People
A. Wesley Faust
Ambrose Wesley "Wes" Faust served with the Camden Fire Department from 1951 to 1961, and later became a police sergeant with New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, where he died on duty in 1977.
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Linden Street
People
Charles H. Lawyer
Charles H. Lawyer (1924–1994) served with the Camden Fire Department from 1948 to 1974. Appointed on March 2, 1948 to Engine Company 9 in East Camden, he was promoted to Captain on April 1, 1956 and spent most of his career with Engine Company 6 at Front and Linden Streets. He grew up on North 35th Street in Cramer Hill and later lived at 1032 North 22nd Street.
People
John P. Gryckiewicz
John Paul Gryckiewicz (1918–2006) served 40 years with the Camden Fire Department, rising to captain of Engine Company 6, and was decorated for heroism in multiple rescues. A World War II Navy veteran, he served as a chief machinist mate aboard the Camden-built USS South Dakota.
Streets
11th Street
Eleventh Street ran north from Market Street through to Pearl Street. Over time, North 11th Street was erased block by block, until only a short segment between Penn and Linden Streets survives. South 11th Street is a connecting road with no residential addresses.
Streets
10th Street
City directory records and newspaper accounts for 10th Street, one of Camden’s longest thoroughfares, running from State Street in North Camden through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park to Morgan Village, 1870s–1970s.
People
Edward A. Preisendanz
Edward Adam Preisendanz was the son of Rudolph and Annie Preisendanz and was born in Camden, New Jersey, on November 14, 1883.
Streets
Burns Street
Burns Street was in Camden's Poet's Row neighborhood, named for Robert Burns. Three blocks of row homes built in the 1890s, all destroyed in the catastrophic Poet's Row fire of August 1972.
People
James J. Daly
James J. Daly was born in Camden around 1881 and spent nearly his entire life there. He was the son of James P. Daly and his wife. His father entered the bar business as early as 1906, operating Daly's Café at 800 Linden Street .
People
James McDade
James McDade was born in Pennsylvania in September 1860 and had moved to Camden by 1884. His wife, Emma Ferkler, was seven years older than him.
People
Florence "Sally" Horner
Florence "Sally" Horner: A Tragic Story of Abduction and Inspiration Florence "Sally" Horner lived with her widowed mother, Ella Horner, at 944 Linden Street in North Camden when, in June 1948, she was abducted by Frank LaSalle.
People
George Birch
George Birch was born on May 10, 1905, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father either passed away or abandoned the family, leaving George's mother, Katherine Halligan, an illiterate Irish immigrant, to raise him alone.
People
Betty Jean Turner
Betty Jean Turner was born on August 12, 1944, in Metter, Georgia, to Willie Pearl and H.S. Turner. The Turner family eventually migrated north and settled in Penns Grove, New Jersey, where Betty received her formal education.
Streets
Erie Street
Erie Street in North Camden runs from Beach Avenue to 9th Street, crossing Delaware Avenue, Point, Front, Segal, and the numbered streets 2nd through 9th.
Streets
12th Street
Camden has two separate 12th Streets: North Twelfth, which once ran from Federal Street to the Cooper River before being largely erased by highway construction, and South Twelfth, which runs from Fairview Street to Lakeshore Drive and is lined with post-World War II rowhouses.
Streets
9th Street
Ninth Street is one of Camden's longest north–south thoroughfares, running from the Delaware River waterfront in North Camden, through the city's central corridor, and far south through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park. Block numbering begins at Federal Street.
Historical Accounts
Old Cooper Street
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.
People
Edward N. Cohn
Edward N. Cohn was born in 1832. On the 1870 U.S. Census, he reported his birthplace as Bohemia, while in the 1880 Census he listed it as Germany. It is likely he was born in a region that is now part of the Czech Republic.
Streets
2nd Street
2nd Street extends north-south between Front Street and 3rd Street, running parallel to the Delaware River until Mechanic Street. In the early 1970s, several buildings were cleared on the east side of North 2nd Street below Mickle Street to make way for the Royal Court townhomes and Mickle Tower senior citizens apartment building.
Streets
5th Street
Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.
News Articles
Two N. Camden Men Attacked by Thugs
Two North Camden men, including Joseph Packer of 621 Grant Street, reported being attacked in separate street assaults in December 1957.
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Hospital Cases
Cooper Hospital cases from December 1956, including David Lenher, 21, of 290 Ablett Village, treated for a dog bite. Camden Courier-Post, December 11, 1956.
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Dominick Persiani Rites Arranged for Saturday
Camden Courier-Post - May 21, 1953 High Mass for Dominick J. Persiani , 35, will be sung Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Sacred Heart R. C. Church . Relatives in the funeral home of Joseph A. Falco, 1020 S. 4th st. , where friends may call Friday night.
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15 Dead, 2 Missing from South Jersey
The War Department's June 13, 1944 casualty list named fifteen South Jersey men killed and two missing, among them Corporal Stephen V. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street, Camden — one of twelve on the list who had been lost with the troopship HMT Rohna in the Mediterranean seven months earlier.
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Manfredini Saloon Padlocked 15 Days
Alcohol Control Board Issues Order After Horse Race Sheets Are Found Joseph Manfredini , saloon operator of 306 Federal Street , must close the doors of his place for the next fifteen days by order of the Municipal Alcoholic Beverage Control.
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2 Jailed for Begging Money from Autoists
Camden Courier-Post - June 25, 1933 Charged with being drunk and disorderly, James Kelly, 34, of 324 Penn Street , and Charles Murphy, 59, of 423 Stevens Street , were each sentenced to 60 days in jail Saturday by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast .
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2 Camden Men Pay Liquor Law Fines in Federal Court
Three From Shore Also Assessed by Judge Avis for Rum Possession ALL 5 PLEAD GUILTY Two Camden men were among a group of five liquor law violators to pay fines yesterday in U. S. District Court before Judge John Boyd Avis after pleading guilty to charges of possession.
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Bridge Board to Take 27 Properties as Safety Zone for Rail Underpass
Fourth Street Houses Between Main and Linden Considered Valuation Last Year set at $133,875, But May Go to $110,000 For 1933 Landmarks Included Twenty-seven properties, some of which are landmarks of generations past, are to be acquired by the Delaware River Joint Commission to make way for the proposed North Fourth Street underpass beneath tracks of the Camden bridge rapid transit line.
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Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire
A mixing-tank explosion touched off a disastrous fire that swept the N.Z. Graves Paint and Varnish Company plant on Twelfth Street, Camden, between Linden and Federal streets — destroying more than half a million dollars in property, injuring three, and driving families from their homes. (Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908.)
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Sixteen Appointed to Fire Department
Meeting at the home of its ailing chairman, Dr. Frank Neall Robinson, the fire committee of Camden City Council recommended sixteen men — Martin Carrigan among them — for appointment to the Fire Department, drawn from wards throughout the city.
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Genther—Jaeckel
Miss Florence M. Jaeckel of Camden and Frederick Genther of Philadelphia were married in a Camden parlor at 136 York Street, the residence of the bride's parents.
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Election Frauds in Camden
RETURNS ALTERED TO FAVOR THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY CLERK Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 7, 1885.