — St. John's Episcopal Church at Broadway and Royden Street, 1908

St. John's Episcopal Church at Broadway and Royden Street, 1914

Black-and-white view of St. John's Episcopal Church, a brick Gothic church with a tall spire, among bare trees. — St. John's Episcopal Church at Broadway and Royden Street, 1914

Intersection of Broadway and Royden Street — Northeast Corner

Originally built as the Labor Temple, the Camden O.E.O. Community Center, April 19, 2003

Front of the two-story stone former Labor Temple, now the Camden Community Center, with arched windows and twin entrance stairs. — Originally built as the Labor Temple, the Camden O.E.O. Community Center, April 19, 2003

Originally built as the Labor Temple, the Camden O.E.O. Community Center, April 19, 2003

Corner view of the stone former Labor Temple, now the Camden Community Center, with a long side wall along the street. — Originally built as the Labor Temple, the Camden O.E.O. Community Center, April 19, 2003

Intersection of St. John Street and Royden Street.

600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1872–1980.

607 Royden Street

607 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1912	Photographed March 14, 1912

608 Royden Street

608 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1897	John Fox & Family
1897	Mr. & Mrs. John Fox
1897	Annie May Fox

610 Royden Street

610 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
name
Listed in city directory

612 Royden Street

612 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
name
Listed in city directory

614 Royden Street

614 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1872–1878	Jacob Roberts & Family
1872–1878	Jacob & Priscilla Roberts
1872–1878	Joseph E. Roberts

616 Royden Street

616 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
name
Listed in city directory

617 Royden Street

617 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1970	James J. Nichols

618 Royden Street

618 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1947–1991	Woody & Eva DiPietro

621 Royden Street

621 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1888	John H. Eastlack Family (John H. & Annie Eastlack, Ralph Eastlack)
1888	Walter D. Eastlack
1888	John H. Eastlack Family

623 Royden Street

623 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1878	William Bassett

624 Royden Street

624 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1941	Helen M. Redfield

626 Royden Street

626 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1950s–1970	Rocco D. Albano & Family
1950s–1970	Rocco D. & Catherine Albano
1980	A. Hawkins

641 Royden Street

641 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1919–1920	Jesse P. Johnson
1969	F. Martino Jr. & Family (Anthony Martino)

642 Royden Street

642 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1912	Nathaniel Sloan
1919	Samuel Wishnefsky (grocery)

646 Royden Street

646 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1931	Thelma Farr

624 Royden Street — Helen M. Redfield, 1941. Camden Courier-Post, July 25, 1941.

Camden Trial Testimony Continues In Slaying

Camden Courier-Post, May 13, 1971

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Nathaniel Sloan

Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 1912

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Annie May Fox

Philadelphia Inquirer, July 25, 1897

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7 Camden Women Pass State Tests

Camden Courier-Post, July 25, 1941

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Intersection of Roberts Street and Royden Street

Intersection of Roberts Street and Royden Street as seen from Clinton Street, February 9, 2012

Narrow street lined with brick rowhouses and parked cars, with a One Way sign, seen looking down the block. — Intersection of Roberts Street and Royden Street as seen from Clinton Street, February 9, 2012

Intersection of South 7th Street and Royden Street

Southeast Corner of South 7th Street and Royden Street, April 28, 2009

Corner of a stone rowhouse block and a blank stucco side wall, with a Do Not Enter sign and a blue street sign. — Southeast Corner of South 7th Street and Royden Street, April 28, 2009

700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1857–1955.

701 Royden Street

701 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
name
Listed in city directory

703 Royden Street

703 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1920–1948	William E. Wilkinson & Family
1920–1948	William E. & Viola Wilkinson

707 Royden Street

707 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1857	James Shissler

708 Royden Street

708 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1897–1900	Harry H. Thompson & Family
1897–1900	Harry H. & Georgetta Thompson
1897–1900	Lola Thompson
1897–1900	Alvin S. Thompson
1900s–1910s	Thomas Thornley

709 Royden Street

709 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1906–1919	Arthur A. Wingate

712 Royden Street

712 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1948	Clifford Carr

714 Royden Street

714 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1903–1904	Harry C. Saville & Family
1903–1904	Harry C. & Clara E. Saville

723 Royden Street

723 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1955	F.J. Turse

702–716 Royden Street, April 24, 2009

Row of stone-fronted Victorian rowhouses with decorative cornices and porches, ending at a large blank stucco wall. — 702–716 Royden Street, April 24, 2009

703 Berkley Street - Thomas W. Thornley (1887-1888). Also resided at 728 Berkley Street (1890s-1900s).

Thomas Thornley, 708 Royden Street, 1900s–1910s.

723 Royden Street, F.J. Turse, 1955. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages

1955 telephone directory advertisement for F. J. Turse, Paper Hanging, 723 Royden St., with a drawing of a man hanging wallpaper. — 723 Royden Street, F.J. Turse, 1955. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages

William E. Wilkinson

Camden Courier-Post, November 18, 1949

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Mrs. Catherine Carr Dies; Wife of Sleuth

Camden Courier-Post, June 2, 1948

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Philadelphia Inquirer, December 20, 1903

714 Royden Street — Harry C. Saville & Family (Harry C. & Clara E. Saville), 1903–1904

2900 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1947–1971.

2900 Royden Street

2900 Royden Street — 2900 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
name
Listed in city directory

2901 Royden Street

2901 Royden Street — 2900 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1947	Edgar R. Ellender Sr. (Captain, Camden Fire Department)
1947	Philip Kauffman

2909 Royden Street

2909 Royden Street — 2900 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1962	Andrew J. Mayer & Family
1962	Andrew J. & Virginia H. Mayer

2924 Royden Street

2924 Royden Street — 2900 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
year	name
1950–1971	Harry Mailahn & Family
1950–1971	Harry & Evelyn Winner Mailahn
1950–1971	Harry Mailahn Jr
1950–1971	Sandra Mailahn
1950–1971	Charles Mailahn

Edgar R. Ellender Sr., 2901 Royden Street, 1947. Captain, Camden Fire Department

Black-and-white portrait of an older man in glasses wearing a fire department captain's cap and a light jacket. — Edgar R. Ellender Sr., 2901 Royden Street, 1947. Captain, Camden Fire Department

Royden Street from Garden Avenue

Looking South on Royden Street from Garden Avenue, July 7, 2006

Looking south down Royden Street, a tree-lined residential street of brick rowhouses with parked cars and a pickup truck. — Looking South on Royden Street from Garden Avenue, July 7, 2006

Royden Street from Garden Avenue, July 7, 2006

Blue street signs for Garden Av and Royden St with City of Camden seals, mounted on one pole. — Royden Street from Garden Avenue, July 7, 2006

307 Royden Street, Camden Courier-Post, September 20, 1934

Courier-Post clipping, Mayor's Aid Asked to End 'Pole' Siege: Royden Street woman keeps vigil over a utility pole hole, September 20, 1934. — 307 Royden Street, Camden Courier-Post, September 20, 1934

Boxing Show Slated to Aid Drop-A-Buck

Camden Courier-Post, December 11, 1957

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Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28, 1895

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Suit for $2000 for Loss of Horses and Wagon

Philadelphia Inquirer, May 26, 1910

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Everything on this site tagged Royden Street is listed in the Royden Street tag archive.

News Articles

Petition

Residents and property owners of Camden's Fourth and Sixth wards petition City Council for an under-drainage culvert running from the Line Street culvert at Broadway out to Sixth Street and north to Sixth and Royden. Arthur Stanley, then of 929 Newton Avenue, signed among the petitioners.

July 18, 1874

Chief Franks Dead

Obituary of Chief of Police Harry Houston Franks, who died January 1, 1887 at his home at Third and Royden Streets; a post-mortem attributed his death to cancer of the oesophagus.

January 3, 1887

Franks at Rest

Account of the funeral of Chief of Police Harry Houston Franks, held at his home at Third and Royden Streets, with burial at Evergreen Cemetery.

January 6, 1887

Funeral of Jacques Wissler, Designer of Confederate Currency—Other News

Jacques Wissler of 245 Royden Street, Camden, the "lithographer of the Confederacy" who designed notes and bonds in Richmond, died in 1887; the funeral was conducted by Rev. Dr. Tidball with interment in Evergreen Cemetery.

November 25, 1887

The Logue Assault

The Quarter Sessions Court trial of John F. Stratton and Henry Mellon, charged with the May 6, 1888 knife and blackjack attack on Joseph Logue near Starr's crossing, Tenth and Line streets, with testimony from Logue, Miss Sarah Lewine, Christopher Smith, Dr. Henry Jarrett, Charles R. Locke and Knight Haines.

June 1, 1888

Accidents of the Day

The Philadelphia Inquirer of July 5, 1889 lists five Fourth of July firearm and firework victims admitted to Cooper Hospital in Camden, including Edward Weston of 747 Berkley Street, who suffered a lacerated hand from a cannon shot.

July 5, 1889

Speak-Easy Arrest

Lawrence Smith was arrested for running an alleged speak-easy at Sixth and Royden streets, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 22, 1890.

December 22, 1890

Camden

A column of Camden local items from the Philadelphia Inquirer of April 28, 1895, including Captain Andrew B. Frazee's retirement from the Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Company and the O'Brien-Longworth wedding.

April 28, 1895

Annie May Fox

Philadelphia Inquirer, July 25, 1897: nineteen-month-old Annie May Fox, child of John Fox of 608 Royden Street, died of lockjaw after a crochet needle punctured her gum.

July 25, 1897

Laughlin

Death notice for Thomas Laughlin, aged 1 year and 7 months, son of William and Mary Laughlin, of 337 Royden Street, Camden. Philadelphia Inquirer, January 6, 1899.

January 6, 1899

Stewart

Death notice for John Stewart, aged 71, husband of Tacy Stewart, nee Severns, of 432 Royden Street, Camden, who died May 28, 1899; funeral services were held at the Hedding, N. J., M. E. Church.

June 1, 1899

Edwards

Death notice for Anna L. Edwards, 14, daughter of Benjamin and Bertha Edwards of 236 Royden Street, Camden, who died January 15, 1900.

January 18, 1900

Unraveling the Camden Mystery

"Beyond all question the murderer of these little boys is now in jail and the public's anxiety can now be allayed," said Prosecutor Frank T. Lloyd last night in making the first important statement concerning the tragedy of last week, when John Coffin and W. Price Jennings, two Camden lads, were murdered in an uncultivated field near Haddon Heights.

October 10, 1902

Camden's Scarred Patriots

Camden's Fourth of July in 1904 passed without serious accidents; eight people were admitted to Cooper Hospital, and flag raising and Pyne Point Park exercises were held.

July 5, 1904

Camden News Notes — December 14, 1906

A December 1906 Philadelphia Inquirer news column from Camden, opening with the location in Brooklyn of William Lynch of 433 South Fourth Street, who had been missing from his home.

December 14, 1906

McNeal

Death notice for James McNeal, aged 72, husband of Mary E. McNeal, of 843 Royden Street, Camden, with funeral services on December 28, 1906 and interment at Old Cedar Hill Cemetery.

December 28, 1906

Suit for $2000 for Loss of Horses and Wagon

Andrew B F Smith sued the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad for $2000 over two horses and a wagon struck by an electric train at Seventh and Royden streets; driver George Miller died on the way to Cooper Hospital.

May 26, 1910

Funeral of Bernard Tierney

Delegations from the Third Ward Republican Club and the Camden Aerie of Eagles attended the funeral of Bernard Tierney of 215 Royden Street, with requiem mass at Sts. Peter and Paul's Church and burial in Calvary Cemetery.

December 19, 1911

Nathaniel Sloan

Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 1912: the funeral of Nathaniel Sloan, a widely known Camderite who died suddenly at Anglesea, was held from his home at 642 Royden Street, with interment in Harleigh Cemetery.

August 2, 1912

Hold Boys for Rifling Mail

Two 12-year-old boys, William Shafer and George Hickman, admitted to Detective Brothers that they rifled the mail box at Broadway and Pine Street, Camden, stealing two packages of jewelry worth $102 mailed by jeweler Lewis Nelson.

October 21, 1915

Two Boys and a Woman Hurt by Autos in Camden

Three people, including two boys, were injured in separate automobile accidents in Camden, as reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer on November 20, 1922.

November 20, 1922

Boys Sought in Theft from Baird Avenue Garage

George Hickman and Joseph Hand, arrested at Cape May Court House, were wanted in Camden for the theft of an automobile and a camping outfit from the garage of John H. Ohrens at 1393 Baird Avenue.

August 4, 1923

Downtown Way

A local column reporting a chimney flue fire at 208 Taylor Avenue, the private funeral of Christopher Yeager of 1233 Jackson Street, and a homemade cake sale at St. John's Episcopal church.

March 2, 1924

Edward Schlorer Dies in Overbrook

Head of Delicatessen Company Came to America From Germany in 1889 Camden Courier-Post - February 6, 1928 Less than two weeks after the death of his brother, Adam , with whom he had been closely associated for many years, Edward Schlorer , former Camden resident and business man, died yesterday at his home at Overbrook.

February 6, 1928

2 Suspects Identified as Gas Station Bandits

Tony Bercilo, 18, of 507 South Fourth Street and William Spragola, 21, of 420 Royden Street were identified as two of three men who robbed a gasoline station at Delaware Avenue and Arch Street.

January 25, 1930

Pallbearers Named for Stehr Funeral

Funeral arrangements for Camden Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr, who died in Cooper Hospital following a heart attack: his body would lie in state at the Schroeder Chapel, Broadway and Royden streets, with burial in Harleigh cemetery. The article lists the active and honorary pallbearers.

December 12, 1930

Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today

The Camden Morning Post reported that the funeral cortege of Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr would leave Schroeder's Chapel, Broadway and Royden street, for Harleigh Cemetery, after thousands filed past his bier and the entire police department marched past the body.

December 13, 1930

16 Beauties to Vie for Honors Tonight

Shrine Club to Select Contest Winner at Convention Hall Show Sixteen South Jersey girls are competing in a popularity contest which closes tonight at the first annual professional show and dance of Camden Shrine Club in Convention Hall .

October 14, 1931

Bandits Abandon Car Used in Bus Holdup

A car used by two bandits in a Gloucester bus holdup was found abandoned at Fourth and Royden streets, Camden.

March 19, 1932

Camden Man Stabbed During Argument

Emil Tisani, 35, of 237 Stevens Street, was stabbed in the neck, head and face after an argument in a grocery store at 210 South Second Street; he said he would seek a warrant for Lugi Celani of 203 Royden Street.

March 21, 1932

Boxed newspaper advertisement for Richard O'Neill real estate, 6th and Berkley Streets, listing rental properties at $15 to $35

Richard O'Neill Real Estate Advertisement

Camden Courier-Post advertisement, March 28, 1932, for Richard O'Neill, 6th and Berkley Streets, offering houses to rent for $15 to $35.

March 28, 1932

Mrs. Robinson Dies, Mother of Elks Ruler

Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, 70, mother of Elks exalted ruler Harry G. Robinson and widow of retired Camden fire captain Charles H. Robinson, died in Collingswood. The Robinsons were pioneer residents of Park Boulevard.

June 8, 1932

Blonde Sobs Story of Brutal Attack Near Riverfront

Martha Tomlinson, 18, of Delaware township, told Camden county court that four young Camden men beat and robbed her near the riverfront; the defendants denied the charge.

June 15, 1932

4 Youths Guilty in Assault Case

A Criminal Court jury found four South Camden young men guilty of criminally assaulting a Pennsauken township girl; Judge Samuel M. Shay was to impose sentence the next day.

June 16, 1932

Two Youths Given 7 to 10 Years in Attack on Girl

Judge Samuel M. Shay sentenced four young men to seven to ten years in state prison for criminally assaulting an 18-year-old girl, and warned he would double the terms for future offenders.

June 18, 1932

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.

January 2, 1933

Suspended Jail Sentence Is Given Operator Where 17 Were Taken in Raid

Dominic Olivette, 28, of 444 Royden Street, pleaded non vult to operating a numbers headquarters and was fined $100 with a suspended sentence. Herbert Lantry, 35, of 519 Ray Street, received a separate fine.

February 2, 1933

John Rittenhouse Dies; Cooper Point Merchant

Camden Courier-Post - February 4, 1933 John F. Rittenhouse , 53, store proprietor, of 941 Point Street , who died Thursday, will be buried Monday.

February 4, 1933

Amelia Babnew

Funeral notice for Miss Amelia Babnew of 1315 Park Boulevard, a Congoleum-Nairn Company employee who lived with her nephew, Adolph Vautier. Burial was in New Camden Cemetery.

May 30, 1933

Mariano Will Speak

Attorney Gene Mariano was to be the principal speaker at a special meeting of the Zuni A. A. at 464 Royden street; club president Emil Aceto said members were preparing social and sports programs.

March 26, 1934

Woman Guard Takes Her Bed To Post Hole

An Associated Press story from September 1934 about Mrs. Elsie Barnabie of Camden, who lay on a cot over a pole hole before her home to keep Public Service Gas & Electric Company crews from setting a new pole.

September 20, 1934

Zuni A. A. to Hold Annual Ball Jan. 25

The fourth annual ball of the Zuni Athletic Association, 464 Royden Street, was to be held at Eagles Hall, 415 Broadway, on Friday night, January 25, 1935, with Frankie Moles and His Jersey Cavaliers playing.

January 16, 1935

Courier-Post clipping, Aug. 21, 1936: housing committee urges clearing 20 city blocks

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.

August 21, 1936

Carl Weiwadel

Obituary of Carl Weiwadel, 45, of 138 North Twenty-second Street, a Spanish-American and Philippine Wars veteran and member of VFW Post 980 who died at Cooper Hospital.

January 30, 1938

City Bureaus Keep Costs Within Budget for 1937

Brunner Lauds Rulers for $40,000 Saving by Co-operation in Offices $302,000 IS VOTED ON STREET BONDS All departments of the city government were operated within the budget appropriations during 1937 and the city's saving, as a result, was $40,000, Mayor George E. Brunner announced yesterday.

February 11, 1938

Hotel, Cafe Owners Invited by Bar Group

Camden hotel, restaurant and cafe proprietors and their employees were invited to an open meeting of Local No. 263, Hotel and Restaurant Employes and Bartenders International League, at the Camden Labor Temple, Broadway and Royden Street, with John Daly, Neil Deighan and other speakers scheduled.

February 19, 1938

Newspaper clipping with photo of Betty Sullivan pinning a shamrock on Patrolman John McTaggart; Courier-Post, March 15, 1941

1000 Attend 'Night in Ireland' To Honor Patrolman McTaggart

More than 1000 persons attended a "Night in Ireland" party at Labor Temple, Broadway and Royden Street, in honor of Patrolman John McTaggart, "Broadway's Irish Cop," with former Governor Harold G. Hoffman and Acting Chief of Police Ralph Bakley among the guests.

March 15, 1941

7 Camden Women Pass State Tests

Trenton, July 24.—Helen M. Redfield, 624 Royden street, Camden, scored first out of a list of seven women who passed the examination for information clerk in the Camden Welfare Department, the State C

July 25, 1941

Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire

The clothing and jewelry store of S. Lester at 713 Broadway was destroyed by a two-alarm fire of undetermined origin following an explosion. Eight companies fought the fire for seven hours, and damage was estimated at $100,000.

March 16, 1942

Two Landmarks on Broadway to Be Sold Tuesday

The City of Camden scheduled a public auction of two Broadway landmarks it had taken over for non-payment of taxes, the Labor Temple at Broadway and Royden Street and the Eagles Home at 413-15-17 Broadway, with minimum bids of $10,000 each. The article describes both buildings in detail.

December 17, 1942

Page 48 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Golden Jubilee Year Book: four local business ads around a parish history column.

South Camden Garage

Page 48 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the South Camden Garage at 539-41 S. 5th St., wholesale confectioner John B. King at 3816 Westfield Avenue, Ralph's Esso Service at 2706-14 Federal Street and Rice & Holman of Merchantville, around the last installment of the parish history, which counts more than 2,600 families and 705 schoolchildren and recalls the move from 25th and Howell Streets to 29th and Westfield.

January 1, 1943

Pfc. Albert E. McCaffery

Pfc. Albert E. McCaffery, son of Mrs. Elizabeth McCaffery of 556 Royden Street, Camden, completed his course as an airplane mechanic at the B-24 Liberator bomber school at Kessler Field, Biloxi, Miss.

July 28, 1943

Mrs. Catherine Carr Dies; Wife of Sleuth

Camden Courier-Post, June 2, 1948: Mrs. Catherine Larkin Carr, wife of Detective Sergeant Clifford Carr, died at her home at 712 Royden Street after a long illness.

June 2, 1948

Crash Injures Woman

Mrs. Rita Saia, 31, of 323 Royden Street, was treated at Cooper Hospital for injured ribs after a two-car collision at West and Benson streets, November 1949.

November 4, 1949

William E. Wilkinson

Obituary of William E. Wilkinson, a former painting contractor of the 700 block of Royden Street, Camden Courier-Post, November 18, 1949.

November 18, 1949

Two Youths Held In Burglary Case

Camden Courier-Post, May 7, 1952: two youths, 18 and 14, were arrested after an attempted break-in at a candy store at Sixth and Royden streets and confessed to robbing Schneider's Bakery on Broadway.

May 7, 1952

2-Story Fall Injures Whitman Park Roofer

Roofer John Weadership, 54, of 1630 Pulaski St., was injured when a wooden frame broke and he fell from a two-story roof on 5th St. near Royden, according to his employer, Walter Spaeth of 513 Benson St.

June 13, 1952

Notice of Application

A June 1957 legal notice that the Ninth Ward Republican Association applied for a club liquor license at 536 Broadway, listing President Hobart Corson, Vice President John K. Voll and the association's other officers and directors, including Lester Beach of 702 Carman Street.

June 10, 1957

Domenic F. Persiano

Obituary of Domenic F. Persiano, 31, of 526 Royden Street, a Camden tailor and World War II veteran, from the Camden Courier-Post of December 10, 1957.

December 10, 1957

Boxing Show Slated to Aid Drop-A-Buck

More than 500 boys club and Little League members will be guests at an amateur boxing show at Convention Hall to benefit the Frank H. Ryan Drop-A-Buck Club, with sponsors solicited by a committee headed by Police Insp. Anthony Skolski.

December 11, 1957

Firemen ‘Visit’ Fireman’s Home To Battle Fire

Engine Co. 9 — the company Camden fireman Harry Mailahn was assigned to — was called to his own home at 2924 Royden Street while he was out on an errand, to put out a fire that began in a kitchen chair.

February 8, 1962

C. H. Corson, 62, Found Dead in GOP Club

Camden Courier-Post - May 16, 1964 C. Hobart Corson , 62, of 117 N. 23rd st. , former president of the Ninth Ward Republican Club , was found dead yesterday on the second floor of the club's headquarters on Broadway near Royden st .

May 16, 1964

Francesco Blasi

Obituary of Francesco Blasi, 71, of 454 Royden Street, a retired Camden County maintenance employee and World War I veteran, from the Camden Courier-Post of November 19, 1964.

November 19, 1964

Harry Mailahn, City Fireman, Rites Friday

Funeral services for Harry Mailahn, 44, a Camden fireman for 21 years, were set for Friday at the Harry Leonard Funeral Home, with burial in New Camden Cemetery.

February 3, 1971

Mailahn

Death notice for Camden fireman Harry Mailahn, 44, of 2924 Royden Street, who died February 1, 1971, listing his survivors and funeral arrangements.

February 4, 1971

Camden Trial Testimony Continues In Slaying

Testimony continued in the murder trial of Clarence Shields, charged in the shotgun slaying of James J. Nichols of 617 Royden St. during an argument at 4th and Mechanic Streets.

May 13, 1971

Foulks (death notice)

Paid death notice for Beatrice Foulks, 64, of 245 Royden Street, who died January 23, 1972, listing her survivors and funeral arrangements.

January 25, 1972

Historical Accounts

The Year 1852 - Camden NJ

St. John's Parish was incorporated on January 7, 1852, having been in its inception a mission of St. Paul's Parish . In 1853 a lot was secured at the northwest corner of Broadway and Royden Street .

December 31, 1852

Friendship Engine & Hose Company No 1, Chambersburg, PA.

Inception of the First Paid Fire Department in the US

During the Civil War, Camden purchased its first steam fire apparatus on June 4, 1864 the Independence Fire Company No. 3 purchased an Amoskeag steamer for $3250. This apparatus was a third class, single pump style with serial #92.

June 7, 1866

Sheep employed by the City as grass cutters at the Victor King Park in East Camden. The curly horned gentleman in the inset is the Daddy of the Flock.

A Brief History of the City of Camden

Incorporated in 1828, the progress and possibilities of Camden have far exceeded the expectations of the Founders and Incorporators. The year 1928 witnessed the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of Camden as a city.

November 24, 2022

People

Bernard A. Ahlberg

BERNARD ABRAHAM AHLBERG was born September 18, 1858, in Sweden. He came to America at the age of 18, and moved to Philadelphia shortly afterwards, where he remained until 1907, when he came to Camden.

August 10, 2021

Charles M. Gladney

Charles Miller Gladney was born in New Jersey on September 2, 1877, to George and Mary Gladney. In 1878, the family lived at 728 Mount Vernon Street , but by 1880, George, Mary, and their older son David had moved to 432 Liberty Street in Camden.

September 8, 2024

Franks Sworn in as Chief, Camden Daily Courier, April 1, 1886

Harry H. Franks

Henry Houston "Harry" Franks served as Camden's Chief of Police from April 1, 1886 until his death on January 1, 1887. A Civil War veteran of the 25th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and a tobacconist, he served as constable of the Third Ward before his appointment as chief.

July 23, 2026

Engine Company 9 after the Market Street Ferry Terminal fire, October 6, 1954

Harry Mailahn

Harry Mailahn (1926–1971) was a Camden firefighter assigned to Engine Company 9 from his appointment in January 1951 until his death in 1971. A Navy veteran of World War II, he lived at 2924 Royden Street in East Camden.

September 23, 2026

Jesse P. Johnson

Jesse P. Johnson was born around 1873 in Des Moines, Iowa, and moved to Camden, New Jersey, around 1890. The 1890-1891 Camden City Directory lists him living at the corner of 9th and Pearl Streets and working as a salesman in Philadelphia.

September 6, 2024

Walter D. Eastlack

Walter Dayton Eastlack (1889–1964) was a Camden firefighter who served 29 years with the Camden Fire Department, from his appointment on March 3, 1925 to his retirement on March 15, 1954.

August 1, 2026

Related Streets

Avon Street

Avon Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden running from Royden Street south to Line Street, between West Street and South 4th Street, intersected by Beckett Street. Six two-story brick homes lined the street by 1906.

April 12, 2024

Baird Boulevard

Baird Boulevard (originally Baird Avenue) runs diagonally through the Parkside and East Camden neighborhoods, named for Camden businessman and U.S. Senator David Baird Sr. It begins at Kaighn Avenue, crosses the Cooper River and Admiral Wilson Boulevard, and terminates at the intersection of Federal Street and 27th Street in East Camden.

April 27, 2023

Beckett Street

Beckett Street, named for Henry and Mary Beckett who owned land in South Camden around 1853, originally ran from Front Street to West Street. After 1947 the eastern portion was demolished for an industrial building; today it runs only from South 3rd Street to West Street.

April 20, 2024

Benson Street

Benson Street, in South Camden, was named for John J. Benson, an agent of the Camden and Amboy Railroad who played a key role in developing the Stevens’ lands into building lots.

May 25, 2021

Night view of a brick rowhouse with a ladder against it, fire hoses in the street and a firefighter at the right edge.

Berkley Street

Berkley Street was originally spelled Berkeley Street, named for Lord Berkeley, who co-owned the colony of New Jersey from 1664 to 1674. East of Broadway it was known as Hamilton Street until 1882. This page covers occupants from the 200 block through the 3000 block.

September 26, 2021