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Martin B. Carrigan, born in Pennsylvania in July 1872, was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in 1904, rose to Captain, and died in the line of duty on January 19, 1922 of injuries sustained fighting the Kaighn Avenue fire.
Barton Lane was born in Camden in November 1840 to James S. and Mary Lane. His father was a bookbinder. The Lane family moved to Camden shortly after the birth of Barton's older brother, James M. Lane, and they were in town for the 1840 Census.
James H. Carey was born in Pennsylvania in October of 1838 to parents James and Catherine Carey. During the 1850 Census, the Carey family resided in Lower Dublin Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. In 1860, the Careys relocated to Camden.
Berkley Street was originally spelled Berkeley Street, named for Lord Berkeley, who co-owned the colony of New Jersey from 1664 to 1674. East of Broadway it was known as Hamilton Street until 1882. This page covers occupants from the 200 block through the 3000 block.
Finley Phillips, 38, needed thirty-two stitches at West Jersey Hospital after a razor slashing at a South Eighth Street home; William Giles was held on bail after Motorcycle Policeman Thomas Kauffman arrested both men.
Camden Courier-Post advertisement, March 28, 1932, for Richard O'Neill, 6th and Berkley Streets, offering houses to rent for $15 to $35.
John Doris, 30, a Philadelphia gangster, was tried, convicted and sentenced by Judge Samuel M. Shay to 10 years in New Jersey State Prison for the April 29 shooting of Joseph Connors in Kaighn avenue near Broadway; his wife fainted in court as the penalty was set.
Discharged from West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital, Joseph Connors of Gloucester refused to identify John Doris as the man who shot him in a brawl over a girl on Broadway near Kaighn avenue on April 28, 1929.
Emil Steinhauer, 25, of 452 Henry Street, Camden, was arrested by Detective Hart on a charge of being the man who startled the household of Dr. A. B. Reader at 1135 Kaighn's Avenue by suddenly appearing in different parts of the home.
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden roundup of July 31, 1899: Theodore Shaw of 434 Henry street sent home from Cooper Hospital after a stabbing, a tandem-bicycle scorching arrest on the Mt. Ephraim pike, and a gasoline-stove fire at Albert K. Snyder's restaurant at 311 Kaighn avenue.