In North Camden, York Street stretches from Delaware Avenue to 10th Street. Several streets intersect with York Street, including Beach Street, Point Street, Front Street, Howard Street, as well as the numbered streets ranging from 2nd to 10th.
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Point Street
Point Street was originally laid out in 1804, running between William Cooper’s house and ferry in what is now North Camden and Cooper Street. It was long known as Cooper's Point Road, with its current name derived from that designation. Following the riverbank, the road provided access to local sawmills, planing mills, and shipyards. However,…
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John McKay
John McKay was born on October 22, 1891, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Malcolm and Mary McKay. Along with his brothers Malcolm, Thomas, and Stanley, John grew up at 362 East Indiana Avenue in Philadelphia, as recorded in the 1900 Census. By 1910, the family had relocated to 607 Powell Street in Gloucester City, New Jersey.…
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Moore Street
Moore Street was a small street that ran eastward from North 9th Street towards the Cooper River, south of York Street. It appears in Camden City Directories as early as 1867. Prior to 1906, five two-story twin homes were built on the north side of Moore Street, while the south side was entirely occupied by…
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Caesar Campana aka Young O’Connor
Caesar Campana Sr. was born in Italy on May 13, 1903, to parents Peter and Theresa Campana. He began his boxing career at a young age and went on to compete professionally in and around Camden, using the ring name “Young O’Connor.” One of his opponents was Frank Guetherman, a fellow Camden boxer known by…
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York Street
In North Camden, York Street stretches from Delaware Avenue to 10th Street. Several streets intersect with York Street, including Beach Street, Point Street, Front Street, Howard Street, as well as the numbered streets ranging from 2nd to 10th.
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Vincent Ariel Tydeman
Vincent Ariel Tydeman was born in New Jersey on August 24, 1883, to Edmund and Sarah Tydeman, who emigrated from England to the U.S. in 1878 with their nine children. The Tydemans welcomed another child, Florence, just before the 1880 census. Edmund Tydeman, the eldest son of a Baptist minister and an optician by profession,…
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