Tag
Adelbert J. "Duke" Kirk Sr. (1918-1989) was a Camden firefighter who was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on November 16, 1956 and served with Engine Company 3 until his retirement on December 1, 1981.
The Polish American Citizens Club (P.A.C.C.), organized in 1914, provided social and educational resources for the Polish-American community centered around St. Joseph's Church in the Whitman Park section of Camden, NJ.
Morse Street in East Camden was named for Henry G. Morse, founder and president of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, whose Camden shipyard led to the creation of Yorkship Village.
Henry Evans Zook was born on March 29, 1888, in Evesham Township, New Jersey, to John Trimble Zook Sr. and Mary B. Evans.
Linden Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street in Camden; large portions were demolished for the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Rutgers University and the toll plaza.
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.
Carman Street ran from Broadway to South 8th Street downtown and, across the Cooper River, from 15th Street through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at 31st Street. It is apparently named for William Carman, whose home at Broadway and Federal Street stood until 1902.
Linda Boris recalls growing up in a row house at 716 Grant Street in Camden in the 1950s and early 1960s — Cold War drills, Catholic school, her Polish-American grandparents, and the neighborhood she left in 1963.
Grant Street is a street in Camden, New Jersey, named after Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War hero and 18th President of the United States.
It all begins in a little row house (they call them townhouses now) on Grant Street in Camden NJ. I remember my mother telling me once that she and my father paid $3,000 for that house somewhere around 1952, when they married.
29th Street runs from the Delaware River south across River Road to the Pavonia railroad yards, then from Pleasant Street to Westfield Avenue and from Federal Street to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.
Clare Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden, running from Pine Street to Division Street. Originally called Pine Avenue, it was renamed Clare Street between 1878 and 1890, then later renamed Jesthroe Hunt Sr. Lane in honor of a Camden firefighter who passed away in 2005.
Bailey Street appears to be named for real estate developer William T. Bailey, who was responsible for building rows of homes between North 5th and North 6th Streets on State, Grant, Bailey and York Streets.
Division Street runs across South Camden. In 1997, a portion of the street was renamed Ramona Gonzalez Street to honor a community leader; the remainder continues to be known as Division Street.
Joseph A. Alcorn (1919-1958) was a Camden, New Jersey native and US Marine Corps veteran who founded Alcorn Motor Sales on Federal Street in East Camden.
A December 1, 2007 fire at 418 Grant Street drew a second alarm as flames spread to neighboring buildings, with no injuries reported.
Camden Courier-Post - July 31, 1991 Camden Fire Called Suspicious By MAURICE TAMMAN CAMDEN — At least 12 people were forced from their homes after a three-alarm fire damaged six row houses in the 700 block of Grant Street Tuesday.
John Toman, 66, of 520 Grant Street, a retired New York Shipbuilding Corporation employee, died in 1967.
A June 1958 legal notice that Camden Post 980, Inc. V.F.W. applied to renew its club liquor license at 61 South 6th Street, listing Commander Frank Luczkiewicz of 704 Carman Street and the post's other officers and trustees.
Two North Camden men, including Joseph Packer of 621 Grant Street, reported being attacked in separate street assaults in December 1957.
Camden Courier-Post - December 30, 1955 Thirteen new firemen were sworn in today by Safety Director E. George Aaron in ceremonies at City Hall .
Death notice for Clarinda Stuhlert, 84, widow of John H. Stuhlert and formerly of 543 Grant Street, Camden.
Obituary of Frederick H. Hough Jr., 49, of 312 Grant Street, assistant foreman of the Courier-Post composing room, who died in Cooper Hospital in August 1951.
The April 1950 announcement of the engagement of Doris F. Foote of 845 Grant Street to Norman Cross.
James G. Howland, 67, of 520 Grant Street, a former New York Shipyard employee and member of Grace Lutheran Church, died in 1948.
Funeral notice for Mrs. Mildred E. Burman of 618 Grant Street, with services at New Camden Cemetery.
Daniel N. McLeod, 45, of 531 Grant Street, a barge captain, was found drowned in the Hudson River at Albany in July 1941.
Death notice for William Seibert, 56, of 653 Grant Street, a Railway Express Co. employee who died at West Jersey Hospital in May 1940.
Hospital cases reported in Camden on February 14, 1938, including Ralph Williams of 413 North 29th Street treated at West Jersey Hospital for a laceration of the knee.
Camden Courier-Post - February 12, 1938 Arrested at Second and Main streets with a sink in their possession, two youths were given suspended six-month sentences yesterday by Police Judge Mariano .
The family of the late Samuel W. Saunders of 523 Grant Street published a card of thanks following his death.
Three youths, including Vincent St. John of 843 Grant Street, received suspended sentences for larceny of copper from the Highland Worsted Company.
The funeral of Samuel Saunders, 37, of 523 Grant Street, killed in a runaway accident, will be held Monday at the Joseph H. Murray and Son funeral home.
Camden Courier-Post - Feburary 4, 1938 Four persons in a small coupe were injured last night when the machine crashed into a pole at Seventeenth Street and Admiral Wilson Boulevard during a dense fog.
Camden Courier-Post - February 3, 1938 Fatally injured in a runaway accident yesterday, Samuel Saunders, 37, of 523 Grant Street , died at 5.15 p. m. in Cooper Hospital of a fractured skull and concussion of the brain.
Mrs. Anne Ewing McKay, 75, of 520 Grant Street, a Camden resident for 35 years, died in Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pa., after two weeks' illness with a heart ailment.
Mrs. Anna F. Schultz, 56, wife of George R. Schultz of 523 Grant Street, died in 1936 and is survived by four sons and four daughters.
Police Judge Lewis Liberman yesterday sent one man to jail for violating the city criminal registration ordinance and fined another for being a numbers writer.
A dog that bit five persons in North Camden was confirmed rabid by the state board of health, city sanitary inspector Dr. David B. Helm, Jr. announced.
Group Gaining Weight in Vermont Mountains as They Clear Timber to Make Way for Jam, And Sleep Under Heavy Blankets Forty-three Camden city and county men with Company 2204, Citizens' Conservation Corps, are now located at Knapp Andrew Camp, Montpelier, Vt., word received here yesterday disclosed.
Charges Husband Trapped on Pretense of Returning Child Accused by his wife of binding her to a chair and threatening her life with a knife and with gas, Charles Flippen, 26, of 609 Grant Street , was held without bail for the grand jury by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast yesterday.
The American Jewish Yearbook, 1931–1932, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America, lists 40 Camden annual members with their addresses, including Lewis Liberman, 307 Market Street.
Michael Walsh, 65, of 846 Grant Street, was granted an increased pension through the efforts of Congressman Charles A. Wolverton of Camden.
The Camden Courier-Post of February 13, 1928 reports that George Zimmerman and John Connors, who had claimed they were wounded by the "phantom sniper" near the Federal street bridge, were held for the grand jury on charges of having explosives after City Detective McGrath testified to a mysterious blast at Zimmerman's home.
With orders to "shoot on sight" issued to suburban police hunting South Jersey's "phantom sniper," a man giving a fake name reported a 16th shooting that investigators could not verify, while a 15th victim came forward separately in Collingswood.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fenner of 615 Grant Street announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Rose M. Fenner, to John A. Harrison.
Ralph Burrough, 18, drowned in the Delaware River while swimming to a yacht; his body was recovered by J.R. McDonald of 528 Byron Street and Christopher Moll of 610 York Street.
Samuel L. Magill of 329 Grant Street was among the men selected for mechanical training at Lafayette College.
Marriage license notices issued by the Camden City Clerk in October 1913, including Madeline Brion of 656 Grant Street.
John Harris of Burlington was arrested in July 1913 for the larceny of jewelry from Mrs. Harriett Reynolds of 729 Grant Street.