Tag: Fairview Street
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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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James T. McGrory, Jr
James T. McGrory was born on July 25, 1927, to James T. McGrory and Marguerite McGrory (née unknown). In the 1930 Census, the McGrory family, including James’ younger siblings Doris and Joseph, resided at 527 Fairview Street. At that time, James’ father worked as a manager at an American Stores grocery. The 1940 Camden City…
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William Laute
WILLIAM LAUTE was born in Germany in 1871 to Gottlien Herman “Herman” Laute and his wife, the former Henriette Caroline Emilie Behrndt. His father came to America for the first time in 1878. and reunited his family in the early 1880s. By 1890 the elder Laute had moved to 741 Fairview Street in Camden with…
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Bergen Avenue Memories
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. My mom and dad bought this, their first house after renting the…
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Guns Await Sniper in Suburban Towns
Camden Courier-Post – February 4, 1928 Mystery Marks 16th Effort as Victim Gives Fake Address With orders to “shoot on sight” issued to suburban police in their search for South Jersey’s “phantom sniper,” that mysterious individual today had a “phantom victim,” At the Haddon Heights police station is a piece of glass with the notation…