Tag: Howell Street

  • Howell Street

    Howell Street is located in East Camden. Today, it starts at 20th Street, just east of East State Street, near the bridge that spans the railroad yard. In the past, a few houses stood below State Street. Howell Street runs parallel to the railroad tracks until 27th Street, then continues across 27th to 30th Street.…

  • Allen Palmer

    Allen Palmer

    Allen Palmer was born on April 20, 1891, in the Ellisburg section of Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill), New Jersey, to John and Ida Palmer. By 1900, the family had moved to 26 North 21st Street in East Camden. Along with Allen, the family included his siblings William, Howard, George, and Leroy Palmer. An uncle,…

  • Vincent Ariel Tydeman

    Vincent Ariel Tydeman

    Vincent Ariel Tydeman was born in New Jersey on August 24, 1883, to Edmund and Sarah Tydeman, who emigrated from England to the U.S. in 1878 with their nine children. The Tydemans welcomed another child, Florence, just before the 1880 census. Edmund Tydeman, the eldest son of a Baptist minister and an optician by profession,…

  • Fire at 2014 and 2016 Howell Street

    May 7, 2012 By Phil Cohen Long vacant and the seen of many fires over the years, the abandoned row-houses comprising 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016 Howell Street were scheduled for demolition in March of 2012. Fires were set in these vacant building twice in March, and on the night of April 9,…

  • Children Secure Father’s Release

    Children Secure Father’s Release

    Camden Post-Telegram – July 18, 1916 Promises to Mend Erring Ways and Heartily Thanks Recorder. Charge Made by Colored Woman Taking into consideration that he had five small children and a wife dependent upon him Recorder Stackhouse this morning released Charles Becker, aged 28 years, of 2936 Howell street, in his own recognizance, after he…