Tag: Beckett Street
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Augustus E. Gondolf Sr.
Augustus Edwin “Gus” Gondolf Sr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 8, 1892. His father, Edward Gondolff, was the son of Peter Gondolff Sr., who immigrated to the United States from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. The family initially settled in Pennsylvania. Over time, most of the Gondolff sons dropped the second “f” from…
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William G. Hillman
William Grant Hillman was born on August 10, 1865, in Camden, NJ, the sixth of nine children of Edward Hillman and Margaret Grant. Edward Hillman, born on October 2, 1834, moved to Camden’s Middle Ward in the 1850s. By 1860, he was single, living with Samuel and Abigail Osler, and working as a deck hand…
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Beckett Street
Originally named Peach Street, Beckett Street derives its name from Henry and Mary Beckett, who owned a significant parcel of land that was subdivided into town lots around 1853. The Becketts held ownership of land extending from Royden to Line Street and from West to Second Street. Originally, Beckett Street ran from east to west,…
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Avon Street
Avon Street is a one-block roadway in South Camden, running south from 429 Royden Street to Line Street. It is located between West Street and South 4th Street and intersects with Beckett Street. The street appears to have been established sometime between 1878 and 1887. By 1906, six two-story brick homes had been built along…
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Angelo Anthony Leveccia (aka Joey Allen)
JOEY ALLEN was the name that Angelo Anthony Levecchia boxed under from 1928 through 1943. He was born in Camden, New Jersey on November 12, 1912 to Anthony Levecchia and his wife, the former Anna Maria Onorati. His father worked for as a laborer for many years at Camden Forge. Angelo Levecchia was one of…
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Joseph Abarno
JOSEPH ARBANO was born in New York on August 11, 1895 to Domenic and Amerosa Arbano. Domenic Arbano had come to America in 1885 with his oldest son, James, in 1885. By 1917 the family had moved to 203 Royden Street in Camden NJ. When he registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, Joseph…
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Save Man, 88, In S. Camden Home Blaze
Camden Courier-Post – January 26, 1957 A neighbor who ran several blocks Friday night when she saw smoke and flames brought firemen to rescue Samuel Liberetti, 88, of 606 Avon st., near West and Beckett sts. Liberetti was trapped in the cellar by the flames on the stairway and was found by firemen lying semi-conscious…
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City Bureaus Keep Costs Within Budget for 1937
Camden Courier-Post – February 11, 1938 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. “I believe it is…
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News and Incidents of a Day in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer – March 1, 1905 Attacked at Third and Mickle streets, Camden, late Monday night by a man, Mrs. Bessie O. Day, of Seventh and Clinton streets, had her clothing cut in strips. The man, said to be a male acquaintance, followed Mrs. Day off a ferryboat and attacked her near the P. R.…