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John Martin Schreiber, better known as Martin Schrieber, moved to New Jersey in 1903 to work for the Public Service Corporation, the state's largest public transit company and an early predecessor of today's Transport of New Jersey.
This post is an excerpt from the Book History of Camden County in the Great War , published in 1917-1918 Another weapon to defeat the enemy was the establishment of City Farm Gardens in the country.
Bailey Street runs through North Camden from the 200 block near Cooper Street north to the 800 block. It appears to be named for real estate developer William T. Bailey, who built rows of homes along State, Grant, Bailey, and York Streets in the late 19th century.
Harry McConnell, originally Henry Francis McConnell, was born on May 12, 1899, in Camden. He had an older brother, Dan McConnell , who was a well-known journalist in Camden, writing for the Camden Post-Telegram and the Camden Courier-Post .
The Camden Chiselers Club was organized in 1930 by Camden County Chief of Detectives Larry Doran , attorney Rocco Palese , and several other members of Camden's political and business community.
Herbert Anderson was born in New Jersey in 1891 to George W. Anderson and his wife Lizzie Anderson, one of at least four children. His father served as a member of the Camden Police Department from the 1890s through at least 1916.
Tydeman & Dooley were a pair of comedic acrobats who starred on the B.F. Keith vaudeville circuit in the 1900s and 1910s. Vincent A. Tydeman grew up in Camden, and also had a long career as a minor league baseball player.
Camden's First Radio Station Camden's oldest radio station dates back to September 1925 when it signed on as WFBI at 1270 AM under the ownership of Robert Galvin. The city government became involved soon afterward.
The Towers Theatre on Broadway and Pine Street predated movies, and featured both film and live entertainment into the 1950s.
Vincent Ariel Tydeman was born in New Jersey on August 24, 1883, to Edmund and Sarah Tydeman, who emigrated from England to the U.S. in 1878 with their nine children. The Tydemans welcomed another child, Florence, just before the 1880 census.
Dan McConnell (born c. 1873) was one of the best South Jersey lightweight boxers of the 1890s, fighting professionally from 1896 to 1902 with 41 recorded wins.
Camden Courier-Post - June 1, 1939 Acquinas Club A reunion-dinner of members of the old Aquinas Club, disbanded nearly 25 years ago, will be held during the latter part of June, Pasquale Iarossi , committee chairman, announced.
By Dan McConnell Vincent J. Gallaher, of Collingswood, a Camden attorney and chairman of the Camden County Democratic Committee, will be elected county solicitor at tonight's regular meeting of the coalition-controlled Camden County Board of Freeholders.
Second Time in Year's Service Coalition Freeholder Told Inspector Job Will End on February 15 REFUSES TO PUT BLAME FOR OUSTER ON BAIRD By DAN McCONNELL Freeholder James L. Turnbull, Republican member of the coalition group in the Camden County Board of Freeholders, for the second time in a year has lost a position with the State Board of Public Utility Commissioners.