Introduction
James Court was a short street that ran east from 114 Point Street between Pearl and Birch Street. There were only six houses on James Court, all on the north side. James Court appears in the 1863–1864 City Directory and last appears in the 1919 Camden City Directory. By 1920 the street was no longer listed. Any trace that may have still existed of James Court was erased when the Delaware River Bridge was built in the early 1920s.
Intersection of Point Street & James Court
Northwest corner of Point & Pearl Streets. The Warren Webster Company, 1880s–1920s. 1909 photo. This site was one of the tracts that was taken for use as the New Jersey end of the Delaware River Bridge in the early 1920s.
Sanborn Map showing the area south of James Court. The Loeb & Schoenfeld Lace Factory operated at this site from 1885 to 1906.
Unit Block of James Court — Occupants
City directory records, 1860–1920.
1 James Court
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1885 | No information available |
| 1891 | No information available |
| 1906 | No information available |
| 1910 | Henry Schmidt & Family (Henry & Marie Schmidt) |
| 1919 | No information available |
| 1920 | Gone |
3 James Court
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1885 | No information available |
| 1891 | No information available |
| 1899–1900 | Patrick Hayes |
| 1910 | Solomon Schlatter & Family |
| 1910 | Solomon & Minnie Schlatter |
| 1920 | Gone |
5 James Court
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1869 | Samuel Patton |
| 1880 | Mrs. Amelia Doughty |
| 1880 | Ida Doughty |
| 1880 | Samuel Christian Doughty |
| 1885 | No information available |
| 1891 | No information available |
| 1910 | Frederick Bowers & Mrs. Amelia Bowers Powell |
| 1910 | Frederick Bowers |
| 1910 | Mrs. Amelia Bowers Powell |
7 James Court
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1884–1892 | James McDade & Family |
| 1898–1899 | Patrick Hayes |
| 1910 | Mrs. Mary Haley & Family (John Haley) |
9 James Court
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1860 | Thomas Leonard & Family |
| 1860 | Thomas & Anne Boyle Leonard |
| 1910 | James Sherlock & Family (James & Mary Sherlock; John, Patrick, Andrew, Annie, Maria K., John Sherlock) |
| 1910 | James & Mary Sherlock |
| 1910 | Patrick Sherlock |
| 1910 | Andrew Sherlock |
| 1910 | Annie Sherlock |
| 1910 | MAria K. Sherlock |
| 1910 | John Sherlock |
| 1920 | Gone |
11 James Court
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Mrs. Kathryn McLaughlin & Family (John, James, Thomas & Kathryn McLaughlin) |
| 1910 | John McLaughlin |
| 1910 | James McLaughlin |
| 1910 | Thomas McLaughlin |
| 1920 | Gone |
Related: Patrick Hayes struck by trolley — 3 James Court, 1899.
Related: James McDade — 7 James Court, 1884–1892.
Thomas & Anne Boyle Leonard lived at 9 James Court and later at 122 Elm Street. They were married on September 29, 1860. The priest was John Moran; the best man was James Miles and Margaret Kane. Her parents were listed on the marriage record as James and B. Boyle. There was only one James in the Camden City Directory and he was listed as a trunk maker. Anne was only 39 when she died in 1878.
Laborers Struck by Trolley
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Charles Thomas, of 1872 Milton street, and Patrick Hayes, of No. 3 James court, laborers employed by the Vulcanite Paving Company, were struck by a trolley car at Broadway and Kaighn avenue yesterday, but were not seriously injured.
James McDade, 7 James Court
James McDade, 7 James Court, 1884–1892.