NEWTOWN
GRANT ASH was born in Pennsylvania around on July 6, 1870
to Phineas Alexander Ash and his wife, the former Rachel Strong
Irwin. The Ash family moved to New Jersey by 1875 and by the
time of the 1880 Census enumeration included a sister, Elizabeth
"Lizzie" Ash, and two brothers, Howard Ash and Samuel
Ash. Phineas Ash worked as a machinist. The family lived at 267 Sycamore
Street when the 1887-1888 and 1888-1889 City Directories
were compiled,. and had moved to 269 Sycamore
Street in time for the 1890-1891 compilation.
After
attending grade school in Camden, Newton G. Ash acquired a
trade. He first appears in Camden City Directories in 1890. He
was then living with his parents at 269 Sycamore
Street and working as a shoemaker.
Sadly,
older brother Howard passed away in 1894, and both Phineas and
Rachel Ash died in 1896. Older sister Lizzie had married George
Smith in the early 1880s; by 1900 Newton Ash was living with the
Smiths and their children.
Newton
Ash married Anna Durant around 1900. The 1906 City Directory
shows Newton Ash working as a boilermaker and living at 646 Willard
Street. Younger brother Samuel resided a few doors away, at
640 Willard
Street. Samuel Ash and his wife Susan later moved to Cramer
Hill. Samuel Ash passed away in 1928, his wife in 1933.
By
1910 Newton G. Ash had joined the Camden Fire Department. He had
already or quite soon after learned to drive motor vehicles.
When the Department acquired motorized apparatus, Newton Ash was
among the first drivers, working at Engine
Company 2.
When the Census was taken in 1910, he and his wife Anne were
living at 636 North 8th Street in North
Camden, and were at that time childless. They were living at
636 North 8th Street as late as 1924. By 1927 Newton and Anna
Ash had moved to Cramer
Hill, where they resided at 840 North
30th Street. Newton Ash was still employed as a fire fighter
as late as 1947. He was still living at 840 North
30th Street as late as the fall of 1956.
Newton
Grant Ash later moved to Westville NJ. He passed away around
1960.
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