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1 | House number | Street | Year | Last name | First name | Middle Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | Source | Rents / Owns | Other | |||||||||||||
2 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1857 | Date of construction? | Camden County Mortgages / Camden County Map | In 1857 Thomas M. Dyott, owner of the land that became 211 N. Fifth Street, obtained a mortgage of $3,900 from Charles E. French [a Camden grocer who lived at Third and Penn Streets], to be paid back in five years and secured by collateral of the two Cooper Street lots later numbered 427-429. Mortgages Book G, page 610, cited in later deed of sale of 211 N. Fifth Street to David Vickers in 1860. The site of 211 N. Fifth Street appears to be filled in Camden County Map published in 1857: https://www.loc.gov/item/2012590162/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1858 | Dyott? | Warton (Thomas Wharton Dyott Jr.) | druggist | City Directory | "h 5th ab Cooper" - Note 1860 transfer of property from Thomas W. Dyott to David Vickers. In 1856 Warton Dyott lived on Cooper ab Fourth, likely 427 Cooper St. [Thomas W. Dyott owner of 427 and 429 Cooper Street lots, which were divided to create lot for 211 N. Fifth Street] | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1859 | Dyott? | Warton (Thomas Wharton Dyott Jr.) | druggist | City Directory | "h 5th ab Cooper" - Note 1860 transfer of property from Thomas W. Dyott to David Vickers. By 1860 Census, Thomas W. Dyott in Philadelphia, age 39, druggist, has real estate valued $4,000 and personal estate $2,500, born in Pa. In household with wife Sarah, age 34, born in Pa., inferred children Mary, 16; Sarah, 14; Thomas, 8; Sophia, 11. [In 1850 was in Camden, Middle Ward] Father Dr. Thomas W. Dyott died in 1861, per Philadelphia death certificates index] In 1860, Dyott Jr also sold 429 Cooper Street, a frame dwelling, to Lewis Wilkins for $1,800, deed dated November 20, 1860. Frame dwelling "twenty feet in front, and on on the back end eighty-five feet in length or depth..." (Deed book 36, page 473). Dyott also owned the adjacent lot with a brick dwelling (427) and sold it to Thomas Atkinson in 1860. | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1860 | Vickers | David | Camden County Deeds, Family Search | owns | David Vickers of Camden purchased from Thomas W. Dyott Jr. and Sarah A. his wife of Philadelphia, September 27, 1860. Purchase price: $4,200 [higher than cost of land - house existing]. Deed book 36, page 330. ... "The rear of a lot of ground, one of which Levi Hale and wife conveyed to Thomas W. Dyott June 29, 1846 ... Book C of Deeds page 380 ... the other conveyed to Thomas W. Dyott March 25, 1852 recorded in Book O of Deeds page 280." ... "Subject to the payment of the sum of thirty-two hundred dollars with interest thereon being the balance of a certain mortgage of thirty-nine hundred and fifty dollars dated March 19, 1857 given by the said Thomas M. Dyott and wife to Charles E. French and recorded in Book G of Mortgages page 610." [Charles E. French, a grocer, lived at Third and Penn St in 1858] David Vickers died in 1865: Death notice West Jersey Press, November 11, 1865: "At the residence of his son, 534 Cooper Street, David Vickers, long known as a Merchant on Water Street, Philadelphia, aged 84 years." | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1860 | Date of construction? | NJ Historic Preservation Office, Historic Site Form | Date on form, but no sources identified. Text on form identifies house as "apparently erected in the mid-nineteenth century as an Italianate dwelling." | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1862 | Gibson | Henry | C. | captain | City Directory (Phila) | home 211 N. 5th, Camden. [Do not confuse with another Henry C. Gibson, importer (liquor dealer), listed at 232 & 234 S. Front, Philadelphia with home 1033 Spruce, Phila.] Earlier Philadelphia directory listings: In 1860 Philadelphia City Directory, a Henry C. Gibson, paints, oils & c (Philad.) home in Camden, Cooper below Sixth; in 1861 Philadelphia directory Henry C. Gibson, merchant, 4 N. Fifth [Philadelphia], home in Camden. Married to Hannah Vickers: Married December 29, 1840, in Gloucester NJ, per NJ Marriage Records, Ancestry.com. [Camden County not yet divided from Gloucester in 1840.] In 1860 Census was in household of father-in-law David Vickers at 534 Cooper Street - household David Vickers, 75, gentleman, born in NJ, had real estate valued $25,000 and personal estate $25,000; Henry Gibson, 47, wholesale paint store, personal estate $1,000, born in Rhode Island; inferred wife Hannah Gibson, 38, born in NJ; inferred son James, 17, in paint store, born in NJ; inferred daughter Lilly, 9, born in Pa.; attending school; inferred daughter Annie, 3, born in Pa.; Annie Kane, 12, attending school; Catharine Powell, 40, servant, born in Ireland, cannot read or write. | |||||||||||||||||
8 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1862 | Gibson | Henry | C. | Prowell History of Camden County | Civil War veteran - Henry C. Gibson enlisted with Company B. Third Regiment New Jersey Volunteers (Three Years), a captain, company mustered in May 28, 1861, and he resigned August 21, 1862. (p. 103) Also verified by West Jersey Press, ad October 2, 1861: "Volunteers Wanted! For the Army of the Potomac, New Jersey Brigade, Gen. Kearney, Commanding, to be mustered into service, subsisted and forwarded to the Seat of War at once. ... H.C. Gibson, Captain, Recruiting Officer, Camden N.J." [Note: This is not the Captain Gibson who was in charge of the Fort Delaware prisoner of war camp -- that was A.A. Gibson, per Philadelphia Inquirer.] West Jersey Press May 29, 1861: "West Jersey Rifles - This fine company left for Trenton on Friday last, under the command of Capt. Gibson; they numbered one hundred and one men, with the officers." West Jersey Press Dec 11, 1861: Jersey Boys at Work - "The detachment from the Third New Jersey Regiment, which discomfited the rebel cavalry, at Annondale, on Wednesday last, was composed of a portion of the West Jersey Rifles, Captain Gibson, and was under the command of Lieut Frank L. Knight of this city. ... Captain Gibson served in the Florida war, and while a strict disciplinarian, is ever attentive to the welfare of those under him..." Is in Unit list, indicated "dismissed" vs "resigned" in Prowell history -- brother-in law David Vickers Jr. also in this unit: http://www.njstatelib.org/wp-content/uploads/slic_files/searchable_publications/civilwar/NJCWn154.html Unit history: http://www.njstatelib.org/wp-content/uploads/slic_files/searchable_publications/civilwar/NJCWn150.html Recruiting poster featuring Captain H.C. GIbson: https://digitalcollections.nyhistory.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A159359 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1863 | Gibson | Henry | C. | 44 | white | Draft registration records, Ancestry. | Registered for the draft in Camden, age 44 on July 1, 1863, born abt 1819. [age inconsistent with 1860 Census, indicated as age 47 at that time. Rhode Island birth records, Ancestry, list date of birth as 1812. | ||||||||||||||||
10 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1863 | Gibson | Henry | C. | captain | City Directory | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1865 | Gibson | Henry | captain | City Directory | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1867 | Gibson | Hannah | Camden County Deeds, Family Search | owns | Hannah Gibson, wife of Henry C. Gibson, purchased at a sale by special master to settle claims of the heirs of David Vickers (Hannah Gibson was one of four heirs - others Jesse Vickers, David Vickers and Annie Kerns). Sale included land in Cumberland County and in Camden. This property described: "Beginning at the southwest corner of Fifth and Lawrence Streets and running thence (1) southwestwardly in the west line of Fifth Street sixty-two feet to a corner thence (2) westward and at right angles with Fifth Street forty feet to a corner in line of Isaac H. Porter's lot thence (3) northward in the line of said Porter's Lot and parallel with Fifth Street sixty-five feet to a corner in the South line of Lawrence Street thence (4) eastward in the South lineof Lawrence Street forty feet to the place of beginning" ... "The same premises being the rear end of two lots of ground one of which Levi Hale and his wife conveyed to Thomas W. Dyott by indenture dated June 29, 1846 ... Book C of Deeds page 580 ... and the other of said lots Levi Hale and wife conveyed to the said Levi Hale and wife to Thomas W. Dyott March 25, 1852 ... Book [09? 69?] of Deeds page 280 and which Dyott and wife conveyed to David Vickers September 27, 1860 ...Book 36 of Deeds page 330...." | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1869 | Moulton | Hamilton | L. | machinist | City Directory | In 1867 was listed as a machinist at 101 N. Fifth Street | |||||||||||||||||
14 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1870 | Moulton | Hamilton | gentleman | City Directory | [Henry C. Gibson not in 1870 Camden directory and could not find Gibson family anywhere in 1870 Census -- but returns to this address by 1871] | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1870 | Paden | Mary | A. | no occupation listed | City Directory | ||||||||||||||||||
16 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1870 | Moulton | Hamilton | L. | 38 | male | white | retired manufacturer | US Census | Address inferred from presence in City Directory. Born in New Hampshire, has real estate valued $56,500 and personal estate $40,400. Married, wife Frances. | ||||||||||||||
17 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1870 | Moulton | Frances | J. | 31 | female | white | keeping house | US Census | Born in Massachusetts. Married, husband Hamilton. | ||||||||||||||
18 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1870 | Moulton | Walter | 13 | male | white | attending school | US Census | Born in Massachusetts. | |||||||||||||||
19 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1870 | Moulton | Lizzie | 11 | female | white | attending school | US Census | Born in Massachusetts. | |||||||||||||||
20 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1870 | Patton (Paden) | Mary | 35 | female | white | domestic servant | US Census | Born in NJ. | |||||||||||||||
21 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1871 | Gibson | Henry | C. | New Republic (newspaper) | Henry C. Gibson among Republican candidates for Board of Chosen Freeholders, Second Ward. (March 11, 1871) | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1872 | Gibson | Henry | C. | gentleman | City Directory | ||||||||||||||||||
23 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1872 | Gibson | Henry | C. | president, New Jersey Chemical Company | Prowell History of Camden County | President of the New Jersey Chemical Company, which incorporated in 1872, with Thomas B. Watson, treasurer, and WIlliam Lafferty, secretary; that year company purchased the New Jersey Chemical Works on Cooper Creek. Described in 1886 history: "This company continues the manufacture of chemicals and fertilizers, and have fitted up eight large buildings of brick and stone and two large acid chambers, two hundred by forty feet in dimensions, for the preparation of their products, which are shipped to localities in the different states." (p. 528) Survey map of New Jersey Chemical Co's Works, 1872: https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv7.0566 | |||||||||||||||||
24 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1872 | Gibson | James | V. | gentleman | City Directory | Per 1860 Census, son of Henry C. Gibson. Veteran of the Civil War - Third Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry, Second Lieutenant (U.S. Civil War Soldiers, National Park Service. U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.). Recruiting poster 1863 offering bounties, listing James V. Gibson: https://digitalcollections.nyhistory.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A159405 | |||||||||||||||||
25 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1873 | Gibson | H. | C. | Camden Democrat (newspaper) | Legal notice: H.C. Gibson signed as property owner a petition for a drainage culvert to be laid on Fifth Street. (Jan 25, 1873 and other dates) | ||||||||||||||||||
26 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1874 | Gibson | Hannah | V. | no occupation listed | City Directory | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1874 | Gibson | Henry | C. | no occupation listed | City Directory | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1874 | Gibson | Lillie | no occupation listed | CIty Directory | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1874 | Gibson | James | V. | produce commission merchant | City Directory | In 1875 married Arabella Hackett, per New Jersey United Methodist Church Records, Ancestry (married January 26, 1875 in Camden, First Methodist Episcopal Church). | |||||||||||||||||
30 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1874 | Gibson | Henry | C. | New Republic (newspaper) | Listed as a member of the new Board of Chosen Freeholders, representing the Second Ward. (May 16, 1874) Also in Freeholders list in Prowell History of Camden County, 1884 and 1885. | ||||||||||||||||||
31 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1875 | Gibson | Henry | C. | Camden Democrat (newspaper) | Board of Freeholders meeting: "Mr. Gibson presented a communication from citizens, alleging that a large bone boiling establishment is in course of erection in Stockton township on the east side of Cooper's creek, and opposite to the Second Ward of this city, and on his motion Mr. Potts, the member from that township, was instructed to notify the projectors of the enterprise that no nuisance will be tolerated in that locality." (March 20, 1875) | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1875 | Gibson | Henry | C. | Camden Democrat (newspaper) | Reference to his death. (But see note below about probate in 1877) - At Board of Freeholders meeting - "Mr. Nicholson announced that since its last meeting, one of the members, Henry C. Gibson, from the Second Ward, had died, and offered a series of appropriate resolutions, regretting his death and speaking in high terms of his usefulness as a member, and also of his character as a citizen. They were unanimously adopted." (Nov. 13, 1875) Resolutions published at greater length in The New Republic, November 13, 1875. "... Whereas by the active and unselfish interest he took in the affairs of this county, in the faithful performance of his duty as a Chosen Freeholder, and by his uniform courtesy, equable temper and kindness of heart, his death not only becomes a public loss but a social sorrow. / Resolved, That in the death of Herny C. Gibson the county loses a citizen and an officer, whose integrity of character and constant rgard for the public welfare won him the respect of all..." | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1875 | Ballet? | Anna | Maria | domestic | New Republic (newspaper) | Address not in this item, but includes Henry C. Gibson: "Anna Maria Ballet was convicted of stealing about $50 worth of wearing apparel from the house of Henry C. Gibson, in which she was employed as a domestic. Sentenced to one year in the state prison." (Feb 27, 1875) | |||||||||||||||||
34 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1877 | Gibson | Hannah | no occupation listed | City Directory | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1877 | Gibson | Hannah | C. | no occupation listed | City Directory | widow | |||||||||||||||||
36 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1877 | Gibson | Lillie | no occupation listed | City Directory | listed as 21 N. Fifth, but likely a directory error - is at 211 N. Fifth Street in the next directory. | ||||||||||||||||||
37 | 21 | N. Fifth | 1877 | Gibson? | Henry | C. | Will and Probate Records, Ancestry | ?? Probate record for Henry C. Gibson - but see above 1875 fpr his death. | ||||||||||||||||||
38 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1878 | Gibson | Hannah | no occupation listed | City Directory | (daughter of Hannah C. - in other records called "Anne" or "Annie" | ||||||||||||||||||
39 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1878 | Gibson | Hannah | C. | no occupation listed | City Directory | widow | |||||||||||||||||
40 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1878 | Gibson | Lily (Lillie) | no occupation listed | City Directory | (per other records, daughter of Hannah C.] | ||||||||||||||||||
41 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1878 | Gibson | James | V. | no occupation listed | City Directory | In 1876 and 1877 directories, listed at 315 Stevens Street, with business at 124 Federal Street (J.V. Gibson & Co., stoves heaters, ranges, and tin roofers.) By 1880, age 37, retail grocer, lived at 315 Linden Street with wife Belle, age 26, and son Horace, age 1. 1882: "James V. Gibson, of Camden, is now the route agent for the Bridgeton R.R. mail service." (Bridgeton Evening News, March 4, 1882) 1884: "James V. Gibson, formerly in the stove business, is in the Pension Bureau." (Morning Post, March 25, 1884). Died 1921 per NJ Death Index, Ancestry; wife survived until 1933 per death notice in Washington Evening Star: "Bell H. Gibson, widow of James V. Gibson ... Interment in Arlington National Cemetery" (Jan 20, 1933) | |||||||||||||||||
42 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1878 | Lloyd | Anna | A. | colored | servant | City Directory | Could not identify further definitively in Census - in 1870 an Anna Lloyd, age 10, Mulatto, was recorded living with her parents and siblings in Bridgeton, Cumberland County. | ||||||||||||||||
43 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1878 | Vickers | David | no occupation listed | City Directory | (per other records, brother of Hannah C. Gibson] | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1880 | Gibson | Hannah | 57 | female | white | housekeeper | US Census | Born in NJ, both parents born in NJ; widow. [By 1883 lived at 521 Linden Street, 1884 at 402 Linden - Linden Terrace. Died 1895, per Courier-Post March 1, 1895, "widow of the late Captain Henry Gibson."] | |||||||||||||||
45 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1880 | Gibson | Lillie | 23 | female | white | no occupation listed | US Census | Daughter. Born in NJ, both parents born in NJ; single. [A Lillie Gibson died in 1883 per NJ death records, Ancestry, but listed as age 32 not aligned with this record. Camden Morning Post later noted a death of Lillian Gibson on Linden Street, one of several on that street from typhoid fever (Nov 24, 1884). Mother Hannah lived on Linden Street by that time, see line above. | |||||||||||||||
46 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1880 | Gibson | Hanna | 20 | female | white | no occupation listed | US Census | Daughter. Born in NJ, both parents born in NJ; single. Died in 1891 per Courier-Post, July 18, 1891: "Mr. Jas. V. Gibson, of the Pension Bureau, Washington City, was called home by the death of his sister, Miss Hannah Gibson, which occurred last Sunday evening." Hannah V. Gibson,b abt 1859 died July 12 1891, age 32, per NJ Death Records, Ancestry. | |||||||||||||||
47 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1880 | VIckers | David | 35 | male | white | clerk | US Census | Boarder. Born in NJ, both parents born in NJ; married (spouse not listed at this address) [Also note above is related to head of household Hannah Gibson, per settlement of estate of David Vickers in 1867. David Vickers Jr. was a veteran of the Civil War - stories about his service in West Jersey Press, also a report that he married a woman from Santiago while on a government-sponsored mission to Chile - West Jersey Press, October 10, 1866, in Genealogy Bank.] Article about him in this newsletter: https://museum.mil.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4thQtr2009.pdf | |||||||||||||||
48 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1881 | Atkinson | Lillie | lady | City Directory | (A Robert Atkinson, architect, is across the street at 212 N. Fifth St.) | ||||||||||||||||||
49 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1881 | Crawford | Joseph | Supt, WJRR | City Directory | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1881 | Heney | William | shoe dealer | City Directory | |||||||||||||||||||
51 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1881 | Hummerston | not named | manufacturer | City Directory | |||||||||||||||||||
52 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1882 | Sibole | John | L | M | reverend | US City Directories | |||||||||||||||||
53 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1882 | Humistdh | Franklin | R F | meat preserver | US City Directories | ||||||||||||||||||
54 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1882 | Newell | William | no occupation listed | US City Directories | boards. Died 1893 at age 91: Death Certificate indicated they were born around 1792 in Philadelphia, PA and were buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery; gravestone can be found on the Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current | ||||||||||||||||||
55 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1883 | Crawford | Joseph | superintendent | US City Directories; Camden County Courier 13 Oct., 1883; Camden County Courier 03 Nov., 1883 | Superintendent of WJRR; worked with the sugar trade; held 20 shares of stock after restarting the Camden Iron Works (formerly Star Iron Works); | ||||||||||||||||||
56 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1883 | Henry | William | shoes, Phila | US City Directories | |||||||||||||||||||
57 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1883 | Tilton | Mary | P R | US City Directories | Widow. Wills and Probate Records: A Probate record for Mary P R Tilton was found to indicate her death in 1893 on March 10th intestate | ||||||||||||||||||
58 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1884 | Dorphly | Jay | no occupation listed | US City Directories | |||||||||||||||||||
59 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1884 | McWilliams | Annie | domestic | US City Directories | Was the domestic of MPR Tilton | ||||||||||||||||||
60 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1884 | McWilliams | Mary | domestic | US City Directories | Was the domestic of MPR Tilton | ||||||||||||||||||
61 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1884 | Tilton | Mary | P R | boarding | US City Directories | Employed Anne McWilliams and Mary McWilliams; Widowed | |||||||||||||||||
62 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1884 | Walton | Edward | no occupation listed | US City Directories | own | ||||||||||||||||||
63 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1885 | Sanborn Insurance Map | This part of the block not recorded on the 1885 map. | |||||||||||||||||||||
64 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1885 | Tilton | Mary | no occupation listed | US City Directories | widow | ||||||||||||||||||
65 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1885 | Schindler | Fannie | R | domestic | US City Directories | Was the Domestic of Mary Tilton | |||||||||||||||||
66 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1887 | Auction of furnishings | Morning Post | Davis and Harvey Auction: Sale of household furnishings, listed complete with a refrigerator, offer of a showing at 8 am on the day of sale. (April 14, 1887) | ||||||||||||||||||||
67 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1887 | Union Republican Club (Camden Republican Club) | Camden County Courier | AKA in later sources Camden Republican Club. Has renovated the building to serve as its headquarters, will have a formal opening soon - story includes description of interior uses. (May 28, 1887) | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1887 | Griffin | Charles | H | barber | Camden, NJ Directories | Lived and worked from 211 N. Fifth St. Note: published description of uses by Republican Club includes barber shop on the second floor. (Camden County Courier, May 28, 1887) Race listed per Charles H. Griffin was listed in the 1885 Census as age 20 to 60, Colored (Black), living in Winslow, Camden County, Camden, in household of Steven Thomas, Black male, age 20-60, a farmer; also in household Sylvia J. Griffin Black female age 20-60. | |||||||||||||||||
69 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1888 | Griffin | Charles | H | barber | Camden, NJ Directories | Lived and worked from 211 N. Fifth St.; race listed per 1885 NJ State Census. [In New York in 1888 a Charles Griffin was accused of fraudulently attempting to vote and sentenced to 2 years and 4 months - but not "Charles H. Griffin" or identified as residing in Camden - Camden Daily Telegram, Nov 21, 1888] | |||||||||||||||||
70 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1888 | Griffin | Charles | H | janitor | US City Directories | Living at 211 N. Fifth St. | |||||||||||||||||
71 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1888 | Camden Republican Club | club | US City Directories; Courier Post 09 June, 1891; Courier Post Jan 23 1888; The Morning Post 14 Jan 1888; The Morning Post 17 Jan 1888; | rent | Was also present in 1889 according to the US City Directories; Formed in 1887; Composed of "Orthodox" Republicans and "Protectionists" in 1888 and were against free-trade, enraged by one Secretary Eldredge who proposed it in support of "Tariff Reform" for Camden; Held Annual meetings on January 16th where a new board was elected consisting of B.C. Reeve, Robert L. Barber, Isaac Doughten, Frank H. Burdsall, George E. Wilson, P. V. Voorhees, W. N. Bannard, John T. Bottomley, and Franklin C. Woolman and the club was considered to be in good financial condition at this time | ||||||||||||||||||
72 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1889 | Camden Republican Club | club | US City Directories; The Morning Post 19 Jan., 1888; Courier Post 09 Feb. 1888; Camden Daily Telegram 21 Mar. 1889 | rent | January 19th, Louis T. Drousse is re-elected president due to contributions to the club but gives it to Armstrong in a later relection; Judge Armstrong becomes the new president of the club and gives a talk in association with the Fisheries Association to discuss the issues presented to fishermen by the government at the time; In 1889 the Republican Club purchased a new club house on Cooper street | ||||||||||||||||||
73 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1889 | Griffin | Charles | H | janitor | Camden, NJ Directories | Race (Black) identified in other sources. | |||||||||||||||||
74 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1889 | Camden Wheelmen | Camden Courier-Post | Camden Wheelmen formally open clubhouse at Fifth and Lawrence Streets - story includes description of interior uses. (May 6, 1889) | ||||||||||||||||||||
75 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1890 | Camden Wheelmen | club | US City Directories/Courier Post/The Morning Post | rent | A club for Camden Cyclists who protested against the cycling behaviors of those who were not part of their club and had caused accidents in the city on 13 May, 1890; Participated in the 18 Sept, 1890 Philadelphia Park Avenue Wheelmen Lantern Parade; about 400 members as of 01 July, 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||
76 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1890 | Saunders | Levin (Levan) | J | messenger PRR | US City Directories/Camden NJ Directories | 1890 first recorded year at this address; in 1888 lived at 721 Kaighn's Avenue. [In 1885 NJ Census, while living at 719 Cherry Street: Levan J. Saunders, Black, male, age 20-60; Elizabeth Saunders, Black, female, age 20-60; Clarence Saunders, Black, male, age 5-20; William Saunders, Black, male, age 5-20; Bertha Saunders, Black, male, age 5-20; Harold G. Saunders, Black, male, under 5. Per U.S. death certificate index, Harold was born during 1884-85 and died on July 11th 1885 at 9 months old, he was buried in Lebenon Cemetery (a historically African American cemetery in Philadelphia);Child of Levin J and Elizabeth Saunders. Per NJ Births and Christening Index, Elizabeth Saunders was the spouse of Levin J Saunders; Had Bertha with Levin on October 13th, 1883; Maiden name Gray | |||||||||||||||||
77 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1891 | Sanborn Insurance Map | Map indicates that 211 N. Fifth Street is a three-story brick dwelling with a two-story brick section at the rear adjacent to 434 Lawrence Street. It has a slate or tin roof. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-dj52w6444 | |||||||||||||||||||||
78 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1891 | Camden Wheelmen | club | US City Directories/Courier Post 09 June, 1891/ Th Morning 11 Dec. 1891 | rent | Rented the building for about $600, played a game of football against the West Jersey Athletic Association | ||||||||||||||||||
79 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1891 | Saunders | Clarence | W | cleaner | US City Directories | Cleaner for PRR (P Railroad); Child of Annie E Saunders (widow of William Saunders); housed in 910 Ferry Ave. | |||||||||||||||||
80 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1891 | Saunders | Levin | J | messenger | US City Directories | Messenger for PRR (P Railroad); Child of Katie Saunders (spooler) housed on Grant Ave, near Cooper Ave | |||||||||||||||||
81 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1892 | Camden Wheelmen | club | US City Directories | Baseball game against the AAC on the athletic grounds on Fourth and Erie and lost 2 to 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
82 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1892 | Saunders | Clarence | W | messenger | US City Directories | Son of Albert Saunders from 1873 Mulford St., Camden; Worked as a messenger for PRR | |||||||||||||||||
83 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1892 | Saunders | Levin | J | US City Directories | Appears to be the same Levin J Saunders from 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||
84 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1893 | Saunders | Clarence | W | US City Directories | Appears to be the same Clarence W Saunders from 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||
85 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1893 | Saunders | Levin | J | US City Directories | Son of John Saunders of 1873 Mulford St., Camden; Worked as a messenger for PRR (P Railroad); same person from 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||
86 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1894 | Saunders | Clarence | W | messenger | US City Directories | Same Clarence Saunders from 1892 | |||||||||||||||||
87 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1894 | Saunders | Levin | J | messenger | US City Directories | Messenger for PRR (P Railroad); 1900 Census record indicates Levin and family moved out some time before 1900 | |||||||||||||||||
88 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1893 | Camden Wheelmen | Camden Morning Post | Club changed its name to the Carteret Club (Feb 14, 1893) | ||||||||||||||||||||
89 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1894 | Carteret Club (Camden Wheelmen) | Camden Daily Telegram | After the club's name change, decided by March 1894 to move in June into 421 Penn Street. (March 2, 1894) Saunders family may have moved with the club, are in the 1895 NJ Census in proximity to other Penn Street neighbors: Levan J. Sanders (Saunders), Black male, page 20 to 60; Elizabeth Sanders (Saunders), Black female, age 20 to 60; Clarence Saunders, Black male age 20 to 60; Bertha Sanders, Black female, age 5 to 20; June or Jane (?) Sanders Black female age 5-20; Edna Sanders Black female age 5 to 20. Levin and Clarence Saunders later worked for the Carteret Club on Cooper Street. | ||||||||||||||||||||
90 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1894 | Boarding house | Courier Post 07 Sept. 1894 | Offer of room for boarding for 2 gentlemen or a married couple on second floor (But no boarding house at this address in city directory business listings.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
91 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1895 | Boarding house | Courier Post 09 April, 1895 | Furnished or Unfurnished rooms with or without boarding advertised. (But no boarding house at this address in city directory business listings.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
92 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1895 | Cook | Arthur | T | machinist | US City Directories | ||||||||||||||||||
93 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1895 | Howard | Frank | G | traveling agent | US City Directories; | Worked as traveling agent for PRR (P Railroad); a Frank Howard listed as attending parties in Merchantville and Camden (Courier-Post 24 Jan 1895; The Morning Post 05 Oct 1895; The Morning Post 13 Dec 1895; The Morning Post 28 Sep 1895) | |||||||||||||||||
94 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1895 | Sheehan | John | C I | tinsmith | US City Directories | Tinsmith in Philadelphia | |||||||||||||||||
95 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1896 | Cook | Arthur | T | machinist | US City Directories; The Morning Post 13 Aug 1895 | Part of a panel of 100 jurors in September 1895 assembled for the Circut Court | |||||||||||||||||
96 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1896 | Howard | Catherine | no occupation listed | US City Directories | Spouse of Frank G. Howard. | ||||||||||||||||||
97 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1896 | Howard | Frank | G | no occupation listed | US City Directories; Courier Post 23 Nov. 1896; Courier Post 10 Nov. 1896 | Spouse of Catherine Howard; Rooms advertised as "Fine Rooms", either single or en suite with or without a bed for boarding and single rooms for gentlemen to rent; | |||||||||||||||||
98 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1896 | Gates | George | Washington | reverend | US City Directories; Morning Post 29 Aug., 1900; Morning Post 07 July, 1899; The Morning Post 28 Aug 1900 | Rector of Saint Augustine; Member of the Convocation of Burlington; Defense Lawyer; Born in May 1st, 1822 in Utica, NY; Licensed as a physician and medical doctor; | |||||||||||||||||
99 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1896 | Sharp | Annie | E | F | US City Directories; Camden Daily Telegram 03 Apr 1896; Courier-Post 13 Nov 1896 | rent | Widow. Warrant out for her to attend court to settle verbal disputes with Lizzie Hastings; Day Nursery Association treasurer | ||||||||||||||||
100 | 211 | N. Fifth | 1896 | Sheehan | John | sheet iron worker | US City Directories | boarder |