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Cleveland Avenue

Cramer Hill, Camden, NJ
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Cleveland Avenue

CLEVELAND AVENUE runs from North 27th Street in an easterly direction to North 34th Street in Cramer Hill.

Phil Cohen

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715 North 27th Street — Citizens Fire Company No. 1

Frank J. Hartmann Sr.'s hat badge from the Citizens Fire Company Members, family and friends of Citizens Fire Company No. 1, circa 1891 Members of Citizens Fire Company No. 1 with hose carriage, mid-1890s

Frank J. Hartmann Sr.’s hat badge from the Citizens Fire Company. Note that it indicates the Town of Stockton. 715 North 27th Street, 1890–1899.

This photo, most likely taken in 1891, shows members, family and friends of the Citizens Fire Company No. 1 in front of their quarters on Cooper Avenue across from Cleveland Avenue, which, after 1899, was known as 715 North 27th Street. This building was replaced by a new, two-story firehouse, in 1893.

Members of the Citizens Fire Company No. 1 with hose carriage are pictured in front of their new firehouse in the mid 1890s. The building was located on Cooper Avenue across from Cleveland Avenue, which, after 1899, was known as 715 North 27th Street. From 1900 to at least 1914 the building was known as Citizen’s Hall. As early as 1924 through 1929 it was called Red Men’s Hall, and was the home of the Black Hawk Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men. The 1947 City Directory shows Harry’s Sign Shop and Post Office Substation Number 8 sharing this address.

2700 Block of Cleveland Avenue

2700 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants

City directory records, 1924–1947.

2707 Cleveland Avenue

2707 Cleveland Avenue — 2700 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1929 Joe Spearing

2713 Cleveland Avenue

2713 Cleveland Avenue — 2700 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
mid-1930s George Van Newkirk

2717 Cleveland Avenue

2717 Cleveland Avenue — 2700 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1929–1947Philip Edelmayer & Family
Philip & Elizabeth Edelmayer
Harry Edelmayer

2731 Cleveland Avenue

2731 Cleveland Avenue — 2700 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1924–1981 Ralph F. Bingemann Sr.
1924–1981 Ralph Bingemann

2740 Cleveland Avenue

2740 Cleveland Avenue — 2700 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1930s–1940sCharles B. Reynolds & Family
1930s–1940sCharles B. & Florence Reynolds
1930s–1940sBeatrice Reynolds
1930s–1940sDorothy Reynolds
1930s–1940sHazel Reynolds
1930s–1940sJohn Reynolds
1930s–1940s Charles E. Reynolds

2717 Cleveland Avenue — Seaman First Class Harry Edelmayer

Seaman First Class Harry Edelmayer, 2717 Cleveland Avenue

Seaman First Class Harry Edelmayer, 2717 Cleveland Avenue. Philip & Elizabeth Edelmayer family.

2740 Cleveland Avenue — Staff Sergeant Charles E. Reynolds

Staff Sergeant Charles E. Reynolds, 2740 Cleveland Avenue

Staff Sergeant Charles E. Reynolds, 2740 Cleveland Avenue. Charles B. & Florence Reynolds family, 1930s–1940s.

Intersection of North 28th Street & Cleveland Avenue

Cleveland Avenue intersects with North 28th Street.

2800 Block of Cleveland Avenue

2800 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants

City directory records, 1880s–1943.

2826 Cleveland Avenue

2826 Cleveland Avenue — 2800 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1932–1943 William Gehm & Family (William & Elsie Gehm)

2829 Cleveland Avenue

2829 Cleveland Avenue — 2800 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1880s–1900s Frank J. Hartmann Sr. & Family

2830 Cleveland Avenue

2830 Cleveland Avenue — 2800 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1880s–1890s Robert Hartmann

2832 Cleveland Avenue

2832 Cleveland Avenue — 2800 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1880s–1900s Frank J. Hartmann Jr.

2837 Cleveland Avenue

2837 Cleveland Avenue — 2800 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1912Harry Preller

2838 Cleveland Avenue

2838 Cleveland Avenue — 2800 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1911Freda Bobo & Family

2840 Cleveland Avenue

2840 Cleveland Avenue — 2800 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1892–1934Friedrich 'Fred' Donner & Family (Fred & Louisa Hertler Donner)

2845 Cleveland Avenue

2845 Cleveland Avenue — 2800 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
Ida Watmore & Family (Ida & William Watmore)

DRIVER ARRESTED HERE ON MATRON'S COMPLAINT

Camden Courier-Post

Driver Arrested Here on Matron's Complaint — Mrs. Elsie Gehm, 2826 Cleveland Avenue

David Moskowitz, 53, 1238 Kaighn avenue, was arrested last night on a charge of reckless driving and released on $25 bail for a hearing tonight in traffic court.

Complaint was made by Mrs. Elsie Gehm, of 2826 Cleveland avenue, this city, who is a matron at the city jail. Mrs Gehm reported her car was nearly forced into one of the iron poles beneath the railroad bridge at Haddon avenue and Line street when Moskowitz swerved his vehicle out of line. The matron trailed Moskowitz to Broadway and Cooper streets where she notified Motorcycle Policeman George Schuyler who arrested him at the bridge plaza.

CAMDEN POLICE MATRON TO ATTEND V.F.W. PARLEY

Camden Courier-Post

Mrs. Elsie Gehm, 2826 Cleveland Avenue, matron at police headquarters, will attend the fourteenth annual state encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Atlantic City today, tomorrow and Saturday, as a delegate of the auxiliary.

Mrs. Gehm will also be a delegate to the national convention of the V.F.W. Auxiliary at Milwaukee from Aug. 29 to Sept. 5. Mrs. Gehm is a former member of the Camden County Republican Executive Committee. She will be elected a member of the Police and Firemen’s Association tonight.

2829 Cleveland Avenue — Frank J. Hartmann Sr. Family

Frank J. Hartmann Sr. family, 2829 Cleveland Avenue, 1890s Frank J. Hartmann Sr. & Family, 2829 Cleveland Avenue, 1890s

Frank J. Hartmann Sr. & Family, 2829 Cleveland Avenue, 1880s–1900s. Photos from the 1890s.

2830 Cleveland Avenue — Robert Hartmann

Robert Hartmann, 2830 Cleveland Avenue, 1880s–1890s

Robert Hartmann, 2830 Cleveland Avenue, 1880s–1890s.

2832 Cleveland Avenue — Frank J. Hartmann Jr.

Frank J. Hartmann Jr., 2832 Cleveland Avenue, 1880s–1900s

Frank J. Hartmann Jr., 2832 Cleveland Avenue, 1880s–1900s.

2837 Cleveland Avenue — Harry Preller

Philadelphia Inquirer

Harry Preller, 2837 Cleveland Avenue — insect stings, Philadelphia Inquirer July 14, 1912

With their lips swollen until they appeared like those of Hottentots, Harry Preller, 11 years old, of 2837 Cleveland avenue, and Irene Steward, 15 years old, of 811 Silver street, were treated at the Cooper Hospital. They were victims of insect stings.

2837 Cleveland Ave: Owned by George Baird and his wife Estella. After the wife died, George remarried Bertha Lemmerman (who was previously married to Arthur Murphy), and they had a son together. George died in that house around 1942. After a little while, Bertha moved out and back into one of her previous homes, 2012 Wayne Ave. It is actually funny because Bertha’s nephew married Fred and Louisa’s one granddaughter. Bertha lived on her house in Wayne avenue which also was right next to her twin brother’s home Gustave William Lemmerman (Gus), who is my ancestor. Gus and Bertha were the oldest children of Wilhelm and Emma Lemmerman, who owned their own grocery store on River Avenue.

— Christian Emick, April 5, 2020

2838–2840 Cleveland Avenue

My ancestors grew up in North Cramer Hill area. The Donner family, Friedrich Donner (Fred), his wife Louise (went by Louisa) (née Hertler), and their family lived most of their lives on Cleveland Avenue. Fred and Louisa lived in 2840 Cleveland Avenue from 1892 until Louisa died in 1934. The house next to it 2838 Cleveland Ave was owned by their daughter Freda Bobo and her husband in 1911, and then she moved in with her parents with her son while her husband lived other places. After she moved out, their oldest daughter Louise Wroten and her husband Gordy along with Gordy’s father James Wroten and younger brother Otis Wroten lived there until James died. While the Donner’s lived in 2840, a lot happened. Fred and Louisa’s youngest child Stella died at the age of 4 by accidentally setting herself aflame in their front yard while trying to help her mother get rid of paper scraps.

— Christian Emick, April 5, 2020

2845 Cleveland Avenue

I also know that a very close family friend Ida Watmore (who was best friends with one of Fred and Louisa’s granddaughters growing up), lived with her parents Ida and William and her brother and sister in 2845 Cleveland Avenue.

— Christian Emick, April 5, 2020

Intersection of North 29th Street & Cleveland Avenue

Looking West on North 29th Street from Cleveland Avenue, May 11, 2007 Southwest Corner, North 29th Street & Cleveland Avenue, May 11, 2007 Southwest Corner, North 29th Street & Cleveland Avenue, May 11, 2007 Southwest Corner, North 29th Street & Cleveland Avenue, May 11, 2007 Looking South on Cleveland Avenue from North 29th Street, May 11, 2007 Southeast Corner, North 29th Street & Cleveland Avenue, May 11, 2007 Looking North on Cleveland Avenue from North 29th Street, May 11, 2007

Intersection of North 29th Street & Cleveland Avenue, May 2007. Views looking west on North 29th Street; southwest corner; looking south and north on Cleveland Avenue; southeast corner.

2900 Block of Cleveland Avenue

2900 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants

City directory records, 1910–1972.

2907 Cleveland Avenue

2907 Cleveland Avenue — 2900 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1910 Percival Myers & Family
1917 Louis H. Beisser & Family
1917Louis & Anna M. Buettner Beisser
1922–1968 William Fullerton & Family (William & Margaret Fullerton; Blanche Fullerton; Helen Fullerton; Margaret Fullerton; William Fullerton; George Fullerton; Edward Fullerton)
1922–1968William and Margaret Fullerton
1922–1968Blanche Fullerton
1922–1968Helen Fullerton
1922–1968Margaret Fullerton
1922–1968George Fullerton
1922–1968Edward Fullerton
1970–1972 Willard F. Snyder & Family

2911 Cleveland Avenue

2911 Cleveland Avenue — 2900 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1930George Fullerton & Family (George & Claudine Fullerton; George Fullerton; Claudine Fullerton)
1930George & Claudine Fullerton
1930Claudine Fullerton

2907 Cleveland Avenue — Percival Myers & Family

Philadelphia Inquirer

Percival Myers family, 2907 Cleveland Avenue — Philadelphia Inquirer, November 15, 1910

The funeral of Mrs. Percival Myers, who died suddenly last Friday, has been postponed until Thursday so that her husband, who is rushing from the far West, where he was on a business trip, may see the body. The Myerses live at 2907 Cleveland avenue.

2907 Cleveland Avenue — Louis H. Beisser

Philadelphia Inquirer

Louis H. Beisser obituary, 2907 Cleveland Avenue — Philadelphia Inquirer, March 27, 1917

BEISSER — Suddenly, May 24. LOUIS H. BEISSER, husband of Anna M. Buettner Beisser aged 60. Relatives and friends: Court Pride of Stockton, No. 15, F of A.; Welcome Circle, No 3 B of A; Penna. R. R. Relief Asso.; William Penn Volunteer Fire Co., employees of Pavonia Car Shops. Invited to funeral, Sun., 3 P.M., 2907 Cleveland ave., Camden, N.J. Friends may call Sat. eve., Int Arlington Cem.

2907 Cleveland Avenue — William Fullerton & Family

Helen Fullerton, circa 1930 — 2907 Cleveland Avenue Mrs. Margaret T. Fullerton obituary — 2907 Cleveland Avenue, Camden Courier-Post, September 15, 1936 Miss Helen Fullerton obituary — 2907 Cleveland Avenue, Camden Courier-Post, March 12, 1941

William & Margaret Fullerton family, 2907 Cleveland avenue, 1922–1968. Left: Helen Fullerton, circa 1930. She died of a heart ailment at the age of 29 on March 10, 1941.

MRS. MARGARET T. FULLERTON — Mrs. Margaret T. Fullerton, 57, resident of 2907 Cleveland avenue for the past 35 years, died early yesterday in Cooper Hospital. She was the wife of William G. Fullerton, retired Public Service lineman. Mrs. Fullerton was an active member of the Crescent Chapter, No. 55, Eastern Star, having been chairman of the ways and means committee of the chapter for the past three years. Surviving in addition to her husband are three sons, George and Edward, of Camden; William, Jr., of Mt. Holly; three daughters, Mrs. Blanche Crothers, Mrs. Margaret Haines and Miss Helen Fullerton, all of Camden, and nine grandchildren. Eastern Star rites will be held Thursday night. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. Friday at the residence. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery, Lansdowne, Pa. — Camden Courier-Post, September 15, 1936

MISS HELEN FULLERTON — Funeral services for Miss Helen Fullerton, 39, who died Monday at her home, 2907 Cleveland avenue, will be held there at 1 p. m. tomorrow. Miss Fullerton was a lifelong resident of Camden and had been ill of a heart condition for several years. She formerly was employed by the Esterbrook Pen Company. She is survived by her father, William G. Fullerton, a retired Public Service employe; three brothers, George, William and Edward, all of Camden, and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Haines, Audubon, and Mrs. Blanche Crothers, Camden. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery, Glenside, Pa. — Camden Courier-Post, March 12, 1941

By 1985 the house was long-abandoned and in disrepair. It was ordered demolished within 30 days on March 22, 1986. The 1970–1972 directory shows Willard F. Snyder & Family at this address.

Intersection of Reeves Avenue & Cleveland Avenue

Cleveland Avenue intersects with Reeves Avenue.

Intersection of North 30th Street & Cleveland Avenue

Cleveland Avenue intersects with North 30th Street.

Intersection of Lois Avenue & Cleveland Avenue

Cleveland Avenue intersects with Lois Avenue.

3000 Block of Cleveland Avenue

3000 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants

City directory records, 1977–1980.

3055 Cleveland Avenue

3055 Cleveland Avenue — 3000 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
1977–1980Michael H. Hopkins & Family
1977–1980Tina Hopkins

3065 Cleveland Avenue

3065 Cleveland Avenue — 3000 Block of Cleveland Avenue — Occupants
Year Name
Wagoner Christopher Evans Jr.

3055 Cleveland Avenue — Michael H. Hopkins & Family

3055 Cleveland Avenue, circa 1978

3055 Cleveland Avenue, circa 1978. Michael H. Hopkins & Family (Tina Hopkins), 1977–1980.

3065 Cleveland Avenue — Wagoner Christopher Evans Jr.

Wagoner Christopher Evans Jr., 3065 Cleveland Avenue.

Intersection of North 31st Street & Cleveland Avenue

Cleveland Avenue intersects with North 31st Street.

Intersection of Beideman Avenue & Cleveland Avenue

Cleveland Avenue intersects with Beideman Avenue.

Intersection of North 32nd Street & Cleveland Avenue

Cleveland Avenue intersects with North 32nd Street.

Intersection of Bergen Avenue & Cleveland Avenue

Cleveland Avenue intersects with Bergen Avenue.

Intersection of North 33rd Street & Cleveland Avenue

Cleveland Avenue intersects with North 33rd Street.

Intersection of North 34th Street & Cleveland Avenue

Cleveland Avenue intersects with North 34th Street.

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