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John C. Voll Jr. (1900-1979) was born in Camden and served the Camden Fire Department for 40 years, entering the department on January 15, 1925 and retiring on December 1, 1965. He lived his later years at 2737 Garfield Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden.
Joseph Xavier Voll (1925–1945) of Camden, NJ served as a Fireman First Class in the United States Navy and was one of the original crew of the USS Caswell (AKA-72). He was killed in an accident at Riverton, New Jersey on January 12, 1945, less than a week short of his 20th birthday, and is buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, NJ.
Howard Lambert Gick (1895–1968) joined the Camden Fire Department in 1923, served until his retirement as District Chief in 1956, and later worked as Fire Inspector at Garden State Racetrack.
Cambridge Avenue, also known as Cambridge Street, runs easterly from the Delaware River through the Cramer Hill neighborhood, crossing Harrison, Pierce, Wayne, and River avenues to North 27th Street.
26th Street, originally called Union Street in the pre-annexation Pavonia section, runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden from the Delaware River to Bank and Mickle Streets. It was laid out before 1887 and renamed after Stockton Township was absorbed by Camden in 1899.
Twentieth Street runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden, from Harrison Avenue to Bank Street, established by the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory. In 1954, fourteen homes with South 20th Street addresses were added when McGuire Gardens public housing was built; they were demolished and redeveloped in the 1990s.
Front Street runs north and south through Camden, west of Second Street and parallel to the Delaware River, from Erie Street in North Camden as far south as Atlantic Avenue. Known historically as North Front Street and South Front Street, it was home to saloons, livery stables, churches, and waterfront industry before early-1970s redevelopment broke its once-continuous run.
27th Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to Marlton Avenue. Originally called Fulton Street before the 1899 annexation of Stockton Township, it was one of the main thoroughfares of the neighborhood and home to football star Mike Rozier.
CHARLES L." SHAD" ALCOTT was born in New Jersey around 1857. The Census indicates July of 1858. Sorting him out can be confusing as there was a Charles M. Alcott, born February of 1857, who lived in Camden at the same time.
ROBERT T. ABBOTT was born in Salem, New Jersey on March 21, 1869 to Benjamin P. Abbott and his wife, the former Beulah Horner.
Obituary of Mrs. Mary J. Love, 74, of 113 North 26th Street, an Irish-born Camden resident of 47 years and member of St. Joseph's Church.
Police arrested Roy Bond, 26, of 1238 North 26th Street, on numbers charges after a gambling raid turned up numbers slips.
A follow-up on the condemned junkyard at 26th Street and Pierce Avenue, owned by Michael Mazzilli, found the structure demolished but its ruins still strewn about.
Marriage announcement of Charlotte Maureen Drummond and Robert Edward Dyer of 1301 North 26th Street, married July 20, 1954, by the pastor of Christus Evangelical Lutheran Church.
A condemned junkyard at 1147-49 North 26th Street, owned by Michael Mazzilli, was cited by a city inspector as a collapsing fire hazard.
Joseph J. Guetherman of 35 North 26th Street and Lawrence A. Ragone of Pine Street received Doctor of Optometry degrees from the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry.
A Camden Courier-Post society item announcing the marriage of Miss Emily Jean Newton, of 121 North 26th Street, to James Stewart Troupe, of 2826 Stevens Street, in Rosedale Baptist Church on March 21.
Wilbert Moore, 64, a special officer of 54 South 26th Street, died of a heart attack at the wheel of his car at Baird Boulevard and Pfeiffer Avenue.
Mary Burke, 9, of 1241 North 26th Street, was scalded when a pan of hot water spilled in her lap and was treated at West Jersey Hospital.
Lt. Edward C. Hahn, a 22-year veteran of the Camden police department, collapsed and died of a heart attack outside a drugstore near his Third District station house on April 2, 1944.
Photo and notice of the death of George Smith, a retired Camden fireman, who died after an illness of nearly three years.
Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.
Obituary of Mrs. Sophie Buechler, 74, of 1130 North 26th Street, aunt of former City Commissioner Mary W. Kobus, who came from Germany and lived in East Camden from 1902.
Harry Lipp, 84, an old age pensioner who had boarded seventeen years at the home of city fireman William Getner at 1205 North Twenty-sixth Street, ended his life with a revolver shot in a garage behind the house. Coroner Harry Leonard issued a certificate of suicidal death.
An open-air meeting of the Cramer Hill Businessmen's Association at Veterans Park praised local business, with Mayor Frederick von Nieda among the speakers; prizes were awarded including a vacuum cleaner to George Blanck of 1026 North Twenty-first Street.
Mrs. Mabel Nutt of 107 North 26th Street had her sister, Mrs. Helen J. Andrews of Winslow, Arizona, as a house guest in February 1933.
Camden firemen John M. Peterson and Herman Dreas, both of Engine Company No. 11 and members of Corp. Mathews-Purnell Post 518, Veterans of Foreign Wars, received the Order of the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in France.
Three East Camden youths were arrested on suspicion in the early morning hours of March 21, 1932 after police said they failed to explain why they were near Twenty-fourth and Howell Streets at 1:30 a.m.
'Five-and-Ten' to Occupy Proposed Building at Twenty-Sixth St. F. W. Woolworth is invading East Camden with his "five and ten.
Funeral notice for Martha P. Cramp, 43, wife of Albert G. Cramp of 131 North 26th Street, with solemn high requiem mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception and burial in Calvary Cemetery.
The Police and Firemen's Beneficial Association granted pensions to Mrs. Anna Gick of 928 North 26th Street, widow of Captain Robert Gick, and to Mrs. Martha C. Cox, widow of Wright Cox.
A food sale for the benefit of the Old Folks Home was held at the home of Mrs. Mabel Nutt, 107 North 26th Street, in September 1923.
Mrs. Emma Ortlapp of North 26th Street, with her son-in-law and daughter, spent a week at Wildwood in September 1923.
Robert Black, driver of a Cramer Hill bus, was twice sent to police headquarters in one day by Traffic Officer Raymond Stark at Twenty-sixth and Federal streets for failing to produce a jitney bus driver's license.
A man arrested by plain clothes officers Hurlock and Schlam near Twenty-sixth and Carman streets refused to submit until a uniformed policeman appeared — Traffic Officer "Mike" Stark. He still would not give his name.
Death notice for Robert G. Taylor, 78, of 1322 North 26th Street, husband of Margaret A. Taylor. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 1922.
Collision Occurs as Machine Speeds to Home of Man Who Attempted Suicide Three Camden policemen were injured, one of them seriously, last night, when the First district auto ambulance was struck by a trolley car while responding to a call from 2310 Carman street , where Bodine Stratton, 39 years old, had shot himself over the heart.
George Elton of 141 North 26th Street was knocked unconscious and robbed of $13 on Baird Avenue while walking home from work.
Patrick Haley, 63, a bridge builder of 113 South 26th Street, took his own life after becoming despondent over his inability to find work.
Three Camden deaths in one day, including Robert Clark, found dead at the home of his sister Mrs. Robert Taylor, 910 North 26th Street.
Death notice for Christian Walz, 63, husband of Caroline Walz (nee Schaaf), of 1014 North 26th Street. Philadelphia Inquirer, November 1912.
Eugene Caffrey confessed to Sergeant James Tatem at Camden police headquarters that he had stolen jewelry from the home of a friend.
Wife of East Side Policeman Long Suffered With Tuberculosis; Was a Daughter of Ludwig Schuck Mrs. Margaret Abbott, wife of Policeman Robert T. Abbott , died this morning at 6 o'clock after several years illness with consumption, at her home, No. 49 North Twenty-sixth street .
Death notice for Anna Elizabeth Schlitz (nee Barth), 39, wife of Joseph Schlitz, of 1021 North 26th Street. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1905.