People
Rasheer Fleming
Rasheer Fleming was born in Camden, NJ on July 10, 2004 and as of 2025 is a professional NBA player for the Phoenix Suns.
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Gloucester City
Manufacturing and Hardware
Sitley and Son
Sitley & Son was established by Arthur M. Sitley and his son, Frank Budd Sitley. Originally farmers, the Sitleys recognized a business opportunity in Camden and began selling grain, feed, and farm equipment.
People
John McKay
John McKay was born on October 22, 1891, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Malcolm and Mary McKay. Along with his brothers Malcolm, Thomas, and Stanley, John grew up at 362 East Indiana Avenue in Philadelphia, as recorded in the 1900 Census.
People
John A. Mather Jr.
General John Atkinson Mather Jr. was born on July 17, 1865, in Gloucester City, NJ , to John and Luisa Wallace Dawson Mather.
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Eli E. Conaghy
Eli Edward Conaghy was born on August 24, 1900, in Camden, New Jersey. His father, James P. Conaghy, was involved in the Eagle Coal and Ice Company, a business he co-operated with his uncle, Joseph Henry Conaghy, located at 246 Pine Street by 1906.
Historical Accounts
A Brief History of the City of Camden
Incorporated in 1828, the progress and possibilities of Camden have far exceeded the expectations of the Founders and Incorporators. The year 1928 witnessed the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of Camden as a city.
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1890 Gloucester City Review
The day was when Gloucester was merely a rendezvous for fisherman and boatmen; but now it has developed into a growing manufacturing city of eight thousand inhabitants, the various industries employing three thousand hands.
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Marriage Licenses
A marriage license notice for Francis J. Bleja, 20, of 1609 Collings Road, Camden, and Margaret Douglass of 223 Greenwood Avenue, Gloucester.
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George Shapiro Dies, Was Tavernkeeper
George Shapiro, 58, of 1357 Park Boulevard, operator of a tavern at 402 Federal Street for many years, died in Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia; burial in Crescent Burial Park, Pennsauken.
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Mrs. Conaghy Dies, Former Jail Matron
Mrs. Theodosia Conaghy, 82, who served 27 years as matron of the Camden County Jail, died at the Berkley Street home of a nephew, Eli E. Conaghy.
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4 Boys Saved In Creek at Gloucester
The Highland Park Rescue Squad saved four Camden boys from Newton Creek at Gloucester City after their cut-loose rowboat drifted; two, including Larry Ludwick of 692 Woodland Avenue, were stuck waist deep in mud.
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A-1 Quality Cleaners & Tailors (Yellow Pages)
A 1955 New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages advertisement for A-1 Quality Cleaners and Tailors, established 1933, at Collings Avenue and Alabama Road, Camden, and 201 N. Broadway, Gloucester.
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Life Hereabouts
Charley Humes's "Life Hereabouts" column of March 19, 1949, recalling Camden and Gloucester City's fight days — bouts at the Armory on Haddon Avenue and the ball park at Twelfth and Federal Streets — and the boxers, promoters and referees of the era.
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Support Your Church and Buy a Home in East Camden
Page 19 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: an advertisement for Edward J. Borden, real estate, insurance and mortgages, at 702 Market Street, a continued installment of "The Origin of St. Joseph's Parish," and an advertisement for Frank Quinn & Co., religious articles and church goods.
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Hartmann Approves Plans for 2 Modern Stores at 213-215 Broadway
Camden Courier-Post - February 14, 1938 Plans for two modern stores on the site of 213-15 Broadway , have been approved by Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann .
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Lloyd Criticizes Localities for Diverting Money
Supreme Court Justice Frank T. Lloyd yesterday "laid down the law" to four Camden county municipalities at a hearing of the county's mandamus proceedings to compel payment of $426,952 in back taxes for the years 1930, 1931 and 1932.
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$33,000 Damages Awarded in Suits Over Truck Crash
A Circuit Court jury awarded $33,000 against the Scott-Powell Dairies to two boys hurt in a 1929 truck collision in Gloucester, among them William Kennedy Jr. of 1503 Collings Road, Fairview; former state policeman Anton Olsen won $8743.95 in a separate suit.
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The Young Syndicate
Ben Courter's January 18, 1932 Camden Courier-Post column recalls D. Cooper Carman, Camden city clerk from 1884 until his death in 1889, and the "young syndicate" of Republicans that sent Maurice A. Rogers to the State Senate and beat back "Billy" Thompson's race-track faction.
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Political Paragraphs
Camden Courier-Post - October 31, 1931 Gloucester Republicans concluded their final Baird rally of the campaign last night at their headquarters, 101 North King Street.
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Held Under Bail on Wife's Serious Charge
Mrs. Sadie Costell, a widow living on Woodland Avenue, held under bail with Benjamin Goldthrope on a charge made by his wife, was released on her own recognizance because she had small children who needed her care.
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Death Won Race to Dying Father
Camden Post-Telegram - September 2, 1908 Funeral of Former Councilman Ferdinand McWilliams Awaits Son's Arrival.
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John Pugh's Body Found in Creek
Two boatmen found the body of John Pugh, 65, missing from 439 Viola Street, in Newton Creek with a paving block tied to his neck; his son-in-law Benjamin E. Mellor identified him and the coroner issued a certificate of suicide.
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On the Conductors and the Motormen
There is a determined effort in Camden to keep pace with other cities that have indorsed The Inquirer's plan to give cheer to trolley conductors and motormen.
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Over in Camden
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden roundup of January 16, 1894: monthly vital statistics and contagious-disease reports, a perjury case, the death of Charles E. Fish, the Democratic City Committee's new officers, and a saloon robbery at 1143 Broadway.
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They Say That Jordan Did It
Coroner Tomlinson's inquest into the murder of Lizzie Copelaine in her store at 620 Kaighn Avenue heard testimony from County Physician Iszard, Lieutenant John S. Smith and others; the jury held Charles Jordan responsible.
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Over in Camden
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden roundup of August 12, 1891: saloonkeeper William Gallagher of 106 Kaighn avenue pays his Sunday-selling fine, the Rev. J. Livingston Allen of the Kaighn Avenue Methodist Church marks his silver anniversary, and Thomas Guthridge sues the West Jersey Railroad Company for $10,000.
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Frightened to Death
The Gloucester Ghost Folly Causes a Tragedy How a Boy Sustained a Nervous Shock Through a Practical Joke Since the burial of little Charley Thomas, on Sunday afternoon, the 11th inst.