Introduction
William H. Green
William H. Green was born around 1859 in New Jersey to Joseph and Julia Green. The 1880 census shows the family residing at 816 South 2nd Street. His father was then working as a grain weighmaster. Both William and his brother Henry H. “Harry” Green were then working as laborers. A sister, Mamie, also was at home. The brothers appear to have lived in Cramer Hill in the late 1880s, where Harry Green had a store and William worked as a salesman.
William H. Green married his wife, Ella, shortly after the census was taken. The Green brothers appear to have lived in Cramer Hill in the late 1880s, where Harry Green had a store and William worked as a salesman. William H. Green found work around the turn of the century as trolley car operator in Camden, a position he held until his retirement in the early 1930s. William and Ella Green’s daughter Mildred was born around 1905. By 1920 William H. Green owned a home at 572 Chestnut Street.
William H. Green passed away on August 17, 1936 and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery in Camden. He was survived by his wife, daughter, a step-son, William N. Stone, and his brother Harry, a retired Camden city fireman.
William H. Green Rites to be Held Thursday
Camden Courier-Post —
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday for William H. Green, a resident of the Sixth ward for 35 years, who died yesterday at his home, 572 Chestnut Street. Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery. Mr. Green was a trolley motorman here for 30 years, retiring several years ago. He is survived by his widow, Ella; a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Bearn, of Camden; a stepson, William N. Stone, of this city, and a brother, Harry Green, a retired city fireman.