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ENSIGN
CHARLES THEODORE CAVEROW JR. was born in New Jersey in 1921, to Charles
Theodore and Myrtle Caverow. The elder Caverow was a commercial
plasterer. The Caverows were originally from Pennsylvania, but had moved
around as Mr. Caverow plied his trade. Their first child, a daughter,
was born in Massachusetts in 1918. By 1930 the family was living at 2262
Penn street in Pennsauken NJ. They later moved to 6908 Grant Street,
also in Pennsauken.
Known to friends and family as "Ted",
Ensign Caverow had enlisted in the United States Navy ion June 29, 1942.
He had win his wings and was commissioned as a pilot around January 1,
1943. He was killed in a mid-air collision over Chesapeake Bay on November 16,
1943. His body was not recovered, and he is memorialized on the
Tablets of the Missing at East Coast Memorial
in New York City NY.
Ensign
Caverow's great-grandfather, Amos
Caverow, lived in Camden during the 1880s, and served briefly with
the Camden Fire Department before returning to Philadelphia.
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