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Camden aviator and Army Colonel; organized the South Jersey Aviation Club from his home at 106 South 27th Street and was instrumental in establishing Central Airport. Born May 25, 1884 in New Britain CT, he died in December 1961 in Ventura CA.
John Joseph O'Neil (1909-1982) was born in Camden and grew up on North 22nd Street in East Camden. Appointed to the Camden Fire Department on July 27, 1938, he served 30 years - taking time away during World War II to serve in the United States Coast Guard - was promoted to District Chief on April 1, 1961, and retired on pension on November 1, 1968.
Marlton Avenue in East Camden begins at Federal Street as an extension of State Street and runs east to the city limits; nearby houses were razed around 2006 for the new Thomas Dudley Elementary School.
Berwick Street is in East Camden, running through the 2000 and 2100 blocks between Rand Street and Marlton Pike; the street was extended to South 20th Street after the McGuire Gardens housing project was built in 1954.
Forty-Second Street runs from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again for one block between Federal Street and Fremont Street.
Forty-First Street runs from Jersey Avenue to Poplar Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again at Federal Street for one block to Myrtle Avenue.
Fortieth Street runs south from Poplar Avenue to Jersey Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again at Federal Street for one block to Myrtle Avenue.
Thirty-Ninth Street runs south from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street. City directory and newspaper records document occupants of the 200, 300 and 400 blocks from 1924 to 1947.
Thirty-Seventh Street runs south from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street. City directory and newspaper records document occupants of its 200, 300, and 400 blocks between 1900 and 1956.
26th Street, originally called Union Street in the pre-annexation Pavonia section, runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden from the Delaware River to Bank and Mickle Streets. It was laid out before 1887 and renamed after Stockton Township was absorbed by Camden in 1899.
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.
22nd Street spans the former Pavonia section — now Cramer Hill — and extends south to Federal Street in East Camden, already laid out by the time the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory was published.
Twenty-First Street runs through Cramer Hill and into East Camden, extending from Harrison Avenue to Federal Street, established by the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory.
Jersey Avenue runs northeast from North 36th Street in East Camden to the city limits at North 42nd Street, with no houses or businesses along its length.
Mickle Street, also known as Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, is a major east-west road in Camden, named for John W. Mickle, a Federal Street Ferry organizer with a large stake in the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
One of Camden's oldest and most storied streets, named after the Cooper family. Covers the full length from the waterfront to the 2000 block, including the Victor Talking Machine Company, Esterbrook Pen Company, Johnson Park, the Hotel Plaza, the Walt Whitman Hotel, the Elks Lodge, and East Camden's other Cooper Street.
Thirty-Eighth Street runs south from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again for one block between Federal Street and Fremont Street.
Harry J. Allebach was born on November 24, 1897, in Norristown, PA. He married Consuelo Elverson around 1917.
On April 9, 2012, Camden firefighters responded to two arson fires set in the vacant, condemned row houses at 2014 and 2016 Howell Street.
Obituary of Francis J. Allaire, 54, a chef at the Hawaiian Cottage in Maple Shade, who died at his home at 2942 High Street; burial in Arlington Cemetery, Pennsauken.
Camden Courier-Post - December 30, 1955 Thirteen new firemen were sworn in today by Safety Director E. George Aaron in ceremonies at City Hall .
Clarence G. Watson, 78, of 2903 High Street, was killed when a car fell from a jack in the shop at 2922 Saunders Street he had operated for 30 years; his son Thomas found the body.
Obituary of Mrs. Esther A. Nettleton, 57, of 2816 High Street, a lifelong Camden resident who died at Cooper Hospital, with services at the Harry and Edward Leonard Funeral Home, 2850 Federal Street.
1955 telephone directory advertisement for Enterprise Equipment Service, James L. Cassidy, commercial refrigeration and authorized Kooler-Keg service at 2712 High Street, Camden.
Obituary of Mrs. Mary B. Watson, 77, who died at her home at 2903 High Street after 35 years in Camden; services at the Clarence J. Eichel funeral home and burial in Cochranville, Pa.
Patrolman Joseph Carpenter recognized Robert Bailey, 49, of 236 Kaighn avenue, sought since 1947 on a robbery indictment; Municipal Judge Dzick held Bailey without bail for the grand jury.
Thirty-seven candidates passed the Civil Service test for Camden firefighter in December 1949 — among them brothers Santo and John DiMaggio of 319 Beckett Street.
Veteran Camden fireman William Earl Toy died of injuries suffered when Acting Chief William Van Pfefferle's car, which he was driving to a fire at Berwick and Boyd streets, collided with a Public Service bus at Sixteenth and Federal streets.
Samuel Rosen, 51, of 2597 Baird Boulevard, a leader in Jewish fraternal and charitable circles and one of the founders of Beth Israel synagogue, died at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Philadelphia.
Frank T. Marshall, 52, of 2725 High Street, a foreman at the RCA Manufacturing Company plant, suffered a fatal heart attack on a bus at Eleventh and Federal streets and was declared dead on arrival at Cooper Hospital.
Advisory Master William B. Knight recommended three uncontested desertion divorce decrees, including that of Mrs. Theresa B. Baldwin of 20 Haddon Avenue against William H. Baldwin of 2946 High Street.
Funeral notice for Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, 63, of 2033 High Street, a waitress for many years at the Y. M. C. A. Restaurant, survived by her husband, Charles.
Death notice for Elizabeth Watson, wife of Charles H. Watson, who died February 10, 1938, in her 63rd year, with funeral services at the Gustav Roedel & Son funeral home on North 27th Street.
James Brody, 22, was sentenced to Rahway Reformatory for a $20 robbery at a High Street candy store in 1930, committed with Harry Schultz of 2162 Berwick Street and another accomplice.
Margaret Payne of 811 North 28th Street, contestant for the "Miss Walt Whitman" contest sponsored by Walt Whitman Stores.
A Camden jury found Peter Coursey, alias "Cowboy Pete," 20, guilty of first degree murder for killing Karl Kellman; defense counsel planned to appeal to the Board of Pardons because of his youth.
Police located two more witnesses in the Karl Kellmann murder case: Berthold Neuman of 2813 High Street, who crossed the Twenty-seventh street bridge shortly before the shots, and railroad man Stewart Dahm, who was confronted by Duffield near Twenty-sixth street.
Funeral services for Karl F. Kellmann, murdered the previous Saturday night, were set for his parents' home at 2919 High Street, with Rev. Charles A. Walker of Grace Presbyterian Church officiating and private interment at Arlington Cemetery.
Fred Coursey and Harry Duffield collapse in Police Court as Detective John Painter recounts the robbery killing of 18-year-old Karl Kellmann at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets; Linnans Staley is committed as a principal.
John Kennedy, a widely known grocer at 28th and High Streets in East Camden, died after three weeks of illness from a complication of diseases.
The Camden Daily Courier of January 21, 1909 reports "Jersey Devil" tracks in the snow in the back yards of many East Side homes, including Police Captain William Alberts on Westfield avenue near Twenty-ninth street.
Death notice for Mary J. Ballinger, widow of Joshua Ballinger, who died May 29, 1899, aged 82, with funeral services at the home of her son-in-law William L. Frazier, 2717 High Street, and a second service in Salem, N. J.
Town Clerk Abbott, Supervisor of Highways Schuck and Overseer of the Poor Whelan, the late officials of Stockton, surrendered their books and papers to the Camden city officials.
Stockton notes: Miss Mamie Jaquillard, daughter of ex-Freeholder Jaquillard, married Newton S. Danenhower; Miss Clara Hilliard of Twenty-fifth and High streets visits Pemberton; and the rector of St. Wilfred's invites G. A. R. Post 102 to divine service.
Death notice for Emily L. Brill, aged 30, wife of John Brill and daughter of Wm. H. and the late Emily J. Baldwin, with funeral services at her husband's residence, 2816 High Street, Cramer Hill, and interment at Evergreen Cemetery.