Tag: Gloucester City
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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. By 1910, the family had relocated to 607 Powell Street in Gloucester City, New Jersey.…
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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. His father, John Mather Sr., had served as a Sergeant with Company H of the 10th New Jersey Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The Mather family called 423 South 3rd Street in…
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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. Theodosia Hunt Conaghy, born in Gloucester City, New Jersey, in March…
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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. But, the early history of the community dates back to 1631. Camden ante-dates her big neighbor across…
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1890 Gloucester City Review
Gloucester. 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. The place has churches of all denominations, electric lights, telegraphic, mail, and express facilities. It is desirably located on the…
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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. The stores, modernistic in design, will be built for Abraham Brandt, of 104 King street, Gloucester City. The contractor will be S. Levy, Inc. Two former stores on the sites…
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Lloyd Criticizes Localities for Diverting Money
Camden Courier-Post – June 20, 1933 Tells Them They Are Trustees for County’s Share of Every Dollar Taken In Postpones Mandamus 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…
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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. Polls throughout the slate will open for the general election Tuesday at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. All voters in the polling place at 8 p.m. or in…
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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. Former Councilman Ferdinand McWilliams died at his home on Mercer Street, Gloucester City, yesterday afternoon, after a lingering illness. The deceased was one of the oldest residents of Gloucester and during the war of the Rebellion served as a sergeant…
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Frightened to Death
The Camden Post – March 19, 1883 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., from the residence of his brother, on Broadway, in Gloucester City, there have been all kinds of…