Camden People - George W. Attison

GEORGE W. ATTISON was born in Toms River, New Jersey on December 23, 1891 to Joseph J. and Lydia Attison. The 1906 City Directory shows the family at 333 Berkley Street in South Camden. Joseph Attison was then working as a railroad brakeman. By 1910 George Attison had also gone to work with the railroad. He later worked as a brakeman at the Victor Talking Machine Company. George Attison and his family were still living at 333 Berkley Street in January of 1920. He was by then working as a brakeman at one of Camden's shipyards.

In 1920 George W. Attison married a widow, Mrs. Caroline Deitz. By 1924 George W. Attison had been appointed to the Camden Fire Department. He lived at 314 Royden Street with his wife Carrie, and her son, William H. Deitz. The family was still at that address in 1927. By 1929 George W. Attison and his family had move to 511 Royden Street.

On May 6, 1937 step-son William H. Deitz was appointed to the Camden Fire Department.

During the 1930s George Attison and his family moved to 4120 Westfield Avenue in East Camden. George Attison was still a member of the Camden Fire Department in the spring of 1942. He retired from the Fire Department in 1947.

George W. Attison is listed in the 1956 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory at 1226 Broadway in Camden. He moved to Atlantic City by October of 1959.

Last a resident of Atlantic City, George W. Attison passed away on March 20, 1969.

Camden Courier-Post
March 22, 1937

John S. McTaggart
Eagles Hall
Arthur Colsey
Mary Kobus
Church of the Sacred Heart
William Hughes
Otto Torpercer
John Garrity
Edward Leonard
George Weber
Clarence Boyer
George Attison
F. Earl Fearon

*Camden Post-Telegram December 30, 1920**

Peter B. Carter - Thomas Nicholas - Walter Browning - George B. Wade - William W. Patterson Francis Ford Patterson Jr. - Charles H. Ellis - David Jester - Joseph Forsyth
	Engine Co. 1 - Alfred E. Green - Charles Errickson Charles W Cooke - Leroy Hatchett Engine Co. 2 - Howard Landon - John K. Voll Edgar Ellender - Harold Lohrang - Chester Andrus Harry G. Layton Engine Co. 3 - Charles B. Haines - Charles Clements August Haverkamp - Frank Kuda - Louis Quinton Engine Co. 4 - Frank A. Obermann - walter b. gray Albert Raeuber - Fred Schucker - Harry Kleinfelder Engine Co. 5 - Richard A. Farris - Frank Fennrio Engine Co. 6 - William H. Reed - Manuel J. Kane Edward Perairia - Thomas Shanahan Rocco De Varro "Frank Fennrio" is for the moment a mystery
	Engine Co. 7 - August Scholl - Nicholas Romaine Lawrence H. Mathews Engine Co. 8 - Samuel Oshushek - Edward C. Crane Adam Mead - Frank Sapp - William J. Taylor Sr. Engine Co. 9 - Kennard Naylor - Daniel McSurdy John Mohrfeld Engine Co. 10 - William Schwartz - Hugh Rementer Harry Greenan - Rocco Abbott Hose & Chemical Co. 2 - Laurence Newton Edward Hauser - William Getner Ladder Co. 1 - thomas cunningham Leonard Megee Ladder Co. 2 - John Gaylor - Walter White Ladder Co. 3 David Ellis - George W. Attison John Mulligan - David Humphries - Albert Dukes
Tennie G. Hutchison Jr. - Ladder Co. 4 - George A. Quimby

*Camden Post-Telegram September 9, 1922**

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Keystone Leather Company - John H. Vickers - Dr. A. Haines Lippincott - George Attison Nelson Andrews - Engine Company 9 - Peter B. Carter - engine company 1 W. Scott Franklin - Ladder Company 3

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