Spruce Street

Spruce Street is one of Camden’s “tree” streets, running east–west between Pine and Cherry Streets.

141 Spruce Street. Mary E. Beckett died in March of 1911 at the age of 47. She was buried at New Camden Cemetery Occupations as printed: William T. & Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Beckett: laborer - laundress; Ida A. Beckett - Walter Beckett: laundress - tinsmith; Frank Jones Beckett - Anna Beckett: oil cloth factory worker - none.

263 Spruce Street. Camden Post-Telegram, January 25, 1915: Lawrence Lamaina; Santo Marco; North 3rd Street; George V. Murry; Henry Moffett. Charles Brown, 9, drowned in the Delaware River. His body was found by his brother, Raymond Brown Jr. on September 24, 1936.

302 Spruce Street. Joseph Palese died in 1920 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery. Antonio Abbott, who was related to Joseph Palese by marriage, operated the saloon from 1910 to 1919, when Prohibition came in, and from 1926 through 1929. Anthony Alemi had a variety store here in 1919 and 1920. The Palese family returned prior to Joseph Palese's death. Antonio Palese in listed in the 1924 Directory as running the bar. From the late 1920s to at least 1970 the bar was known as Palese's Cafe. Camden Post-Telegram October 1, 1909 William A. Moore - William Moebius City Hotel Gertrude Gienger - Eugene Widmann Alvena Brass - Jules R. Schaaf Harry Rodenbach aka Harry Rodenbeck Andrew Travisco - Antonio Abbot Federal Street - North Front Street North 3rd Street - Spruce Street

304 Spruce Street. Camden Courier-Post February 10, 1943 William C. Trewin, 73, passed away on November 10, 1942 and was buried at Locustwood Cemetery, by his wife, the former Vivian Cross, who had died in 1939. The couple was then living at 508 Penn Street.

312 Spruce Street. Mrs. Angelina Vespe, 58, passed away February 10, 1945 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery.

318 Spruce Street. John Auletto, 51, of 2300 South 7th Street, died on October 4, 1944. Joseph Auletto died on February 6, 1946. They both rest at Calvary Cemetery. Left: rocco "roxie allen" auletto, late1920s Occupations as printed: Charles Auletto: rocco "roxie allen" Auletto. Giuseppe & Mary Auletto John Auletto Teresa Auletto Donato (Daniel) Auletto Charles Auletto rocco "roxie allen" Auletto Mary Auletto Florence Auletto Anita "Nettie" Auletto Nancy Auletto Camden Courier-Post February 16, 1938 MISS NETTIE AULETTO Whose engagement to Archie Joseph Natale, of 288 Chestnut street , was announced yesterday by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Auletto, 318 Spruce street .

319 Spruce Street. The Galasso family belonged to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. Vito Nicolo Galasso had been president of the church's St. Rocco Society. He died on March 5, 1940. Caterina Galasso passed away on September 1, 1942. They are buried at Calvary Cemetery in Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill), New Jersey.

322 Spruce Street. Donato Fanelle died in 1934. Maria Fanelle, aged 59, died on March 5, 1941. They had been members of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. West Jersey Press - December 16, 1868 Philadelphia Inquirer - February 5, 1902 Usually referred to as N.B. Aaronson, Napoleon Aaronson opened a flour and feed store in Camden in the summer of 1860. The 1860 Census shows him in Camden's Middle Ward and Directories show him at 21 North 5th Street from 1863 to 1867. The family consisted of N.B. Aaronson, wife the former Sarah Ann Chew, and children Frederic, John, Sarah and Mary, and one relative of his wife. In the summer of 1861, with the country engaged in Civil War, N.B. Aaronson and his son Frederic answered the nations call. When the Fourth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment was raised in August, N.B. Aaronson was appointed Captain of Company F, and Frederic was appointed First Lieutenant. In 1862 he saw action at the Battle of Gaines Mill, where he apparently was one of the 400 men captured. He and Captain John Reynolds were exchanged for Confederate officers in August. Now commanded by Colonel William B. Hatch, from August 26 to September 2 the Fourth New Jersey was part of General John Pope’s campaign in Northern Virginia, which culminated on August 30 with the Second Battle of Bull Run, and the ensuing Union retreat to Centreville. On September 6 General McClellan began a campaign into Maryland. On September 14 the regiment and its sister units in the First New Jersey Brigade took part in the Battle of Crampton’s Gap. The monument there reads: "Late in the afternoon the Brigade advanced from the fields north and west of Burkittsville, charged up the mountain, carried this point, and followed the enemy to the west foot of the mountain. Loss in the Brigade 40 killed, 134 wounded." On September 16-17 the First New Jersey Brigade too part in the Battle of Antietam. The Brigade arrived upon the field from Crampton’s Pass about noon, and was formed for a charge upon the Confederate line just North of the Dunkard Church. The order for the charge was countermanded, and the brigade took position across this road, in support of the 6th Corps Artillery, the right of the brigade in woods North of the road, the left in the open field South, where it remained, under artillery fire, until the morning of the 19th. Captain Aaronson resigned his commission on September 22, 1862. He returned to Camden, and briefly did some work for the State government in 1865. His wife died in 1868 and he appears to have left Camden afterwards. He lived for many years in Hammonton, New Jersey before returning to Camden after the 1900 Census to live with his daughter, Mrs. Mary Messick, on Spruce Street. N.B. Aaronson died February 1, 1902 from a stroke and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery.

324 Spruce Street. Nunzia Cipriano died on January 25, 1939 at the age of 74. Her husband joined her on March 29, 1940. They rest at Calvary Cemetery. The Ciprianos were survived by their son Anthony Cipriano and daughters Mrs. Mary Nigro, Mrs. Frances Roselli, Mrs. Rose Villecco, and Mrs. Philomena Taricone.

330 Spruce Street. The family moved from 251 Spruce Street. John Paolillo, 27, the first husband of Angeline Zippel, died on March 21, 1938 as a result of injuries suffered in a coal & junk yard. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery.

336 Spruce Street. Camden Courier-Post June 27, 1929 Louis Cavallo Jennie Maroccia Cavallo Sons of Italy Hall south 4th street - Spruce Street Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church division street - Viola Street Father John Proseda William Troncone - Nicholas Martella Rocco Palese Rose Marini - Daisy Pucci - Mary Doria Lillian Giordano - Grace Merocra South 3rd Street

338 Spruce Street. Left: WW1 Draft Card - September 12, 1918 Carolina Soldo passed away December 16, 1912. Rocco Soldo remarried shortlyy thereafter. He passed away on June 26, 1936 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery. His secnd wife, Sarah "Sadie" Soldo, bore him two daughters, Caroline and Catherine. Sarah Soldo died in 1955.

328 Spruce Street. Charles J.V. Drew was born in England around 1825. He married Ann Grist in Birmingham, England early in 1849. Before the year was out a son, Frederick was born. They came to American shortly afterward. The 1860 Census shows the family in Philadelphia. They moved to South Camden in 1863. Besides Frederick, seven other children were born: Ann (1852-1853); Fanny, born 1854; John, born 1856; Emily Jane (1858-1858); Sarah Jane, born 1859; Emily, born 1862; and Frank, born 1866. Charles J.V. Drew served briefly in the Union Army during the Civil War as a member of Company A, 1st Regiment, New Jersey Emergency Militia in the summer of 1864. By 1872 the Drew family had moved to 328 Spruce Street where he lived and kept a saloon. After the 1880 Census he moved his family and business across the street to 323 Spruce. Ann Gist Drew died March 2, 1881 and was buried at Old Camden Cemetery. Charles J.V. Drew joined her on January 27, 1887 when he passed away at 326 Pine Street, the home of his son Frank Drew. Charles Drew's death was reported in the West Jersey Press on February 2, 1887. DREW - In this city, January 27, Charles J. F. Drew, aged 63 years. Left: Death Certificate signed by Dr. Henry H. Davis. Undertaker was Josiah V. Middleton.

Joseph Palese died in 1920 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery. Antonio Abbott, who was related to Joseph Palese by marriage, operated the saloon from 1910 to 1919, when Prohibition came in, and from 1926 through 1929. Anthony Alemi had a variety store here in 1919 and 1920. The Palese family returned prior to Joseph Palese’s death. Antonio Palese is listed in the 1924 Directory as running the bar. From the late 1920s to at least 1970 the bar was known as Palese’s Cafe.

Mrs. Anna Maria Palese died on January 25, 1939. She was buried with her husband at Calvary Cemetery. City Directories from 1940 through 1947 show John and Josephine Tiziani and Family at 302 Spruce Street. They were the parents of Rocco Palese’s wife Angelina Tiziani. In 1967 Angelina Tiziani Palese was the liquor licensee for Palese’s Cafe.

416 Spruce Street. Annunziata Pascali, 68, died February 10, 1940 after suffering a fall at home. She had been a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church.

421 Spruce Street. Louisa Hangstorfer Street, 69, died on April 28,1933 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery.

423 Spruce Street. John W. Ridgely passed in March of 1929 and was buried at New Camden Cemetery on March 29. Eunice Ridgely passed on April 16, 1938 and was buried with her husband.

445 Spruce Street. Stefano Micchiche, 61, died on December 11, 1929. Grazia Micciche, 72, passed away on December 18, 1938. They were burid at New Camden Cemetery .

THIEVES TAKE CIGARS IN SONS OF ITALY HALL. A black leather pocketbook containing $5.50, papers and house keys, was stolen Wednesday night from the parked automobile of Violet Byers 413 Broadway , on Park Boulevard near Kaighn Avenue . Cigars, cigarettes and candy valued at $18 were stolen from the Sons of Italy hall at 440 Spruce Street , it was reported by the janitor, Nick Pitrini. An empty cash register taken from the place. was found in the yard. Entrance was made through a side window.

HOSPITAL CASES. Lewis Raupp, 53, 833 North 6th Street , dog bite of right index finger Anna Veroline, 34, 318 Walnut Street , sprained ankle Albert Passarella, 15, 433 Spruce Street , sprained ankle Thomas J. Owens, 35, 420 Taylor Ave. , bruised wrist and knee Joseph Manfredi, 14, 335 Chestnut Street , infected palm. Margaret Cramer, 9, 323 Erie Street , infected finger Laurence Wiggle, 5, 505 South 6th Street , cut hand Joseph Carbone, 18, 336 Walnut Street , cut chin Thomas DiRenzo, 13, 522 Clinton St. , splinter in left foot. Cecelia Homan, 32, 511 Ray Avenue , foreign body in eye Mary DiVincenzo, 10, 311 Beckett St. , foreign body in eye WEST JERSEY Theresa Marolda, 59, 1713 South 4th Street , cut finger Benjamin Druasowictz, 34, 1282 Van Hook St. , cut finger Charles Mangold, 52, 3 North 4th Street , cut finger Stanley Kaminski, 25, 1119 Liberty Street , cut hand Marie Birsch, 15, 697 Van Hook St. , foreign particle in eye Willard Dickson, 3, 1739 Railroad Ave. , puncture wound of thigh

410 Spruce Street. Emma Clare died of cancer at the age of 64. She was buried at New Camden Cemetery on May 19, 1922. She had worked as a servant during the 1910s and early 1920s. In the late 1890s and early 1900s she rented lodging at 230 Division Street to former Camden fire fighters Benjamin Cavanaugh and Joseph Cavanaugh.

435 Spruce Street. Norman V. Stowe went sailing on Sunday, August 3, 1958 in Delaware Bay near Fortescue, New Jersey. His boat was found drifting that afternoon, and he was not aboard. His body was found and he was declared dead on August 7, 1958. Norman Stowe was buried at New Camden Cemetery.

439 Spruce Street. Margaret Piliere Martello, 32, died on December 28, 1936 and was buried a Calvary Cemetery.

514 Spruce Street. Charles Wallen, 47, died of heart failure in January of 1922. He was buried on January 13 at New Camden Cemetery. Philadelphia Inquirer November 11, 1919 Peter K. Eldridge was a veteran of the Civil War, serving with Company C of the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment. He died on November 19, 1919 and was buried at New Camden Cemetery. Charles Wallen, 47, died of heart failure in January of 1922. He was buried on January 13 at New Camden Cemetery. Sylvan Wallen and his grandmother were living at 606 Clinton Street in 1926. Mrs. Eldrigde died from a broken neck in May of 1926 and was buried by her husband on May 26. Sylvan married Myrtle Vissel and moved to 646 North 32nd Street before the 1927 Directory was compiled.

517 Spruce Street. Philadelphia Inquirer February 27, 1896 Samuel McBride died February 21, 1890 at the approximate age of 74. His wife passed on September 25, 1899. Of her 11 children, only two outlived her. Samuel McBride had been married before, of his three children William S. McBride & Family iron moulder William S. & Catherine Dace McBride Emma McBride - Charles McBride Norman J. McBride - George H. McBride Joseph McBride - Catherine J. McBride William S. McBride died on January 7, 1941 at the age of 73 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery.

518 Spruce Street. This house appears to have been in the Dilmore family, as evidenced by entries in the Camden City Directories, from 1891 through 1921. It may have been converted to a duplex. Benjamin Dilmore served in the Civil War as a Private with Company K, 9th New Jersey Infantry Regiment. He died on January 27, 1912 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery. Blanche Dilmore married Webster Middleton in 1906. They lived at 547 Cedar Street in 1910, moved back 518 Spruce by the end of 1919, and moved to 3105 Westfield Avenue shortly before the 1922 City Directory was compiled.

521 Spruce Street. I was born in Camden in 1947, father Dominic Arcaini"Mimi" from 329 Beckett. Mother, Helen Feriozzi Arcaini of 905 South 5th Street. We lived with my grandprents, Ernest Feriozzi who owned and operated Feriozzi Construction Company and my grandmother Maria "Mary" Feriozzi. We all lived at 905 South 5th until my grandfather moved all of us to 521 Spruce in about 1953 which became the base for the construction company. I don't know how long prior to my birth they owned the house on 5th street, but the 1940 census had my grandparents and all of their children living there. The children (my uncles) were Anthony (Tony), Oswaldo(Ozzie), and Guido. My mother was Helen and my aunt was Adriana(Adri). Ron Arcaini November 2014

523 Spruce Street. Sarah Lilley Stone, 60, died on February 26, 1940 and was buried at New Camden Cemetery with her husband. She was the widow of Frederick L. Stone who had died October 4, 1930 and left 3 sons, Thomas, Fred, William, and two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Stone Rothamel. Another daughter Ethel M. Stone, had died in 1929 at the age of 21..

527 Spruce Street. Evia E. Greene died at the age of 60 on November 25, 1937. She was buried at Fernwood Cemetery in Philadelphia. The Greene's had lived at 14 North 4th Street from 1898 through at least 1931. She was survived by her husband and daughter.

562 Spruce Street. Philadelphia Inquirer December 1, 1898 Kate Urban married Camden policeman Frank Crawford. The Crawford were living at 569 Spruce Street when she passed on April 16, 1934. Margaret Urban died on November 22, 1941 Mary Urban was still residing at 562 Spruce Street when she passed away on September 7, 1942. Calara Urban died on April 7, 1943. Louis Urban, 63, passed on September 6, 1945.

564 Spruce Street. Charles Harry Price & Family Charles Harry & Annie V. Heron Price Delia Heron (sister-in-law) Camden Courier-Post February 5, 1938 Annie Heron Price died in 1922. Delia Heron died on October 22, 1946.

565 Spruce Street. Katherine Ivers passed away December 7, 1934. Edward Ivers died on March 8, 1942. They were buried at Harleigh Cenetery

566 Spruce Street. William A. Frost & Family William A. & Nellie Maguire Frost Wilbur Frost - Elizabeth Frost Philadelphia Inquirer February 20 & February 22, 19091 Frederick Frost died on February 16, 1909 and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery. His widow and son William lived at the Spruce Street address into the 1940s. Amelia Frost died on January 16, 1940 at the age of 84. . William A. Frost, 57, an Army veteran of World War I, passed on June 20, 1941 and was also buried at Harleigh. george w. frost is best remembered as Camden's Chief of Police in the mid-1940s.

568 Spruce Street. William W. Gray, 64, died on October 27, 1944 and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery. He was a member of the local Moose Lodge and was a 50 year employee of the Otis Elevator Company. He was the brother of George Wesley Gray and the Rev.Charles S. Gray.

569 Spruce Street. Katherine "Kate" Crawford died on April 16, 1934 of pyonephrosis and was buried on April 20 at New Camden Cemetery. She was the daughter of John and Margaret Urban of 562 Spruce Street.

570 Spruce Street. Emily J. Allen died on October 2, 1932 at the age of 44 and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery. George Allen passed away on January 31, 1940. Harry T. Allen died in October of 1966.

575 Spruce Street. Philadelphia Inquirer November 8, 1919 Mrs. Mary E. Morgan was the daughter of Reverend Robert Sinkinson and his wife Rachel. She was married to William C. Morgan, who died in 1919. She then moved to Spruce Street to live with her son. Charles D. Morgan, a funeral director. The 1920 Census shows her, son Charles, daughter Leona and her husband Douglas Foster. A son, William was born in the 1920s. Douglass Foster reenlisted in the Navy shortly after the census. The Fosters parted ways during the 1920s. Leona Morgan Foster remarried around 1927. Charles Foster died in 1930 prior to the April census. Mrs. Morgan died on May 17, 1942 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery.

60-DAY SENTENCE GIVEN IN THEFT OF WATCH. Sixty days in the county jail was the sentence meted out to Wilmer Brown, 52, of 3002 Thompson Street , when he was charged in police court yesterday with stealing a watch. Arrested on complaint of Martin Nelson, 561 Spruce Street , Brown denied the charges and said he knew nothing of the timepiece. Nelson testified that he went to a house on cherry Street near Sixth with Brown and fell asleep. His watch was taken while he slept, he said. He admitted he had been drinking. William Pollard, of 751 cherry Street , said he was in the back yard of the house on cherry Street when Nelson and Brown appeared. An hour after they entered the place, he said, Brown asked him for a pair of pliers to cut it In sentencing Brown, Police Judge Pancoast said he believed the man wanted the pliers to cut Nelson's watch chain.

CHARLES H. PRICE, G.O.P. LEADER, DIES. Former Street Dept. Aide Succumbs at 73 to Heart Disease Charles H. Price , 73, veteran Republican political leader in the Sixth Ward and a former assistant street commissioner, died at his house, 564 Spruce Street , yesterday of heart disease. Mr. Price had been ailing for two years but his condition did not become precarious until last Sunday. He had an attack on that date which weakened him and compelled him to remain indoors. He was lying on the couch in the living-room of the house yesterday when he was taken with another attack, while his sister-in-law, Miss Delia Heron, was seated in the room with him. Miss Heron hurried to summon a physician, but Mr. Price passed away shortly after the attack. He was born in Smyrna, Delaware, coming to Camden when a baby. Mr. Price was employed as an oil cloth maker for years, then, went into politics. When Alfred L. Sayers was street commissioner, Mr. Price became his assistant, remaining in the highway department until pensioned. Mr. Price was a member of the Camden Lodge of Elks and the Sixth Ward Republican Club . Funeral services will be held from 564 Spruce Street at 11 a. m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Arlington cemetery.

520 Spruce Street. Frederick Milton Olden, 42, died May 31, 1941 of pneumonia and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery. Anna Olden died May 2, 1943. Charles O. Olden passed on February 4, 1946, survived by children Charles Rusell Olden, Mrs. Elizabeth Olden Barrett, Wayne Olden, and Karl Marey Olden.

571 Spruce Street. John Mellon passed away at the age of 64 in May of 1899. His daughter Mary was wed to Albert O. Stutzke shortly after the 1901 Census. They had one child, a son, John. A.O. Stutzke. Sadly, Mary E. Mellon Stutzke passed away on February 15, 1908. The Mellon family was still listed in Camden City Directories as late as 1913. The house appears to have remained in the Mellon family, possibly passing to John A.O. Stutzke. Albert O. Stutzke remarried and by January of 1919 had brought his family to 571 Spruce Street. Albert O. Stutzke died on November 4, 1942 and was buried at New Camden Cemetery Left: John A.O. Stutzke

548 Spruce Street. Mrs. Sylvia Socci, 46, died on June 22, 1946 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery.

555-557 Spruce Street. Built in 1959.

511 Spruce Street. Only 11 months old, Ida M. Morris died of shock from a fall in August of 1914. She was buried at New Camden Cemetery. Margaret Hanling died in August of 1913 at the age of 60. She was buried at New Camden Cemetery.

522 Spruce Street. Camden Post-Telegram, September 29, 1914: William McCauley; Joseph Evans; Benson Street; David Plummer; O. Glen Stackhouse; John Brothers; Liberty Street; Asbell Brothers; Broadway. John S. Hess died on June 23, 1934 and was buried at Monument Cemetery in Beverly, New Jersey.

540 Spruce Street. John J. & Caroline Collins lived at 540 Spruce Street 1870s. They were at 814 South 5th Street at the time of the 1880 Census, then moved to 620 Spruce Street, then moved to 616 Spruce Street shortly before the 1885 City Directory was compiled.

546 Spruce Street. Clara Hackett died on October 6, 1939 and was buried at Hillside Cemetery in Roslyn, Pennsylvania. She was survived by her husband, who moved to 511 Mickle Street by the spring of 1940.

563 Spruce Street. Nellie Leo passed away on March 18, 1943 and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery. She was the daughter of William James and Rose Emly Leo. William Leo had died May 29, 1892 in Gloucester City, NJ.

576 Spruce Street. Harry B. Galbraith, 56, died on November 26, 1932 as a result of coronary arterial thrombosis. Harry Galbraith was the brother of Mrs. Elma Garrison, Mrs. Laura Castor, Mrs. Elsie Starrett, and Sgt. Everett Galbraith. He was buried at New Camden Cemetery. Freda Dwyer died as a result of a fibroid tumor on February 4, 1937. She was buried at New Camden Cemetery.

Mrs. Caroline Croisette, mother of at least 12 chiuldren [sic], died on May 20, 1892 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery. Charles Croisette remarried. By the 1900 Census his second wife, Virginia “Jennie” Croisette, had bore 3 more children, only one, Lydia Croisette, was alive at the time of the Census. Charles A. Croisette moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the 1900s and was still alive as late as 1912.

Katherine Davis Croisette died on July 13, 1942 and was buried at Arlington Cemetery in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The second of the two 515 Spruce Street entries on the legacy page records the same death as “Catherine Croisette died on July 13, 1942 and was buried at Arlington Cemetery in Pennsauken, New Jersey.”

602 Spruce Street. Clifford E. Baldwin was the son of Charles M. Baldwin, original member of the Camden Fire Department and for many years Justice of the Peace in the old Sixth Ward. Clifford E. Baldwin died June 21, 1937.

615 Spruce Street. Mrs. Mary Rosney died on September 1, 1934. Mrs. Margaret Crissey died on September 22, 1942.

616 Spruce Street. John J. Collins, 66, died on May, 28, 1891. A carpenter by trade, he had served in the Union Navy during the Civil War from August 30, 1864 to July 14, 1865 aboard the USS Mystic as a Landsman. He was a member of William B. Hatch Post No. 37 of the G.A.R. He died of phithsis. He was the son of Jesse Collins. Trenton Evening Times February 17, 1911 Lawrence Young, of 616 Spruce Street, died on February 17, 1911 in Camden. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery. Frances Young was married to Gustav Schwoeri Jr., who operated a bar and a bottling business in the 700 block of Chestnut Street. Mrs. Tucker passed on August 21, 1930 at the age of 90. She had been married to her husband for 68 years. Ephraim J. Tucker died on March 29, 1940. The Tuckers were buried at Harleigh Cemetery.

623 Spruce Street. Joseph E. Becker was killed while serving with the United States Army in France when the brakes on the train his unit was traveling failed, wrecking the train, on January 17, 1945. He was one of the 89 soldiers killed, 152 were injurered. Charles H, Becker, 56, died on November 25, 1945 and was buried at Bethel Memorial Cemetery in Pennsauken, NJ. Occupations as printed: Clarence Becker - Gus Becker: joseph e. becker - Alfred Becker.

629 Spruce Street. Anna E. Perkins, 10 months, died of meningitis in July of 1906 from meningitis. She was buried at New Camden Cemetery on July 10. Her family later moved to the 700 block of Florence Street.

631 Spruce Street. Left: Franklin L. Bakley - Mary Groff Bakley Frank L. Bakley died in July of 1903. Left: Lillie, Ada, Bertha, & John Bakley -1896

632 Spruce Street. Lean Olsson, 69, died on January 22, 1933 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery. Her husband Albert F. Olsson, 79 and then living at 453 South 6th Street, died on October 12, 1936. Frederick Olsson, 52, of 924 Elm Street, passed on September 16, 1945. Both men and a grandson, George Arthur Olsson are also buried at Evergreen Cemetery.

633 Spruce Street. Philadelphia Inquirer March 10, 1910 William Joyce was born in 1934. He served during the Civil War in the United States Navy aboard the USS Princeton as a Landsman from September 1, 1864 through May 21, 1865. He lived in Camden after the war, working at the Camden Iron Works. He passed away on March 8, 1900.

637 Spruce Street. Nellie Brasington parted ways with her husband Isaac in the early 1900s. He died in February of 1917. Her son Walter lived with her in the early 1920s. She died January 30, 1942 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill). New Jersey. Eugene Born died on September 4, 1939 and was buried with his father at Evergreen Cemetery in Camden. He and his wife Carrie divorced sometime after 1910. He lived with Mrs. Nellie Brasington until his death in 1939. Harvey F. Jackson was a US Marine Corps veteran of World War I. Born in Montana, he came to Philadelphia after the war with his first wife and family. They divorced soon after the 1920 Census. He married Annie Mae Allen in New Jersey in 1922, seven children followed. The family moved away, returning to Camden after April of 1942. Harvey F. Jackson died on May 6, 1944 and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery.

638 Spruce Street. Alice E. Hoffman, 86, died on January 8, 1947. She was the widow of August Hoffman, and the sister of Mrs. E.J. Houser and Mrs. Frank Miller. Besides her daughter Elsie Graham. she was survived by sons Edward and Howard, and another daughter, Mrs. Augusta Goodhead.

635 Spruce Street. Walter Brennan & Catharine Brennan Nellie T. Brennan Walter Brennan, 64, died on December 29, 1897 as a result of chronic diarrhea. He was a veteran of the Civil War, serving with Co. K, 4th Regt New York Volunteer Infantry., 5/2/1861-5/25/1863 and reaching the rank of corporal. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). Walter Brennan was initially interred at St. Patrick's Cemetery on Federal Street in what was then Stockton. His remains were moved to Calvary Cemetery when the land where St. Patrick's stood was re-purposed to make way for a new St. Joseph's Church. Shortly after the 1900 Census Nellie Brennan married Isaac Brasington. Catharine Brennan, her daughter and son-in-law are listed in Directories at this address through 1903. By 1905 Isaac and Nellie Brasington had moved to 637 Spruce Street .

619 Spruce Street. A member of Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Hugh V. Birchall died on March 1, 1940. Mary McCabe, 3, died of meningitis on October 7, 1941 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery.

620 Spruce Street. John J. & Caroline Collins had lived at 540 Spruce Street in the late 1870s. They were at 814 South 5th Street at the time of the 1880 Census, then moved to 620 Spruce Street. They moved to 616 Spruce Street shortly before the 1885 City Directory was compiled.

625 Spruce Street. Mary Scott, just over one year of age, died of whooping cough in July of 1917. They both were buried at New Camden Cemetery.

630 Spruce Street. Marie F. Kerr died on May 27, 1938 and was buried at Calvary Cemtery. She was six months old.

730 Spruce Street — 1885–1913, Daniel C. Sheppard, carpenter (Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28, 1895 & February 5, 1913).

758 Spruce Street.

767 Spruce Street.

781 Spruce Street (Philadelphia Inquirer, February 17, 1909).

783 Spruce Street — Bill’s Bar, May 15, 1971.

747 Spruce Street. Camden Courier-Post October 19, 1932

830 Spruce Street.

Samuel Glasco, 14, was killed on November 27, 1934 when struck by a bus on Newton Avenue between Sycamore and Chestnut Streets.

Ella Lipscomb passed away in January of 1936.