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Dominick Oliveto, born on December 24, 1906, in New Jersey, was born to Italian immigrants Antonio and Maria Oliveto. Despite occasional misspellings of his surname as "Olivetto," his father, Antonio, migrated from Muro Lucano, Italy, in 1901.
Marco Reginelli, born on January 2, 1897, in Neppazzano, Teramo, Italy, was the son of Saverio Reginelli. His journey to the United States began on May 14, 1914, when he boarded the steamship Taormina in Naples, Italy.
The Hotel Plaza was built at Fifth and Cooper Street in 1927, and was originally called the Plaza Club Hotel. In 1947 it underwent a complete remodeling.
Alice Burdsall was born in Pennsylvania around 1873. First appointed a teacher in Camden in 1908, she rented a room from Sarah Wescott of 108 Broadway at the time of the 1910 census.
New York Times - May 6, 2008 By Kareem Fahim Camden, N.J.—The old Plaza Hotel downtown is a tomb, sealed shut for more than 20 years now, it's windows shattered and its green marquee worn and stripped of letters.
Miss Alice Burdsall, of the Plaza Hotel , retired Camden public school teacher, died Saturday in West Jersey Hospital . In 1902 and 1903 she taught in a private school in Chippewa, New York, then taught in Audubon public schools.
A nostalgic Charlie Humes column recalling Camden and Gloucester City's boxing heyday at the Armory on Haddon Avenue and the fighters — Roxie Allen, Mickey Blair, Eddie Chaney and dozens of others — who filled it.