Tag: Ablett Village
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A Child’s Life on Grant Street: Memories of Camden
It all begins in a little row house (they call them townhouses now) on Grant Street in Camden NJ. I remember my mother telling me once that she and my father paid $3,000 for that house somewhere around 1952, when they married. I slept in the same bed with my older sister Chris, who was…
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James H. O’Brien
James Henry O’Brien was born around 1894. He served as a Yeoman 3rd Class in the United States Navy during World War I and became active in veterans and civic affairs in Camden, NJ, after the war. He was a member and once Captain of the Captain Herbert G. Sparrow Ship of the Veterans of…
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New Camden Cemetery
Northeast Corner of Mount Ephraim Avenue and Ferry Avenue New Camden Cemetery is on the northeast corner of Mount Ephraim Avenue and Ferry Avenue, opposite Evergreen Cemetery. The cemetery opened in 1887, as Old Camden Cemetery, between Mount Ephraim and Haddon Avenues north of Mount Vernon Street, was approaching capacity. The City of Camden owns…
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Frank J. Suttill
Frank J. Suttill, born on September 8, 1893, in Pennsylvania, made significant contributions to Camden County’s political and civic life. His family relocated to Camden County in 1902, marking the beginning of his long association with the area. Suttill’s political career was notable for breaking new ground in local politics. He became the first Democrat…
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Heating Your House with Coal
That center grate was also a good place to sneak a peek after you went to bed to see who was gathering in the dining room. I remember getting up in the morning and coming down to open the damper and shake down the ashes and stand there in your wool robe turning around 360…