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Thirtieth Street

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Thirtieth Street

THIRTIETH STREET runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue and on to Federal Street, then to the intersection of Line Street and Beacon Avenue, just above Waldorf Street. As in all numbered streets in Camden, it is North 30th Street above Federal, and South 30th below.

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Otala Grocery Store

Business card for Otala Grocery Store, 68 S. 30th Street, Camden, NJ 08105, telephone 541-3617

68 S. 30th Street Camden, NJ 08105

541-3617

George Bachman, Contractor and Builder

Camden High School Purple & Gold Yearbook — 1928

Advertisement page for George Bachman, contractor and builder since 1892, 19 North 30th Street, Camden

George Bachman

Contractor and Builder

Since 1892

19 NORTH 30th STREET

CAMDEN, N. J.

1000 Block of North 30th Street

1000 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants

City directory records.

1030 North 30th Street

1030 North 30th Street — 1000 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

1028 North 30th Street

1028 North 30th Street — 1000 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

1014 North 30th Street

1014 North 30th Street — 1000 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

1012 North 30th Street

1012 North 30th Street — 1000 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

929 North 30th Street

Harry E. Strickler lived at 929 North 30th Street in 1917. His World War I draft registration card lists him as a creaser at a worsted mill, employed by B.F. Boyer in Camden. He was born in June 1888 (the day is not clear on the scan), was married, and had three children.

World War I Registration Card: Harry Elmer Strickler

Draft registration card — 1917

Front of the 1917 draft registration card for Harry Elmer Strickler of 929 North 30th Street, Camden

Form 1. REGISTRATION CARD. [handwritten at upper right:] 121

1. Name in full (Given name) (Family name): Harry Elmer Strickler. Age in yrs. 29

2. Home address (No.) (Street) (City) (State): 929 No. 30th Camden N J

3. Date of birth (Month) (Day) (Year): June 1[?] 1888

4. Are you (1) a natural-born citizen, (2) a naturalized citizen, (3) an alien, (4) or have you declared your intention (specify which)? Natural Born

5. Where were you born? (Town) (State) (Nation): Camden N J U Sa

6. If not a citizen, of what country are you a citizen or subject? USA

7. What is your present trade, occupation, or office? Creaser—Worsted Mill

8. By whom employed? B. F. Boyer 21. Where employed? Camden N J

9. Have you a father, mother, wife, child under 12, or a sister or brother under 12, solely dependent on you for support (specify which)? Wife & 3 Children

10. Married or single (which)? Married. Race (specify which)? Caucasian

11. What military service have you had? Rank None; branch [blank]; years [blank]; Nation or State [blank]

12. Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds)? [blank]

I affirm that I have verified above answers and that they are true.

[faint, at lower left:] 172

[signature:] Harry Elmer Strickler (Signature or mark.)

AMBULANCE AND TRUCK COLLIDE IN BROADWAY

Camden Courier-Post —

Ambulance and Truck Collide in Broadway — Camden Courier-Post, February 4, 1931 Ambulance and Truck Collide in Broadway (continued) — Camden Courier-Post, February 4, 1931

Two persons were injured yesterday afternoon, when the American Legion Post ambulance, of Gloucester, collided with a truck at Broadway and Pine street.

Mrs. Margaret Nevins, 18, of 315 Somerset street, Gloucester, who was being taken to Cooper Hospital in the ambulance, was not harmed, but her mother, Mrs. Margaret Canavan, suffered cuts and bruises. The driver of the ambulance, Earl Batten, 41, of 220 Hudson street, Gloucester, also was injured slightly.

The truck was driven by John Max, 46, of 928 North Thirtieth street.

I grew up in Cramer Hill at 928 North 30th Street, attended H. C. Sharp grammar school, Veterans Memorial junior high, and graduated from Woodrow Wilson in 1965. One of my new customers is located at 18th and River Road in Camden, so I recently had an opportunity to drive around some parts of Camden and Pennsauken, and I noticed that things seem to be improving somewhat, and a bit better than they were 10 years ago!

Frank Luthe, 2008

926 North 30th Street

Samuel A. “Ott” Laxton lived at 926 North 30th Street in 1926.

Samuel A. 'Ott' Laxton

Samuel A. “Ott” Laxton

917 North 30th Street

Camden Courier-Post —

Fireman enters home at 917 North 30th Street, Camden, August 16, 1968

FIREMAN enters home at 917 North 30th Street, Camden, where blaze broke out in first-floor living room early today and caused extensive damage. Acting Battalion Chief Leonard Oshushek said the fire apparently was caused by careless smoking. Matthew Mengle, owner and occupant of the 2½-story frame dwelling, arrived home to find firemen fighting the blaze.

905 North 30th Street

Thomas J. Wark and his family lived at 905 North 30th Street from 1919 to the 1930s.

Thomas J. Wark, 1924

Thomas J. Wark, 1924

901 North 30th Street

Edward F. Ulrich Sr. and his family lived at 901 North 30th Street in 1957.

Edward F. Ulrich Sr.

Edward F. Ulrich Sr.

900 Block of North 30th Street

900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records, 1917–1968.

942 North 30th Street

942 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

940 North 30th Street

940 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

937 North 30th Street

937 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

933 North 30th Street

933 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

929 North 30th Street

929 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917Harry E. Strickler

928 North 30th Street

928 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1931John Max
1950s–1970sW.C. Luthe & Family

926 North 30th Street

926 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1926 Samuel A. 'Ott' Laxton

925½ North 30th Street

925½ North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

925 North 30th Street

925 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

918 North 30th Street

918 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

917 North 30th Street

917 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1968Matthew Mengle

916 North 30th Street

916 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

914 North 30th Street

914 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

912 North 30th Street

912 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

907 North 30th Street

907 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

905 North 30th Street

905 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919–1930s Thomas J. Wark & Family
1947Carroll V. Fletcher

901 North 30th Street

901 North 30th Street — 900 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930–1947Eliza Wark
1957 Edward F. Ulrich Sr. & Family

797 North 30th Street

William R. Harring Jr., his wife Josephine, and their sons William R. Harring III and Robert Harring lived at 797 North 30th Street from 1956 to 2002.

William R. Harring Jr., Camden Fire Department

William R. Harring Jr., Camden Fire Department

700 Block of North 30th Street

700 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1956–2002.

798 North 30th Street

798 North 30th Street — 700 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

797 North 30th Street

797 North 30th Street — 700 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1956–2002 William R. Harring Jr. & Family
1956–2002William & Josephine Harring
1956–2002William R. Harring III
1956–2002Robert Harring

786 North 30th Street

786 North 30th Street — 700 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

CRAMER HILL STORES PRAISED BY OFFICIALS

Camden Courier-Post —

Importance of neighborhood business was stressed last night at an open air meeting sponsored by the Cramer Hill Businessmen’s association, at Veterans Park, Twenty-sixth street and Hayes avenue. Businessmen of the section were praised in brief talks by Mayor Frederick von Nieda, Mayor Joseph H. Van Meter, Collingswood, and Joshua C. Haines, recorder of deeds.

Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Newton Ash, 840 North Thirtieth street, electric refrigerator; Walter Conine, 1809 River avenue, radio, and George Blanck, 1026 North Twenty-first street, vacuum cleaner.

Officers of the association are Frederick Wolf, president; Charles Till, vice president; Richard Liebert, secretary and George Stiefel, treasurer. Trustees are: Edward Wenner, Joseph Till and Sylvester Onesty.

834 North 30th Street

Carmin A. Fuscellaro Sr. and his family lived at 834 North 30th Street in the 1940s–1950s. Carmin A. Fuscellaro Jr. lived there in the 1930s–1940s. Both Carmin Sr. and Carmin Jr. were Camden Police officers. George A. Fuscellaro was a member of the Camden Fire Department.

Carmin A. Fuscellaro Jr., Camden Police Department

Carmin A. Fuscellaro Jr., Camden Police Department

Blaze Damages Werner Home

Camden Courier-Post —

Blaze Damages Werner Home - Camden Courier-Post, July 27, 1971

The living room of the home of Francis Werner, 822 N. 30th St., Camden, an investigator in the Camden County prosecutor’s office, was swept by fire yesterday shortly after Werner left for work, according to police.

The blaze, which also caused smoke damage throughout the home, apparently started when a television set caught fire, according to Battalion Chief John Giuliano. The fire was reported at 8:15 a.m. and was under control within minutes, Giuliano said.

Werner said he had turned off the television when he left for work. His wife was also away at the time, police said.

800 Block of North 30th Street

800 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records, 1927–1980.

881 North 30th Street

881 North 30th Street — 800 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

840 North 30th Street

840 North 30th Street — 800 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1927–1956 Newton G. Ash

834 North 30th Street

834 North 30th Street — 800 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–1940s Carmin A. Fuscellaro Jr.
1940s–1950sCarmin A. Fuscellaro Sr. & Family
1940s–1950sCarmin & Anna Fuscellaro
1940s–1950s George A. Fuscellaro
1940s–1950sNettie Fuscellaro

832 North 30th Street

832 North 30th Street — 800 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930sCharles J. Fox

822 North 30th Street

822 North 30th Street — 800 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1943–1980Francis Werner & Family
1943–1980Francis & Florence Werner

809 North 30th Street

809 North 30th Street — 800 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Edward G. Tarken

804 North 30th Street

804 North 30th Street — 800 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929 William C. Watkin

803 North 30th Street

803 North 30th Street — 800 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

North 30th Street & Howell Street

Looking south on North 30th Street from Howell Street, December 27, 2005 Looking south on North 30th Street from Howell Street, December 27, 2005

Looking south on North 30th Street from Howell Street — December 27, 2005

400 Block of North 30th Street

400 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1985–present.

400 North 30th Street

400 North 30th Street — 400 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1985–St. John's Baptist Church

Thirtieth Street

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Philadelphia Inquirer — October 27, 1895

The Commissioners of Assessment met and organized by the selection of B. T. Parsons as chairman and secretary. The recommendation of the commissioners which was adopted by Town Council that Thirtieth street, from Westfield to Morrison avenues, remain a sixty-foot street appears to meet with the approval of tax payers in the immediate vicinity.

134 North 30th Street

134 North 30th Street, home of Victor A. Martin & Family, c. 1910–1943

134 North 30th Street — home of Victor A. Martin & Family

My name is Wayne Martin. My fraternal grandparents Victor Arthur and Blanche Martin owned that property from about 1910 until my grandfather’s demise in 1943. My mother, Eleanor Alloway-Martin married their son, Wayne Willard Martin, my father in 1941. Soon afterwards we moved to Westfield Acres, and later to Pierce Avenue in Cramer Hill. My grandfather worked for the trolley car company that ran from Cramer Hill to the Market Street Ferry terminal before going to work at the shipyards, as did my father as electricians until he went into the Army during WWII.

My mother and her husband, my father, also lived at the house on 134 N. 30th Street before I was born. I have included with this e-mail a photograph of the house with my grandparents out front, and my father standing at the top of the stairs on the porch.

Wayne Martin, November 2012

126 North 30th Street

Conrad Bristol and Elizabeth Bristol lived at 126 North 30th Street in 1927–1929. Municipal Court Judge Bernard Bertman freed the Bristols after criticizing a police raid conducted without a warrant.

Bertman Criticizes Raid Minus Warrant

Camden Courier-Post —

Bertman Criticizes Raid Minus Warrant - Camden Courier-Post, February 21, 1928 Bertman Criticizes Raid Minus Warrant - Camden Courier-Post, February 21, 1928

“Someone once said that a man’s house is his castle; no truer words were spoken. Our forefathers inserted an iron-bound clause in the Constitution, which protects our citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures, and the law has been held so sacred that no one has dared tamper with it.”

Thus spoke Judge Bertman in Police Court today as he criticized the police for summarily searching a private house at 126 North Thirtieth street on two occasions, without first obtaining a search warrant.

The case was that against Conrad Bristol, 47 years old, and his wife, Elizabeth, 37 years old, jointly charged with maintaining a house frequented by disorderly persons. The witnesses against them were Captain William Horner, in charge of Third District police, Sergeant Walter Welch and Detective Louis Schlam.

Schlam had testified that the police had made two visits to the house and had made a thorough search, when Bertman asked if they had secured search warrants.

“No,” said Schlam, “but Bristol gave us permission to search the premises.”

“If they did,” Bertman answered, “it was under duress, coercion or ignorance of their rights. It would have been comparatively easy for the police to have obtained search warrants.”

Sergeant Welch testified that a gallon of whisky was found in a chicken coop. It was testified that the first raid was conducted on June 20, 1927, and a still seized, but no arrests made.

Both Schlam and Welch said that the police had no evidence that the Bristols ever sold liquor or were engaged in any commercial enterprise with liquor.

Bristol said he was a grocery clerk. “We had this liquor in the house for our own use. We never sold a drop at any time,” he declared.

After cautioning the two defendants against permitting disorder on their premises, Bertman suspended sentence.

ACTON

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Acton obituary — Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1, 1896

ACTON.—On February 27, 1896, John, son of the late John J. and Bridget Acton, aged 38 years. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Monday morning, at 8.30 o’clock, from the residence of his brother-in-law, James W. Masten, No. 124 North Thirtieth street, Stockton, N. J. High mass at St. Joseph’s Church. Interment at St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Take electric cars at Market street, Camden, direct to Arlington avenue.

Camden Courier-Post, July 1, 1941 — Edward Friant, 124 North 30th Street

Edward Friant — 124 North 30th Street — Camden Courier-Post, July 1, 1941

HUSBAND LAY DEAD BESIDE HER

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Husband Lay Dead Beside Her — Philadelphia Inquirer, February 9, 1917

When Mrs. Charles W. Garrison awoke at her home at 112 North Thirtieth street, East Camden, yesterday, she found that her 76-year-old husband was not stirring. Efforts to arouse him proved unavailing. Coroner Pratt said death was due to apoplexy and that the septuagenarian had been dead several hours before his wife had awakened. Mr. Garrison had lived in East Camden many years.

Joseph T. Angelo boarded at 112 North 30th Street in 1919–1920, when it was operated as a boarding house by Mrs. Emma J. Kellum.

Joseph T. Angelo

Joseph T. Angelo

100 Block of North 30th Street

100 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records, 1896–1941.

146 North 30th Street

146 North 30th Street — 100 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

144 North 30th Street

144 North 30th Street — 100 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

138 North 30th Street

138 North 30th Street — 100 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

136 North 30th Street

136 North 30th Street — 100 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910s Charles H. Robinson Jr. & Family
1900s–1910sCharles H. & Edna Robinson Jr.
1917–1920s David Humphries

134 North 30th Street

134 North 30th Street — 100 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910–1943Victor A. Martin & Family
1910–1943Victor A. & Blanche Martin
1910–1943Wayne Willard Martin

126 North 30th Street

126 North 30th Street — 100 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1927–1929Conrad Bristol

124 North 30th Street

124 North 30th Street — 100 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1896James W. Masten
1941Edward Friant

118 North 30th Street

118 North 30th Street — 100 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

116 North 30th Street

116 North 30th Street — 100 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

112 North 30th Street

112 North 30th Street — 100 Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917Charles W. Garrison & Family
1919–1920Mrs. Emma J. Kellum (boarding house)
1919–1920 Joseph T. Angelo

North 30th Street & Westfield Avenue

1906 Sanborn Map showing North 30th Street from Westfield Avenue to High Street Southwest corner of Westfield Avenue and North 30th Street, June 29, 2006

1906 Sanborn Map showing North 30th Street from Westfield Avenue to High Street — Southwest corner of Westfield Avenue and North 30th Street, June 29, 2006

O. E. S. Card Party

Camden Courier-Post —

O. E. S. Card Party — Camden Courier-Post, October 21, 1931

The monthly card party of Mystic Chapter, No. 148, O. E. S., will be held in the East Camden Woman’s Club, 33 North Thirtieth street, tomorrow evening. Mrs. Kathryn Radd is chairman of the committee on arrangements for the affair.

Camden Courier-Post — June 10, 1933

Drama Program Planned for East Camden Club

Mrs. Howard Eby, drama chairman, is in charge of the program to be presented at the last meeting of the season of the East Camden Woman’s Club to be held on Monday evening in the club house, 33 North Thirtieth Street.

Camden Courier-Post — February 9, 1938

Miss Thegen Speaker for East Camden Juniors

Miss Emma Thegen will give a talk on oriental music at a meeting of the East Camden Junior Woman’s Club to be held tomorrow night in the club house, 33 North Thirtieth Street. Miss Thegen is music chairman of the club.

Miss Miriam Wilson will be hostess for the evening.

34 North 30th Street

34 North 30th Street, c. 1928 — home of William H. Brooks, 1924

34 North 30th Street — c. 1928

29 North 30th Street

Harold C. Many lived at 29 North 30th Street in 1947.

Harold C. Many

Harold C. Many

Camden’s First Volunteer Firemen Receive Diplomas

Camden Courier-Post —

Camden’s First Volunteer Firemen Receive Diplomas - Camden Courier-Post, July 1, 1941

Members of Camden city’s first volunteer firemen to be graduated from the Camden Fire School, Ninth street and Morgan boulevard, are shown above going through demonstrations of their teaching during the last seven weeks.

Edward Friant, of 124 North Thirtieth Street, descending from a tall building on a rope by using a life belt.

Charles Geitz, of 465 Mechanic Street, left, and Nicholas Iacovelli, of 1303 Decatur Street, using asbestos suits in the middle of roaring flames. The suits, according to Fire Captain Ray Smith, instructor at the school, are able to withstand 1,750 degrees of heat.

Ernest Wilkinson, of 1304 Park Boulevard, is the man behind the mask on the right shown emerging from a building filled with formaldehyde gas.

Marriage Licenses

Camden Courier-Post —

Marriage Licenses - Camden Courier-Post, August 12, 1950

AT CAMDEN

Bruno J. Rolewicz, 37, of 418 Viola street, and Catherine Sparano, 30, of 581 Viola street.

James N. Batcher, 27, of 631 Jersey avenue, Gloucester, and Joyce I. Scragg, 23, of 1126 Collings road.

Robert E. Vohringer, 23, of 28 North Thirtieth street, and Bertha M. Selah, 21, of 332 North Second street.

19 North 30th Street

George Bachmann Sr. lived at 19 North 30th Street from the 1880s until his death in 1954.

George Bachmann Sr.

George Bachmann Sr. His advertisement in the Camden High School 1928 Purple & Gold Yearbook is below.

10 North 30th Street

William H. Blizard and his family lived at 10 North 30th Street in the 1940s–1960s.

John Fitzgerald (left) and Ron Blizard — Easter, 1956

John Fitzgerald (left) and Ron Blizard — Easter, 1956 — 10 North 30th Street

3 North 30th Street

Robert W. McCarthy and his family lived at 3 North 30th Street in 1968. Robert W. and Kathleen McCarthy had two sons, Robert W. McCarthy Jr. and Michael W. McCarthy. Robert W. McCarthy Sr. served with the Camden Fire Department.

Waterskier Is Paralyzed In Accident

Newspaper clipping reporting that Robert McCarthy, 25, of 3 North 30th Street, Camden, was paralyzed after falling off waterskis in the Rancocas Creek at Delanco

DELANCO — A Camden man was reported paralyzed yesterday afternoon when he fell off his waterskis in shallow water in the Rancocas Creek.

The victim, Robert McCarthy, 25, of 3 N. 30th St., suffered dislocations of the spine when he fell off the skis causing paralysis of both arms and legs, authorities said.

Spokesmen at Zurbrugg Memorial Hospital, Riverside, said his condition is critical.

Unit Block of North 30th Street

Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records, 1906–1974.

46 North 30th Street

46 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Mrs. Ida M. Westcott

43 North 30th Street

43 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Robert W. Corkhill

42 North 30th Street

42 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Not listed

40 North 30th Street

40 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Dr. William H. Gelston (dentist)
1924Dr. William H. Gelston

37 North 30th Street

37 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Not listed

36 North 30th Street

36 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Vacant

35 North 30th Street

35 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Not listed

34 North 30th Street

34 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924William H. Brooks

33 North 30th Street

33 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Miss Perla I. Mason (dressmaker)
1924Miss Perla I. Mason
1931–1938East Camden Woman's Club

30 North 30th Street

30 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924F. William Bosch

29 North 30th Street

29 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924George W. Gross
1947 Harold C. Many
2006Gone

28 North 30th Street

28 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Felix R. Schill
1947–1974Roy Buck
1947Roy L. Buck
1950Robert E. Vohringer

25 North 30th Street

25 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924William A. Suggs

24 North 30th Street

24 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914 John H. Vickers
1924John W. Julier & William Fetters
1924John W. Julier
1924William Fetters

23 North 30th Street

23 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Mrs. Katherine Dobbins

22 North 30th Street

22 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Rev. Robert T. Coward & Robert K. Coward
1924Rev. Robert T. Coward
1924Robert K. Coward

21 North 30th Street

21 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Not listed
1940s–1950sGeorge Bachmann Jr.

19 North 30th Street

19 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1880s–1954 George Bachmann Sr. 1928 Purple & Gold Yearbook Ad

18 North 30th Street

18 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Charles T. Wright

17 North 30th Street

17 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Charles W. Grosscup

14 North 30th Street

14 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Rev. Francis J. Chipp

12 North 30th Street

12 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Harry I. Raup

11 North 30th Street

11 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Dr. Arthur M. McCarthy (physician)
1924William A. & Anna M. Regan (heating)
1924Dr. Arthur M. McCarthy
1924William A. & Anna M. Regan

10 North 30th Street

10 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918 John H. Vickers
1924Horace A. & Catherine Blizard (shipwright)
1940s–1960sWilliam H. Blizard & Family
1940s–1960sRon Blizard

8 North 30th Street

8 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Walter P. & Anna M. Evaul (salesman)
1924Walter P. & Anna M. Evaul

5 North 30th Street

5 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906 Israel B. Adams Jr.
1906 Israel B. Adams
1924Mrs. Gertrude Weeks & Richard P. Weeks
1924Mrs. Gertrude Weeks
1924Richard P. Weeks
1947Irene Reger
2006Gone

3 North 30th Street

3 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Mrs. Anna Owrid & Florence Owrid
1924Mrs. Anna Owrid
1924Florence Owrid
1968 Robert W. McCarthy & Family
1968Robert W. & Kathleen McCarthy
1968Robert W. McCarthy Jr.
1968Michael W. McCarthy

2 North 30th Street

2 North 30th Street — Unit Block of North 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Frank W. & Mary J. Herrington

North 30th Street & Federal Street

North 30th Street from Federal Street, June 28, 2006 North 30th Street from Federal Street, June 28, 2006

North 30th Street from Federal Street — June 28, 2006

Unit Block of South 30th Street

46–60 South 30th Street, March 8, 2008 68 South 30th Street, March 8, 2008

Unit Block of South 30th Street — 68 South 30th Street, Otala Grocery Store, 1991

Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1955–present.

11 South 30th Street

11 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Stanley Home Products Inc.

46 South 30th Street

46 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
post-1947Built after 1947

48 South 30th Street

48 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
post-1947Built after 1947

50 South 30th Street

50 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
post-1947Built after 1947

52 South 30th Street

52 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
post-1947Built after 1947

54 South 30th Street

54 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
post-1947Built after 1947

56 South 30th Street

56 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
post-1947Built after 1947

58 South 30th Street

58 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
post-1947Built after 1947

60 South 30th Street

60 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

62 South 30th Street

62 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

64 South 30th Street

64 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

66 South 30th Street

66 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

68 South 30th Street

68 South 30th Street — Unit Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1991Otala Grocery Store1991 FireWatch Magazine Ad

402–404 South 30th Street

Edith and Edward Mackler lived at 402 S. 30th from 1949 to 1968. They had 2 sons, Fred and Stephen. Edith passed away in 2006; Eddie passed away in 1996. Edward was in the burlap bag business. Edith worked as a bookkeeper for a while at a welding company.

Ruth and Bernard Goldberg were their neighbors at 404 S. 30th street. They had two children, Debbie and Michael. Bernie died young, around 1956. Ruthie now lives in Cherry Hill … she’s 95 years old!

Ilene Mackler, December 14, 2010

420 South 30th Street

My Father, Harry Molotsky, had a grocery store called Harry’s Red Front Market at 1048 Cooper Street. I am not sure what year he purchased the property, but it was in the 1940s. I was born in 1945 and my brother, Allan, in 1948. We lived behind the store until 1951 when we moved to East Camden at 420 South 30th Street.

My father kept the business until the early 1960’s when he had cataract surgery and the state took the property. Dad then worked for Two Guys in the deli department for many years before retiring. It was nice that he had normal working hours. My parents started taking vacations which they had not been able to do before.

My father had a young man delivering groceries by bicycle. He let people buy groceries on credit. We never had to go grocery shopping as he always took home necessities and treats from the store. Since we kept kosher, we had to get our meat from the kosher butcher even though my father sold meat. He always had a butcher whose name was Warren Peaches. His son taught me how to drive.

Father’s parents had a grocery store at 6th and Elm Street. My aunt and uncle, Sam and Esther, had a grocery at 9th and Pearl if I remember correctly. A cousin of my dad, Abe Molotsky had a dry goods store, but I can’t remember the location (442–444 North 8th Street—PMC).

Lois Cohen, October 2007

400 Block of South 30th Street

400 Block of South 30th Street — Occupants

City directory and family records, 1949–2011.

400 South 30th Street

400 South 30th Street — 400 Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

402 South 30th Street

402 South 30th Street — 400 Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1949–1968Edward Mackler & Family
1949–1968Edward & Edith Mackler
1949–1968Fred Mackler
1949–1968Stephen Mackler

404 South 30th Street

404 South 30th Street — 400 Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1949–1968Bernard Goldberg & Family
1949–1968Bernard & Ruth Goldberg
1949–1968Debbie Goldberg
1949–1968Michael Goldberg

420 South 30th Street

420 South 30th Street — 400 Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1951–1960sHarry Molotsky & Family

422 South 30th Street

422 South 30th Street — 400 Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

424 South 30th Street

424 South 30th Street — 400 Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

426 South 30th Street

426 South 30th Street — 400 Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1995–2011Jonathan Darling & Family

428 South 30th Street

428 South 30th Street — 400 Block of South 30th Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1990s–1994Violeta Figueroa & Family
1994–2006Phil Cohen

Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective

Camden Post-Telegram —

Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 2 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 3 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 4 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 5 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 6 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 7 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 8 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 9 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 10 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 11 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 12 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 13 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 14 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 15

Two “Pals,” Too, Accused of Crime

Harry Duffield. Fred. Coursey. Linnans Staley.

Trio Accused of Murder, Coursey Firing the Shots.

Collapsing when arraigned in Police Court this morning before Recorder Stackhouse on the charge of killing Karl Kellmann, aged 18 years, of 2919 High street, at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets, shortly before midnight Saturday, Fred Coursey, alias “Mexican Pete,” alias “Cowboy Pete,” aged 20 years, of 121 North Twenty-first street, who admits firing the fatal shots while committing robbery, and Harry Duffield, aged 21 years, of 407 North Forty-first street, who acknowledged masking his face with a handkerchief and being with Coursey, sobbed piteously, resting their heads on the railing of the dock, while John Painter, the veteran detective, was briefly reciting the story.

When Recorder Stackhouse asked what became of the young man who was shot and Painter replied that he died, Coursey and Duffield sobbed afresh, and when Recorder Stackhouse committed them without bail Policemen Frost and Kay had to help them.

Linnans Staley, aged 21 years, of 1819 Federal street, who confessed that he was in the robbery plot but later got scared and hid in the bushes, was scarcely able to stand, and when his mother broke down as he was committed as a principal he staggered and would have fallen but for Sergeant McClong.

Prosecutor Boyle announced this morning that the Grand Jury will be recalled for Thursday of this week and the case will be made the special order of the day.

Without the slightest clue to start with in the most brutal murder committed in recent years in Camden county, police and detectives under the personal direction of Chief Gravenor in two hours arrested two of the three prisoners and obtained their signatures to confessions and before sunrise the other was lodged behind the bars at the City Hall.

According to their statements to the police the prisoners while drinking on a lot near Twenty-first and Federal streets on Saturday night planned to go to a lone spot near Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets to hold someone up to get money and jewelry to buy more drink. Coursey had a 38-calibre cowboy pistol and Duffield used Coursey’s bandanna as a mask. Staley weakened before the spot selected was reached and at the time of the murder was hiding in a clump of weeds a short distance away.

The murdered boy was the son of Karl and Lulu D. Kellmann. He was a member of the Bible class of Grace Presbyterian Church, East Side, and active in church work.

Saturday night was the closing of a carnival given on High street between Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth streets. Karl was there and made several purchases. At one booth he bought a necktie, from another some ice cream and a box of candy and spent some time conversing with the young ladies connected with the church.

When it grew rather late he noticed that Misses Bertha and Bessie Skillen, of 815 North Thirty-fourth street, the latter a teacher in Grace Church Sunday-school, were without an escort and he volunteered to see them home. They accepted his invitation to be their escort. He saw them safely home and he was on his way back and had reached a point on the east side of Twenty-seventh street south of Sherman street and near the foot of the bridge that spans the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks when two men jumped out from behind a tree and as one commanded him to hold up his hands the other began to shoot.

The first shot struck him in the breast and turned him partially around. The next ploughed a hole through his neck, knocking him down, and the third went wide.

Screaming for help he tried to rise to his feet and was on his knees when Night Yardmaster Albert Ludlow and Brakeman Joseph Wittick, who were on the opposite side of the bridge, ran to his assistance. By the light of their lanterns they saw that he was seriously hurt and they took him to ’Squire Sasse’s house nearby to await the arrival of the ambulance. As the railroaders sped across the bridge Ludlow saw a man run down the tracks in the direction of Seventeenth street.

In the signal tower at Pavonia station known as C. B. the operator, Thomas Sink, heard the shots and cries for help and ’phoned to Captain James at Police Headquarters that a murder had been committed. Sink also saw a man run down through the weeds and bushes on the east side of the bridge toward the railroad tracks.

Policeman Hurlock and Schmid, ’Squire and Mrs. Sasse and several others were out on the street before the railroad men reached the Sasse home and all hurried to ’phones to notify police headquarters.

In less than five minutes by use of the red light system Captain James had every officer on duty on the East Side hurrying to the scene, officers stationed at every bridge, ferry house and railroad terminal, and the downtown auto with Detectives Schregler, Painter, Brothers and Moffett on its way to East Camden.

On information from the railroad men Sergeant Horner took all the East Side officers and the four detectives and they worked westward among the cars while Captain James started Policemen Colsey and Kelly to walk eastward from Fifteenth street until they met the main body.

The search proved fruitless and as they returned to the bridge one of the men picked up a green bandanna with yellow spots and sheep burrs embeded [sic] on it on the incline near the signal tower. Later he recalled that the man who went down the slope wore a Khaki shirt and cap.

The handkerchief was recognized as the kind used by “Indian Bill” May, and Detectives Brothers and Policeman Abbott were sent to arrest him. They found May and Eugene Cafferty asleep in a moving van in Marlton avenue. “Indian Bill” soon established an alibi.

Detective Schregler and a couple of officers who were sure that the description of the man with the khaki shirt tallied with Duffield started for his brother’s house, but failed to find him there. About this time the downtown auto turned into Twenty-seventh street to get Karl’s father, mother and sister and take them to the hospital. Councilman Finkeldey and a friend shouted to the crew that a woman was down and out on a step nearby, but the crew yelled back that they were on an emergency run and the woman would keep until they returned. Fireman J. H. Vickers walked across the street to investigate and found that the supposed woman was Duffield and that he seemed to be asleep.

Vickers shook him and as he got up he said something about the shooting that aroused Vickers’ curiosity and he ’phoned to Police Headquarters. Captain James immediately notified Chief Gravenor, who was on the scene and the latter sent Detective Moffett to investigate. When Moffett arrived he learned that Duffield had taken a Westfield avenue car. Moffett returned to the bridge and he and Detective Painter and Chief Gravenor took the down-town auto for Duffield’s home.

Painter went to the front door and saw Duffield in the act of taking off his shoes. Moffett in going around to the back door to prevent his escape that way passed by the window at which Duffield was sitting.

Grasping Duffield by the collar Moffett pulled him through the window to the ground. As soon as he landed on his feet, according to the Chief and detectives, Duffield said that Coursey did the shooting.

Placing him in the auto they next drove close to Coursey’s home and with Policeman Potter who knew the man wanted, the detectives entered the house with drawn revolvers while other officers guarded all avenues of escape.

Coursey was found akwake [sic] on a cot and while he was covered with revolvers Detective Painter searched his trunk and found the weapon that he later admitted using. It was empty. The detectives late yesterday afternoon found three used shells adjoining the house near a spot where Coursey said he had thrown them.

In order to keep the men apart they were taken to the City Hall separately and questioned and after they decided to tell all Sergeant E. B. McClong reduced their statements to writing and they signed them. It was on the strength of these statements that Staley was arrested.

Young Kellmann was taken into the hospital at 12.20 a. m. Chief Surgeon Schellenger saw at a glance that there was no hope for him and so notified Captain James, and Sergeant McClong was sent to the hospital to get all information possible.

The unfortunate youth could only speak a few words at a time because of the hemorrhages. All Sergeant McClong was able to get from him was that he was told to hold up his hands and that the shooting instantly began. The only description he could give was that they were small men and that the attack was so sudden that he could not tell whether they were black or white.

The injured young man kept asking the doctors if he was going to die, but they did not answer. He was conscious when his father and mother arrived and then sank rapidly until the end, dying at 1.50 o’clock, 90 minutes after he was admitted. Mother and father were prostrated and were taken home by the up-town auto.

County Physician Jones conducted the autopsy yesterday morning. He said that either wound would have caused death. The bullet in the breast pierced the right lung at the top and lodged in the cavity. It is now in the doctor’s possession. The other bullet went clear through the neck.

Coursey and Duffield have been working in the Pavonia car yard. The former was born in El Paso, Texas, but has lived East nearly all his life. He is an expert shot and was a member of the vaudeville team of Coursey & Cook, according to their letter heads presenting a fifteen-minute thriller.

Duffield was only recently paroled for robbing Gallagher’s saloon, Nineteenth and Federal streets of a lot of drinkables. Staley has been arrested several times on petty charges but was never convicted of crime. When Duffield’s coat was examined at the City Hall, it was found to contain sheep burrs.

To a reporter Coursey said that whenever he was drinking he had to get his gun and shoot something or somebody. He insisted that all were in on the job and that they let the man who preceded Kellman go over the bridge without molestation because he didn’t look as if he had any too much money.

Yesterday morning Assistant Prosecutor Wolverton and Stenographer Cleary called at the City Hall. The prisoners were examined by Mr. Wolverton and their statements taken by Mr. Cleary, but there was little or nothing new elicited.

Broken Bottle Maims Officers Quelling Fight

Camden Post-Telegram —

Broken Bottle Maims Officers Quelling Fight - Camden Post-Telegram, August 24, 1923

Hurlock Severs Artery in Thrilling Battle to Subdue Men Engaged in Raid in East Camden

FIVE UNDER ARREST AWAITING HEARING

East Camden was aroused last evening over a report that two policemen, William Hurlock and Louis Shlam, of the Third district, had been killed and a colored man shot in a riot at Thirtieth and Pleasant streets, and that another man was surrounded in a house nearby by a posse of police and that shots had been exchanged.

District Detectives Shlam and Hurlock and Acting District Detective Raymond Stark received a call that there was a riot at Thirtieth and Pleasant streets. They responded and found a fight in progress among some drunken men.

There were both white and colored men, and when Officer Hurlock attempted to arrest George Hill, white, one of the men, a tussle ensued and as the men rolled over the floor a broken bottle on the floor gashed the wrist of Officer Hurlock and severed an artery in the struggle he fainted from loss of blood.

In the meantime Officer Shlam was struggling with two more white men when it is alleged that George Carpenter, aged 74 years, a husky negro, despite his age, tried to hit Shlam with an axe. The officer jumped just in time and retaliated by hitting Carpenter a blow over the head with his blackjack. The blow did not hurt the aged man who fled to a nearby house and barricaded the door.

In the meantime the patrol wagon had arrived as well as Motorcycle Policeman Gus Koerner, who picked up Policeman Frank Carle on the way to the scene. Policeman John Stanton also went to the scene.

Four men were placed under arrest. They gave their names as George Hill, Joseph Lohrman, Frank Nidle and Leo Helvins. They were sent in to the City Hall in the patrol wagon, while District Detective Hurlock was rushed to the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital in the car of Fritz Hager.

An attempt was then made to arrest Carpenter who had barricaded himself inside the house and defied the police for two hours. He was finally induced to come out into the street and was quickly nabbed.

Inability of Hurlock to appear in court to-day caused a postponement of the hearing. The officer was taken home after being treated at the hospital. His injury is causing him much distress. Hill is accused of assaulting Hurlock and Carpenter is charged with assault on Shlam. The others are accused of disorderly conduct.

East Camden Club Plans Summer Events

Camden Courier-Post —

East Camden Club Plans Summer Events - Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1932

Three social events have gone down on the Summer calendar of East Camden clubwomen. They include a rose tea party, an outing to Ocean City and a pilgrimage to historical points of interest in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.

Plans for the three affairs were made at the closing meeting of the club held on Monday evening at the clubhouse, 33 North Thirtieth street. The tea party will be held on June 22 at the home of Mrs. Anna Scott, 26 Leonard avenue. It will start at two o’clock. The outing has been scheduled for July 13, and will be held at the Summer residence of Miss Dorothy Morris. No date has been set for the pilgrimage as yet, but will be announced in the near future by the chairman of literature, Mrs. Theodore Warner.

The executive board of the club was in charge of the program presented following Monday evening’s meeting. Mrs. Robert Pinner, president of the club, presided and gave a brief history of the organization which was started on April 25, 1921. Stereopticon views of historical spots in the city, state and county were shown by Miss Julia Asay. Mrs. Pinner discussed the pictures as they were shown.

Mrs. Charles Johnson was hostess chairman for the evening.

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