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Tioga Street

Camden Street

Introduction

By Phil Cohen

Tioga Street runs south for two blocks from opposite 1089 Van Hook Street, ending at Budd Street, between Mulford Street and the rear of Evergreen Cemetery.

Two families were already on Tioga Street by 1880, the Alfred Brown family and the Christopher Hicks family. Brown was born in England and was a rug dealer. Christopher Hicks was black, born in Maryland. He and his family remained on Tioga Street through at least 1914. Robert Downing and his family had arrived by 1887. The Downings were at 1701 Tioga Street through 1914, they were followed at that address by Julius Maleski and his family, who were there through 1947. By 1930 the Kendzierski family was living at 1829 Tioga Street. The family still retains a business presence on Tioga Street, as Kendzierski Brothers, Inc.

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1946 Map of Camden

1946 map of Camden with Tioga Street marked in red, running north-south between Mulford Street and Evergreen Cemetery

Tioga Street is marked red, running north–south, between Mulford Street and Evergreen Cemetery.

1700 Block of Tioga Street

1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants

City directory records and historical notes.

1701 Tioga Street

1701 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1947Julius Maleski

1702 Tioga Street

1702 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914Mrs. Anna Vaughn

1705 Tioga Street

1705 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1885–1909Alfred Brown
1905Jason C. Luman
1920Henrietta Sykes

1709 Tioga Street

1709 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1947John Surowiec

1711 Tioga Street

1711 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Marino Lagana

1713 Tioga Street

1713 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Stanley Kostko
1947Mrs. Mary Kostko

1715 Tioga Street

1715 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Alex A. Torek

1735 Tioga Street

1735 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Vincent Mistak

1736 Tioga Street

1736 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Francis J. 'Frank' Bittmann & Family (Frank & Agnes Bittmann, Frank Bittmann Jr.)

1738 Tioga Street

1738 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933John Kaus Jr.
1947George P. Neafsey
1964Bert North

1740 Tioga Street

1740 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Peter Wlasuk

1741 Tioga Street

1741 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947George Bardolf

1742 Tioga Street

1742 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Stanley T. Gedral

1743 Tioga Street

1743 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1903 Nicholas Romaine
1947Casimir Wawrzyniak

1744 Tioga Street

1744 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Frank A. Gasperone

1745 Tioga Street

1745 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Frank Klub

1747 Tioga Street

1747 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947No return to inquiry

1748 Tioga Street

1748 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1943–1974Jonathan Austin & Family (Jonathan & Floretta Cropper Austin)
1947John Batanski

1756 Tioga Street

1756 Tioga Street — 1700 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1870s–1910sChristopher Hicks

Related: Held for Robbing Woman Who Had Befriended Her — 1702 Tioga Street, 1914. 3 Hurt in Collision on Wilson Boulevard — 1738 Tioga Street, 1933. Bert North — 1738 Tioga Street, 1964. Frank Bittmann — 1736 Tioga Street.

Held for Robbing Woman Who Had Befriended Her

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Held for Robbing Woman Who Had Befriended Her — Philadelphia Inquirer, November 24, 1914

Last September Mrs. Anna Vaughn, of 1702 Tioga street, Camden, befriended May Jackson, aged 20, giving her a home. On September 14, Mrs. Vaughn left the girl in charge of the house and when she returned, May and twenty-five dollars worth of silverware had disappeared.

While in a moving picture place on Broadway yesterday, Mrs. Vaughn saw Miss Jackson and had Reserve Policeman Brothers arrest her. She was committed to jail in default of $500 bail by Recorder Stackhouse.

3 Hurt in Collision on Wilson Boulevard

Camden Courier-Post —

Three persons were injured in an automobile crash at Admiral Wilson and Baird Boulevards yesterday when a machine driven by a Camden man was in collision with an automobile driven by a Bridgeton man.

The most seriously injured was John Kaus, Jr., 19, of 1738 Tioga Street. He suffered a severed tendon of the right hand. Walter Connell, of 27 Marlton Avenue, driver of one machine, was cut about the head.

Anthony Batani, of Bridgeton, driver of the other car, was cut about the hands. J. R. Boston, of 718 Pearl Street, took all the injured to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital.

Bert North

Camden Courier-Post —

Bert North, 52, of 1738 Tioga Street, died Wednesday in Cooper Hospital. He was a self-employed carpenter, a veteran of World War II and a member of Fair-view Post 71, American Legion. Surviving are his wife Mary; a son, Robert at home; his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Ritchie of Valley Station, Ky.; a brother and four sisters in Kentucky.

Friends will meet Monday at 9 a.m. in the Harry Leonard Funeral Home, 2850 Federal Street. Requiem high Mass will be celebrated at 10 o'clock in St. Joseph’s Church, 29th and Federal streets. A viewing will be Sunday in the funeral home. Burial will be in the National Cemetery, Beverly.

Frank Bittmann — 1736 Tioga Street

Francis J. 'Frank' Bittmann and family at 1736 Tioga Street, Easter 1938 Francis J. 'Frank' Bittmann at 1736 Tioga Street

Francis J. “Frank” Bittmann & Family — Frank & Agnes Bittmann and Frank Bittmann Jr. — 1736 Tioga Street. Easter 1938.

Nicholas Romaine — 1743 Tioga Street

Portrait of Nicholas Romaine, 1743 Tioga Street, 1903

Nicholas Romaine — 1743 Tioga Street, 1903.

Central Avenue & Tioga Street — 2003

Northwest corner of Central Avenue and Tioga Street, 1057 Central Avenue, October 5, 2003 Northwest corner of Central Avenue and Tioga Street, October 5, 2003, second view

Northwest corner of Central Avenue & Tioga Street — 1057 Central Avenue. Home of the Central Cafe (1930s–1940s) and the Tioga Tavern (1940s–2000s). October 5, 2003.

1800 Block of Tioga Street

1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants

City directory records and historical notes.

1803 Tioga Street

1803 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Mrs. Mary Supernak
1960–1967Casimir Brodowicz & Family (Casimir & Irene Brodowicz, Kaz Brodowicz, Rich Brodowicz)

1804 Tioga Street

1804 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920Fred Schatzman & Family (Fred & Anna Schatzman, Stephen & Ida Schatzman)
1947James Winkler (junkyard)
1940s–2011Kendzierski Brothers & KBI, Inc. (junkyard and general merchandise)

1805 Tioga Street

1805 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920Rudolph Hansen & Family (Rudolph & Katie Hansen, Rudolph Jr., Andrew, Louisa)
1940 John J. Bittman & Family (John J. & Anna Bittman)
1947Anthony Moniuszko & Family (Anthony & Margaret Moniuszko)

1807 Tioga Street

1807 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920–1947George W. Christman & Family (George & Mary Christman, Adelaide, Catherine, Mary Christman)
1947Mrs. May C. Christman

1809 Tioga Street

1809 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920James Alcorn & Family (James & Ellen Alcorn, Mary Edwards, James, Phoebe, Jennie, Catherine, Robert Alcorn)
1947Zigmund Kendzierski

1810 Tioga Street

1810 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Edward Pierce

1811 Tioga Street

1811 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920Charles Jeitner & Family (Charles & Frances Jeitner, Marie, Charles, Catherine, Anna, Elizabeth, Frances Jeitner)
1947John C. Przywara

1813 Tioga Street

1813 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920David Paget & Family (David & Julia Paget, Robert Paget)
1947Steve Pierce

1815 Tioga Street

1815 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914–1992Joseph Bittmann & Family (Joseph & Catherine Bittmann, Joseph J., Catherine, Francis J., Emery, Elizabeth Bittmann, John J. Bittmann)

1817 Tioga Street

1817 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Joseph DeMucci

1819 Tioga Street

1819 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920Joseph Peati & Family (Joseph & Anna Peati, Francis, Stella Peati)
1940s–1960sEdward W. Prosinski Family

1821 Tioga Street

1821 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Walden Schultz

1823 Tioga Street

1823 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Rosene Cheeseman

1825 Tioga Street

1825 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Joseph A. Kaminski

1827 Tioga Street

1827 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Mrs. Agatha Basura
1956Dolores Dorkowski

1829 Tioga Street

1829 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Theodore Kendzierski

1831 Tioga Street

1831 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920Henry Pierce & Family (Henry & Amy Pierce, Edgar, Frederick, Russell, Hannah, Evans, Doris Pierce)

1841 Tioga Street

1841 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920John F. Wheeler & Family (John F. & Anna Wheeler, Elsie Wheeler)

1843 Tioga Street

1843 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1947Joseph M. Marlow

1844 Tioga Street

1844 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947John Mihalchak

1848 Tioga Street

1848 Tioga Street — 1800 Block of Tioga Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1924Michael Bardolf & Family (Michael & Caroline Bardolf, Charles, Rosie, Freda, Marguerite, Matilda, George Bardolf)
1920Joseph Carlotta & Family (Joseph & Dorothy Carlotta)
1947John J. Fister

Related: Brodowicz Family — 1803 Tioga Street. 1804 Tioga Street — Kendzierski Brothers. Private First Class John J. Bittman — 1805 Tioga Street. Joseph Bittmann & Family — 1815 Tioga Street. Dolores Dorkowski — 1827 Tioga Street, 1956.

Brodowicz Family — 1803 Tioga Street

Irene Brodowicz and Catherine Tarnecki at 1803 Tioga Street, mid-1960s Henry Tarnecki, Kaz Brodowicz, and Rich Brodowicz at 1803 Tioga Street Henry Tarnecki, Kaz Brodowicz, and Rich Brodowicz at 1803 Tioga Street, second view

Casimir Brodowicz & Family — 1803 Tioga Street, 1960–1967. Irene Brodowicz & Catherine Tarnecki (mid-1960s). Front to Rear: Henry Tarnecki, Kaz Brodowicz, & Rich Brodowicz.

1804 Tioga Street

Harry E. Payton at 1804 Tioga Street — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisement Kendzierski Brothers at 1804 Tioga Street — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisement

1804 Tioga Street — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisements. Harry E. Payton (1955); Kendzierski Brothers & KBI, Inc. (1940s–2011).

Private First Class John J. Bittman — 1805 Tioga Street

Portrait of Private First Class John J. Bittman, 1805 Tioga Street Newspaper headline for Private First Class John J. Bittman

Private First Class John J. Bittman — 1805 Tioga Street.

Joseph Bittmann & Family — 1815 Tioga Street

Joseph Bittmann resided at 1815 Tioga Street with his wife Catherine. He was employed with McAndrews & Forbes as a steamfitter. They moved into this house from 722 Central Avenue sometime between 1911 and 1914.

Joseph and Katie lived there until they passed away. He died in March 1945 and she died Nov. 7, 1946. The house remained in the Bittmann family as my Aunt bought the house from her siblings and remained living there until 1992, when the area became so bad she was mugged one night while coming home. She moved to Audubon Park but still owned the home. I believe after she died in 2001, her son stopped paying the taxes on the house and let the City take it back. It was in bad repair by then and boarded up.

My grandmother Katie Bittmann who is holding the Mother’s day flowers in 1945 she received from her son John. The flowers arrived AFTER he was killed in March 1945—he had already ordered them to be sent to her.

— Maryann Bittman Shoemaker, November 2010

Newspaper headline for John J. Bittman, 1815 Tioga Street Wedding picture of Joseph and Katie Bittmann, July 1909 Joseph and Katie Bittmann on the back steps of 1815 Tioga Street, January 1945 Katie Bittmann with Mother's Day flowers, 1945

Joseph & Katie Bittmann — 1815 Tioga Street, 1914–1992. July 1909 wedding picture; witnesses Mr. & Mrs. Louis Robeck. Joseph & Katie Bittmann on the back steps of 1815 Tioga Street, January 1945. Katie Bittmann with Mother’s Day flowers, 1945.

Dolores Dorkowski — 1827 Tioga Street

Camden Courier-Post —

Marriage Licenses — Camden Courier-Post, August 14, 1956

Paul L. Kavanagh, 37, of 1500 West ave., Ocean City, and Dolores Dorkowski, 27, of 1827 Tioga st.

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