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Adelbert J. "Duke" Kirk Sr. (1918-1989) was a Camden firefighter who was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on November 16, 1956 and served with Engine Company 3 until his retirement on December 1, 1981.
Louis Charles Schlam was born in Pennsylvania on January 31, 1887, to Henry Schlam and his wife, Catherine Spicer Schlam. He was the second of at least twelve children. His father worked as a shoemaker.
Bergen Avenue runs through the Cramer Hill section of Camden from Cleveland Avenue north to Farragut Avenue near the Delaware River, likely named for Martin V. Bergen or Christopher A. Bergen, prominent Camden legal figures in the late 1800s.
Richard Roscoe Compton Donnelly Sr. was born on September 14, 1890, to Roscoe C. Donnelly and Ella.
I just reviewed the Bergen Avenue site again. Ok, so my parents bought 1021 Bergen from the Kennedy family in 1953. My parents lived in the white house, one house from Engles Lot.
We moved to Bergen "Avenue" in 1953. We lived at 1021 Bergen Avenue which is still there. There used to be a red house [1017 Bergen Avenue — ed.] next to the lot which was Engle's Bar. The lot belonged to the bar.
Six Camden men — Thomas S. Watson Jr., Lloyd W. Henshall, Lloyd G. Birdsong, Leon J. Johnson, Richard P. Williams and Curtis J. Britt — began basic training on January 3, 1969, bringing the Camden Fire Department to full complement.
Obituary for Edgar S. Boulton of 1133 Bergen Avenue, a retired Camden police officer who joined the department in 1908 after three years with the fire department; services at Gustav Roedel and Son Funeral Home.
Obituary for William D. Moore, 859 Bergen Avenue, a longtime proprietor of a vulcanizing establishment in East Camden and accomplished musician who died in March 1939; burial at Arlington Cemetery, Philadelphia.
Death notice for Marion W. Piper (nee Diggs), wife of Harry S. Piper, who died March 24, 1932 in her 55th year; formerly of 1100 Bergen Avenue, services at her late residence at 2813 Harrison Avenue.