Introduction
Fogarty Avenue was a very narrow street, only 14’ wide and more like an alley, that ran from 736 Federal Street to 744 Carman Street.
1906 Sanborn Map
1906 Sanborn fire insurance map showing Fogarty Avenue.
Fogarty Avenue, 1926
Fogarty Avenue, 1926.
Unit Block of Fogarty Avenue — Occupants
City directory and census records, 1878–1930.
1 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1878 | Bernard Dennis & Family |
| 1878 | Bernard & Sarah Dennis |
| 1878 | Edward Dennis |
| 1878 | Margaret Dennis |
| 1878 | Thomas Dennis |
| 1910–1912 | Anthony Angelo & Family |
| 1924 | Bertram F. Clarke |
| 1929 | James M. Maxwell |
| 1930 | Charles Cottonwood |
2 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1901 | Willie Farrell (infant) |
| 1909 | Essie Campbell |
| 1924 | Christina Kerr |
| 1929 | Henry Roebuck |
| 1930 | Albert Madden |
3 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Mary Evans & Family |
| 1924–1930 | David W. Evans (chef) |
| 1924–1930 | David W. Evans |
4 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1908–1909 | Anthony Angelo & Family |
| 1920 | John Collins & Family |
| 1924 | George & Anna Hullings |
| 1929–1930 | Mrs. Anna Hullings |
5 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1906–1910 | Martin Kenney |
| 1920 | John Schuyler & Family |
| 1924 | Carman Lucas |
| 1930 | Mrs. Amanda Madden |
6 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Henry Stiles |
| 1920 | Harry Stiles |
| 1920–1924 | Mrs. Mary Nugent |
| 1929 | Walter H. Moxley |
| 1930 | Thomas Grasheart |
7 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Charles Evans & Family |
| 1924 | Harry Hamilton |
| 1930 | Carl C. Monroe |
8 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Mary Nugent & Family |
| 1924 | Samuel Perry |
| 1929 | Francis Hamilton |
| 1930 | Charlotte Madden |
9 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920 | James Monroe & Family |
10 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Henry Weyman |
| 1928 | Charles Dean & Family |
| 1928 | Charles & Beatrice Dean |
| 1928 | Charels Dean |
| 1928 | Thelma Dean |
| 1928 | Margaret Dean |
| 1928 | John R. "Jack" Dean |
| 1928 | Beatrice Dean |
| 1928 | Doris Dean |
| 1928 | Catherine Dean |
| 1928 | Elizabeth Dean |
| 1929 | Ely P. Dent |
| 1930 | Vacant |
12 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910–1929 | Emma Trout |
| 1930 | Vacant |
14 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Hanley Butcher |
| 1929 | Joseph O'Neill |
| 1930 | Vacant |
15 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1888 | John Plum |
16 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | John Shute |
| 1929–1930 | Mrs. Lucy Nugent |
| 1939–1943 | Mrs. Sadie Hiers |
| 1945 | Mrs. Hester McSurdy |
18 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1890 | Mrs. Hartwell |
| 1924 | James Harris |
| 1929 | Edward Coles |
| 1930 | James Cole |
20 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1914–1930 | Martin Kenney Family |
| 1914–1959 | Marie E. Kenney Simon |
22 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Mrs. Margaret Ridley |
| 1929 | Clair & Josephine Beam |
| 1930 | William Madden |
| 1933 | Norman E. Kugel |
24 Fogarty Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930 | Morris & Esther Waldmann (grocery; also 741 Carman Street) |
1920 Census — Fogarty Avenue
1920
Columns read: house number, dwelling, family, name (surname first), relation to head, rents (R), sex, color, age, marital status. The right-hand columns of the sheet are not in the crop.
1 Fogarty Avenue, dwelling 108, family 108. [Wi?]llis, Burton, Head, rents, M, W, 38, married. Mary, Wife, F, W, 2[?]8, married. Florence [?], Daughter, F, W, 3, single. [Phillips?], John, Boarder, M, W, 19, single.
3 Fogarty Avenue, dwelling 109, family 109. Evans, Mary, Head, rents, F, W, 60, widowed. Carmen, Son, M, W, 16, single.
5 Fogarty Avenue, dwelling 110, family 110. Schuyler, John, Head, rents, M, W, 36, married. Annie, Wife, F, W, 35, married. Anna M., Daughter, F, W, 12, single. Winifred, Daughter, F, W, 10, single. Geraldine, Daughter, F, W, 7, single. Henrietta, Daughter, F, W, 6, single.
7 Fogarty Avenue, dwelling 111, family [?]. Evans, Charles, Head, rents, M, W, 30, married. Mar[?]a, Wife, F, W, 29, married. James A., Son, M, W, 3, single.
9 Fogarty Avenue, dwelling 112, family 112. Monroe, James, Head, rents, M, W, 36, married. Ella, Wife, F, W, 36, married. Myrtle, Daughter, F, W, 13, single. Eileen M., Daughter, F, W, 11, single. Andrew, Son, M, W, 8, single. Charley, Son, M, W, 5, single. Harry, Son, M, W, 3, single.
4 Fogarty Avenue, dwelling 113, family 113. Collins, John, Head, rents, M, W, 47, married. Annie, Wife, F, W, 46, married. Edward, Son, M, W, 23, married. Elwood, Son, M, W, 20, married. Martha, Daughter, F, W, 17, single. Susan G., Daughter, F, W, 11, single.
6 Fogarty Avenue, dwelling 114, family 114. Stiles, Harry, Head, rents, M, W, 50, widowed.
8 Fogarty Avenue, dwelling 115, family 115. Nugent, Mary, Head, [tenure mark faint and not settled], F, W, 35, widowed. Hazel, Daughter, F, W, 10, single.
Death Ended Baby’s Suffering
Camden Daily Courier —
Entire Surface of Willie Farrell’s Body Was Burned — Lived Until Morning.
The burns sustained yesterday by nine months old Willie Fowell, No. 2 Fogarty avenue, proved fatal and the child died this morning about 5.30 at the Cooper Hospital. The whole surface of the child’s body was a mass of burns and that he did not die before is remarkable.
Police Raid at 2 Fogarty Avenue
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Police Captain Boyle and officers raided the house at 2 Fogarty avenue, Essie Campbell, the alleged proprietress, and three others being apprehended.
Used Bad Language in Presence of Cop
Camden Post-Telegram —
When Annie Fitzgerald, aged 50 years, of Collingswood, was arraigned before Recorder Stackhouse this morning on a charge of being a disorderly person at Broadway and Federal street, Henry Stiles, of No. 6 Fogarty avenue, testified that the woman had taken $10 of his money and had used very offensive language in the presence of Policeman Kates.
“You musn’t say such things and shock the officers,” declared the Recorder as he sentenced the woman to twenty days.
Camden News
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Cooper Hospital Patients—Attachment of the Yacht Bonnie Doon.
The following persons were admitted to the Cooper Hospital yesterday: William Nefton, aged 32 years, living at No. 215 Taylor’s avenue, skull fractured while at work at the Camden Iron Works; James Whiteland, of No. 216 Channing Terrace, contused wound of the finger and hand; John Plum, aged 62 years, of No. 15 Fogarty street, contused wound of the wrist.
The talk around the Sheriff’s office and along the river front yesterday was the manner in which the “Bonnie Doon,” a yacht which was under attachment, issued by the Camden courts, against John Craig, at the instance of Joseph Campbell. Captain Stahr, who was watching the vessel, was taken suddenly ill on Monday night, and was compelled to get a young man to take his place. The watchman had not been off of the boat long before a tug steamed up along side of the Bonnie Doon, and after ordering the young man to go ashore in a small yawl, the seized craft was towed down the river. Telegrams have been sent out to all ports, asking that they look out for the runaway craft.
Camden Schoolboy Is British Soldier
Camden Courier-Post —
Mother of Sergeant McLaughlin Hears from Son Who Escaped Dunkirk
A pupil at Sewell school, Camden, not so many years ago — yesterday, a youthful student officer at the Officer Cadet Training unit, of the Royal Armored Corps in England! And in the years between, an adventure-laden life in the British Army.
That is a brief biography to date of Sergeant William G. McLaughlin, 28, son of Mrs. Sadie Hiers, of 16 Fogarty avenue.
Today, Mrs. Hiers is happy. She received her first letter in recent war-torn years from her son. A letter which described the bitter battle of Dunkirk in which Sgt. McLaughlin participated. It told of British morale. It related, also, of the five years which the former Camden resident spent in the British Army in India prior to the present World War.
Family of Soldiers
Mrs. Hiers, who has become an American citizen, has had close personal experience with war. McLaughlin’s father and his two uncles were killed in World War I. His mother’s oldest brother served in the Boer War, the last World War and now too old for active service, he is serving in the British Intelligence during the current conflict.
“You will be most interested in life in the British Isles during this war,” writes Sgt. McLaughlin. “From what I have seen of the ordinary people here, they have been great and I really am proud of my countrymen and women. Much to Hitler’s disgust, his bombing here has had just the reverse effect of what he had hoped.
“Since Sept. ’39, I have been back in the Army and was sent to France in that month with a light tank regiment. When Germany invaded Belgium, I was sent there where I did manage to deliver quite a lot of nickel-coated presents to the invading German army and to my own satisfaction, two German bombers bit the dust through passing across my sights while on hedge-hopping bombing.
“My stay at Dunkirk was from May 27 until June 2, 1940,” he stated, describing one incident of the siege.
Attacks Anti-Tank Gunners
“I had to attack an anti-tank gun which was causing quite a bit of trouble. I managed to get around the rear of the offending gun and was busy putting an end to the activities of the crew when my gunner got one which came through the side of the tank, putting his leg out of action.
“Completing the job in hand, i.e. silencing the anti-tank gun, I directed my attention to the guy who fired the A-T rifle which had got the gunner. I found him in a ditch, very much afraid of what was coming to him.
“After quite a number of incidents like the aforementioned, we were eventually taken from Dunkirk on June 2 by a fast destroyer. The Navy made it possible and all of us who left by fast boat from Dunkirk make no bones about our debt to the Navy. They were great.
“We gradually have formed an army which will take all the wind out of that windbag Hitler. Looking back on the damage we inflicted with the weapons we had in France, in comparison they were like balloons on a stick to what we have now.”
Mrs. Hier also has two daughters in England. One of them was so severely shell shocked in recent bombings, it was necessary to take her to Ireland to recuperate.
Mrs. Hester McSurdy
Camden Courier-Post —
Mrs. Hester McSurdy, 79, of 16 Fogarty avenue, died Thursday night after a brief illness. A member of Lady Wyckoff Lodge, No. 34, Shepherds of Bethlehem, she is survived by two sons, James, of Elizabeth, Pa., and Daniel, of Camden; four daughters, Mrs. Ann Eichenberg, of Camden; Mrs. Hester Parker, of Dividing Creek; Mrs. Emma Horseman, of Washington, D. C., and Miss Hannah McSurdy, of Collingswood, and nine grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in a funeral parlor at 1458 Mt. Ephraim avenue.
Case of Harriet Smith
Camden Post —
The case of Harriet Smith for nuisance was next called.
Prosecutor Jenkins read the indictment against the defendant charging her with being a common scold and a nuisance.
Sally Hunt said she lived at 67 Penn street. One month ago she lived at 746 Carman street. She made the charge against the defendant; had heard her scold Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Young and Mrs. Lewis, neighbors to her. Even the little children, two years of age, had had water thrown upon them.
Mr. Thompson, who figured in the Leconey trial as detective, said he knew nothing against Mrs. Smith.
“Thank you,” said Counsel Hewitt.
Mrs. Hartwell, 18 Fogarty street, gave a very unflattering report of Mrs. Smith’s reputation.
The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty.
At 11.40 the witnesses and jurors were discharged till to-morrow at 10 o’clock.
Intersection of Fogarty Avenue & Carman Street
See Carman Street.
Howard L. James Held on Burglary Charge
Camden Courier-Post —
Howard L. James, 25, of Fogarty ave., who police said was found hiding behind a workbench in a service station at 920 Cooper st. early Wednesday, was held in default of $10,000 bail for further hearing Friday on a charge of breaking and entering. Det. Clifford Del Rossi asked the continuance for further investigation.
Mrs. Marie E. Simon Dies at 68; Beloved ‘Mayor of Fogarty Ave.’
Camden Courier-Post —
‘Mame’ Always Good for Handout
By ALEX WATSON
Friend of an earlier generation of newspapermen, Mrs. Marie E. Simon, 68, of 20 Fogarty ave., died Tuesday in West Jersey Hospital.
To the survivors of that generation, Mrs. Simon was known as “Mame Kenney,” her maiden name. And the neighbors had dubbed her the “Mayor of Fogarty Ave.”
There wasn’t any wrong in her domain that Mame didn’t try to set right, either by arbitration, a call to City Hall, or to a newspaper. And Mame’s heart was as big as her voice which boomed in no uncertain terminology when things didn’t go right.
Mame in the Middle
Fogarty ave. is a block of brick row houses running from Federal to Carman st. between 9th and 10th sts. The residents can shake hands across the street and it’s strictly one-way traffic — either way. Everybody knows everybody else’s troubles and Mame stood right in the middle of them.
Mame liked newspapermen, she said, because they “could give me a slant on what’s going on.” It was a red letter day when she could invite them in for coffee and a sandwich, or a drink, and get the latest gossip on City Hall. She had decided views on politics and the reporters found grist for copy in her shrewd observations.
Generous Heart
Mame’s generous heart extended to the down-and-outer and the bottle-ganger. A knock on her door always brought a hand-out of food, a piece of clothing and perhaps the price of a drink.
Mrs. Simon was a lifelong resident of Camden. She was a member of Women’s Order of the Moose, Chapter 385; Saranac Council, 79, Order of Pocahontas, IORM; and American Legion Post 231 Auxiliary.
Surviving are a son, Thomas J., of Laurel Springs; three brothers, Thomas P., and James J. Kenney, of Camden and Martin F. Kenney, of Moorestown, and two grandchildren.
Relatives and friends will meet at 8:30 a. m. Friday in the Robert J. Blake Funeral Home, Haddon ave. and Division st. Requiem high Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 o’clock in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. A viewing will be held Thursday night at the funeral home. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Camden Man Is Given 2nd Lieut. Commission
Camden Courier-Post —
Washington, June 2 —
Norman E. Kugel, 22 Fogarty Avenue, Camden, N. J., has been commissioned second lieutenant in the medical administration unit of the United States Army officers reserve corps, the war department has announced.
Camden Man Named Army Reserve Officer
Camden Courier-Post —
New York, June 7 —
According to War Department orders received today at Headquarters, 2nd Corps Area, Governors Island, Norman Edward Kugel, 22 Fogarty Avenue, Camden, N. J., has been appointed by the President a second lieutenant in the Medical Administrative Reserve, U. S. Army.
J.J. Cullin Entertainment
Camden Courier-Post —
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cullin, of 141 East Nicholson road, Audubon, entertained at their home on Saturday evening for Miss Ruth Hickey, Miss Maude Crane, Miss Betty T. Hanna, Miss Laura Pernier, Norman Kugel, of Camden; Walter Sharpley, Jr., of Haddonfield; Lennox Cooper and Robert Zimmerman, Jr., of Merchantville.
Hickey Dinner Party
Camden Courier-Post —
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Hickey of 1255 Langham Avenue, entertained at dinner followed by a swimming party Monday evening, in honor of their daughter, Miss Ruth Hickey. Guests were Miss Ruth Frambes, Miss Maude Crane, Miss Laura Pernier, Miss Betty Hanna, Miss Catherine Hickey, Norman Kugel, of Camden; Walter Sharpley, Jr., of Haddonfield; George Loughrey, Robert Zimmerman and Calvin Cooper, of Merchantville, and Paul Hatch of Moorestown.
Fourteen Caught in Saloon Round-Up
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Latest Haul Made by the Law and Order League in Camden
There was another round-up of Camden county liquor dealers yesterday. Complaints were made against fourteen persons by George B. M. Adams, an agent of the Law and Order League.
Those for whom warrants were issued are: Walter S. Hubbs and wife, charged with running a speak-easy in Pensauken township; John Keefe, of Fogarty avenue and Carman street; Thomas Farnham, Ninth and Lawrence streets; John Daly, 321 North Seventh street; William Gallagher, 106 Kaighn avenue; Charles E. Bakley, 2318 Federal street; John H. Carroll, Third and Cherry streets; John H. Jones, 517 North Front street; George W. Hoskins, 505 Main street; William Convery, Eleventh and Carpenter streets; John Opfer, Front and Pearl streets; Joan [sic] Dugan, Front and Pearl streets; Michael J. Walsh, 503 Federal street.
All entered bail before Justice Schultz for hearings to-day except Opfer, Gallagher and Walsh. The latter was locked up and the other two sent word they would appear this morning. The complaints will at once be submitted to the grand jury.