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John C. Voll Jr. (1900-1979) was born in Camden and served the Camden Fire Department for 40 years, entering the department on January 15, 1925 and retiring on December 1, 1965. He lived his later years at 2737 Garfield Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden.
Charles Behrend of Camden, NJ served as a Private First Class in Company C, 309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on September 25, 1918 during the Battle of St. Mihiel and is buried at St. Mihiel American Cemetery in Thiaucourt, France.
Russell J. Anderson (1897–1958) served with the Camden Fire Department for over 27 years, from December 1930 until his death in June 1958, assigned to Ladder Company 1 and later the Electrical Bureau.
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.
Edward Adam Preisendanz was the son of Rudolph and Annie Preisendanz and was born in Camden, New Jersey, on November 14, 1883.
Alfred Cramer was born in 1844 on a farm in Blackwood. He lived there until he was sixteen, at which poin the began working as a book salesman. This early sales experience would later prove to be a valuable foundation for his success in business.
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.
Ambler Street was a small street in South Camden that ran from Cooper Street north to Penn Street. There were still homes on Ambler Street as late as 1924, but no occupied addresses by 1947.
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.
Sycamore Street is one of Camden's "tree" streets, originally running east from Front Street to Haddon Avenue; its intersections at 7th, 8th and Louis Streets were hubs for different ethnic and cultural communities.
Penn Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street in Camden. First listed in the 1867 city directory, it lost blocks to the expansion of Rutgers University and the building of Route 676.
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.
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.
Main Street is a diagonal street in North Camden running southeast from State and Point Streets. The 1878 city directory listed it as starting at the Vine Street Ferry.
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.
Market Street in Camden was likely named because it linked via the ferry to Market Street in Philadelphia, which it follows on the map; no known market existed on it. Includes a circa 1893 photo looking east from N. 2nd Street.
EUGENE F. ALSTON was born October 16, 1919 in Camden to Richard Alston and his wife, the former Dolly Robinson. His father had been born in 1891 in Henderson, North Carolina.
WILLIAM C. AITKEN was born around 1846. He first came to America in 1869. He moved to Camden in the early 1880s. He was active as a builder in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
, where he worked as a clerk in a store. He was then a lodger in the home of Frederic Sohn, at 489 York Avenue. He married around 1881.
William Abels was born in Pennsylvania around 1839 to Andrew and Sarah Abels. His family was living in Wilmington in 1850.
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.
My father, Joseph A. Alcorn , had a used car dealership on the corner of 15th and Federal Streets . He started the business with Skip Gardner as his partner in the late 40's and bought Skip out during that same period.
March 30, 1970 Captain Maycott as last member removed from collapse is carried to waiting ambulance. Units at scene breached walls and performed tunneling and shoring operations to reach trapped members.
A May 19, 1964 advertisement in which Harry N. Layer & Co., Guild Opticians, congratulates New Jersey on its tercentenary and announces three locations, including 517 Penn Street, Camden.
George Humphries, convicted in 1953 of setting fire to his mother-in-law's home at 1049 North 31st Street in November 1952 and sentenced to 3 to 10 years, was announced eligible for parole by the State Parole Board in December 1957.
Municipal Judge Marino held PRSL engineer John C. Gillon for the grand jury in December 1957 on a manslaughter charge in the deaths of John and Karen Wawrzyniak on the trestle at Mechanic and Louis streets, along with a motorist in a separate death.
Obituary of Walter W. Johnson, 88, a lifelong Camden resident who lived at 415 Penn Street with his son. Former Republican leader of the Seventh Ward, Freeholder from 1911 to 1913 and chief clerk of the Highway Department.
Nine retiring employees of the Camden County Welfare Board were honored at a dinner in February 1956, including board director Mrs. Etta C. Pfrommer of 1061 North 31st Street, who had served since 1941.
Max J. Schilling, 72, a resident of the Milner Hotel, died in Cooper Hospital. Born in Mindelheim, Germany, he came to the United States in 1910 and was a retired clerk.
Drunken driving charges against Edward Dickerson of Barrington were dismissed after a physician testified he was fit to drive when arrested on complaint of John R. Frett of 1236 North 29th Street, following a bumper collision at 4th and Penn Streets.
Angel M. Rodriguez, 35, of 300 Penn St., and Fernando Reyes, 52, of 708 Carman St., were beaten in January 1954; Rodriguez's car was stolen and Reyes said he was robbed of $150.
Joseph Johnson of 313 North 11th Street and Miss Shirley Ann Kee of South 8th Street to wed at Masonic Temple, 761 Walnut Street, with Rev. Lloyd A. Burrus officiating.
Kaighn School Razed; Blazes Set in Church, Unoccupied House Police today are investigating the possibility that three fires Wednesday within a quarter-mile area inside of three hours and 46 minutes were the work of a firebug.
Death notice for Arno R. Neuber, Sr., of 411 Penn St., Camden, who died May 13, 1952, aged 78.
Camden marriage license applications published September 15, 1951, including William D. Singleton of 408 Haddon Avenue and Irene Skipper of Myrtle Beach, S.C.
A Bellmawr motorist pleaded not guilty to death by auto in the death of Miss Katharine O'Neill, 71, of 510 Penn street, and was held for grand jury action.
Four Camden police officers and four firemen won approval of pensions under the mandatory age-65 retirement law in July 1950, to retire Aug. 31; also approved was a widow's pension for Mrs. Carrie Bean, whose husband, Patrolman Howard Bean, had died June 8.
Page 76 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for T. L. Bear, jeweler, at 204 Market St., M. J. Jubanyik, Inc. at 6th and Penn Sts., John W. Kile's Walt Whitman Flower Shop at 625 Cooper Street, Siris Abbatoirs at Broadway and Jackson St., roofer Max Reihmann, Jr., Y&B roofing and siding, Louis E. Schimpf, florist C. Jackel and the Belfi Insurance Agency, with the compliments of Chief of Police George W. Frost.
July 31, 1941 notice that Mr. and Mrs. John Murray of 510 Penn Street were returning from a five-week trip across North America.
The upward swing of contributions to the United Service Organizations continued yesterday, with Camden's total reaching $17,423.69 toward its $21,000 goal.
A party in honor of wives of members was held by Washington Camp, No. 117, P. O. S. of A., at its camp room, 531 Penn Street, July 1941.
Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.
A Home Owners' Loan Corporation property listing dated March 20, 1940 for a 13-room brick semi-detached house at 429 Penn Street, Camden, offered at a sales price of $4,000.
George Gibbs, 39, of 311 North 11th Street was sentenced to thirty days in jail for stealing a purse from Mrs. Susie Lovett on Penn Street near Tenth.
Two men escaped serious injury when their 10-ton truck, loaded with paper rolls, was struck by a freight train at Front and Spruce streets.
A Washington's Birthday dinner was served at a meeting of Abraham Browning Council, 122, Junior Order United American Mechanics, at its home at 531 Penn Street.
Camden marriage licenses, including Earl Matthews of 1007 Locust Street and Frances Martin of 1064 Ivins Street, and Thomas Bentley and Castina Braxton of 725 Chestnut Street.
Barber Held in Slaying Case Pending Formal Indictment by Grand Jury Sam Bosco , mid-city barber, was held for the county prosecutor's office on the charge of murder, following court action yesterday termed by Police Judge Gene R. Mariano as unprecedented in Camden legal annals.
Camden Courier-Post - February 7, 1938 Theft at 418 Broadway Reported to Police; other Homes Robbed Two garages and several homes were entered over the weekend by thieves who escaped with cash, jewelry, and other articles.