Ambler Street
Ambler Street was a small street that ran from 37 Cooper Street north to Penn Street. There were still homes on Ambler Street as late as 1924. Ambler Street had no occupied addresses by 1947.
Missing Boy, 8, Just 'Camping' On Vacant Lot
Camden Courier-Post —
It may be pretty cold, but 8-year-old William Barber doesn’t consider the weather too chill for “camping out.”
A worried mother, Mrs. Anna Barber, 214 Ambler street, reported to Camden police late yesterday that William was missing. He had left home for the Grant School, Third and Pearl streets, yesterday morning and hadn’t returned, she said.
By 10 o’clock last night, police were beginning to meditate dragging the Delaware river near the Camden shore, in search for William, when a posse of neighbors found him. He had pitched his camp in a vacant lot not far from home. Protected from the cold by his heavy green lumberjacket, he wasn’t suffering any.
William went home and the police called off their search.
Hero Dies
Camden Courier-Post —
George Smith — Retired Camden fireman who died yesterday after an illness of nearly three years. George Smith and family resided at 228 Ambler Street in Spring 1918.
Ambler Street — Addresses
City directory records, 1918–1924.
200 Block of Ambler Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | 208 Ambler Street (Vacant) |
| 1924 | 210 Ambler Street (Vacant) |
| 1924 | Mrs. Anna Peterson (212 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | William & Anna Durkin (214 Ambler Street) |
| 1928 | Mrs. Anna Barber & William Barber (214 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | Charles C. & Annie Dayton (216 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | Mrs. Katherine Cooper (218 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | Joseph & Mary Blair (220 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | Alex DeMamabra (222 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | John DeMamabra (222 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | Lucy DeMamabra (222 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | John & Edna Carter (224 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | Victor T. & Marie Bennett (226 Ambler Street) |
| Spring 1918 | George & Ethel Smith (228 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | Edward Schlief (228 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | Frank & Marie Keeley (230 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | John D. & Lily Lynch (232 Ambler Street) |
| 1924 | Mrs. Mary Lynch (234 Ambler Street) |