Tag: City Directory
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Camden Terrace
Camden Terrace was a small street in Camden's Eighth Ward, running south from Fairview Street between South 6th Street and Master Street. It is absent from the 1906, 1914, and 1918 City Directories but does appear in the 1924 edition. However, there are no homes listed on Camden Terrace in the reverse directories from 1924…
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Berkley Hall
601 Berkley Street Berkley Hall was built in 1895. It stands at 601 Berkley Street, the northeast corner of 6th and Berkley Streets. Berkley Hall appears in Camden’s City Directories from its construction through the 1920s. Its usage prior to 1912 is unknown to the author. Sometime in 1912 the building was being utilized by…
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Raymond T. Amos
RAYMOND T. AMOS was born in Frankford, Delaware on December 28, 1905 to Albert and Catherine Amos. His father was a minister. The family had moved to Camden by the summer of 1910 and taken up residence at 1004 Central Avenue. The family had moved to 825 Walnut Street in South Camden by January of…
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Eugene F. Alston
EUGENE F. ALSTON was born October 16, 1919 in Camden to Richard Alston and his wife, the former Dolly Robinson. His father had been born in 1891 in Henderson, North Carolina. Richard Alston was working as a laborer at the Victor Talking Machine Company in June of 1917, and had married. Mr. and Mrs. Alston…
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Amanda Alloway
Amanda Alloway, who was born in New Jersey in November 1843, had a notable life deeply intertwined with the historical tapestry of Camden, New Jersey. She married Joseph Alloway by 1863, and the couple had three children: Charles, born in December 1863, Joseph, born on November 22, 1865, and Ida May, born around 1867. The…
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Edwin F. Allen
EDWIN FORREST ALLEN was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on October 9, 1872, as a replacement for David B. Sparks, who had resigned. He served as an extra man with the Hook and Ladder Company (present-day Ladder Company 1). He was resigned from his position with the Fire Department on June 30, 1873. He…
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1936 Camden Phone Directory
The following is an excert from Phil Cohen: I obtained this directory on eBay. It was pretty badly deteriorated then, but given that there were no City Directories published for Camden between 1931 and 1940, I felt that is quite important to get hold of this one…. it being the only source of WHO WAS…
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1911 Camden City Directory
This is only a partial scan and, frankly, it was scanned in a way that OCR may not work as intended.
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1872 Camden City Directory
The 1872 edition of the Camden City Directory, published by Sinnickson Chew, contained 1,200 more names due to city growth and expansion, reflecting Camden';s increasing metropolitan character.