Alder Street
Alder Street, also known as Ann Street, was a small street that ran from a half block north of Chestnut Street south to Sycamore Street, between South 10th and South 9th Streets, west of the railroad tracks. Alder Street is perhaps most notable for two families who lived on it, the Tunsil family and the Waples family. Both were involved for many years in Camden as funeral directors.
The 1000 block of Alder Street was obliterated by the construction of the interstate highway Route I-676. No trace exists of the 1100 block — it too appears to have been taken for highway construction.
1946 Map of Camden
1946 map of Camden. Alder Street can be found in the middle of the map, running south to north from Sycamore Street.
Victim of Huns' Brutality Enlists
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Enlisting in the Army at Camden yesterday Henry Dworanczky, 20 years old, of 1104 Alder street, seeks revenge on the Germans for treatment accorded him while he was held in a Hun prison camp.
Henry was born in Philadelphia of Polish parents. When he was twelve years old his father and mother went back to their native country, taking him with them. Conditions in Poland did not suit the boy and he went to Germany, where he was engaged in farm work when the war broke out. When America entered the war he was interned on a prison farm at Jordanowo and was made to work from 4 a. m. to 10 p. m. He was poorly fed and paid at the rate of thirty cents a day.
Dworanczky declared that the brutal guards flogged men who slowed up in their work, that some of the men were compelled to work barefooted in the winter.
Released after the armistice was signed Dworanczky went to Paris and later came back to America to rejoin his parents, who returned to the States just before the war broke out.
Alder Street — Addresses
City directory records, 1887–1947.
1000 Block of Alder Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1891 | Force Rhodes (1029 Alder Street) |
| 1924 | Isaac Christine (1029 Alder Street) |
| 1887–1891 | Perry Daniels (1031 Alder Street) |
| 1924 | William & Margaret Johns (1031 Alder Street) |
| 1887–1891 | Mrs. Mary Brown (1033 Alder Street) |
| 1888–1889 | William M. Stewarts (1033 Alder Street) |
| 1890–1891 | William Holland (1033 Alder Street) |
| 1924 | Elizabeth Hall (1033 Alder Street) |
| 1888–1889 | George W. Hall (1035 Alder Street) |
| 1947 | Mrs. Carrie E. Holmes (1035 Alder Street) |
Alder Street — Addresses
City directory records, 1887–1947.
1100 Block of Alder Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1888 | William J. Pugh (1102 Alder Street) |
| 1890–1891 | Hezekiah Williams (1102 Alder Street) |
| 1924 | Mrs. Elizabeth Tunsil (1102 Alder Street) |
| 1924–1947 | Fanny Tunsil (1102 Alder Street) |
| 1887–1891 | John J. Love (1104 Alder Street) |
| 1919 | Henry Dworanczky (1104 Alder Street) |
| 1924 | Edward Vickers (1104 Alder Street) |
| 1947 | Louis Waples (1104 Alder Street) |
| 1887–1891 | John H. Wilson (1106 Alder Street) |
| 1888–1889 | James Wilson (1106 Alder Street) |
| 1890–1891 | John H. Woolford (1106 Alder Street) |
| 1924 | Pietro & Caroline Occhuzzo (1106 Alder Street) |
| 1888–1891 | Millville Williams (1108 Alder Street) |
| 1924 | Pietro Occhuzzo (1108 Alder Street) |
| 1947 | Harry C. Dempsey (1108 Alder Street) |