Camden Streets - Sycamore Street

100 Block of Sycamore Street
	100 Sycamore Street
	116 Sycamore Street 1928 John Burke Camden Courier-Post February 10, 1928 Bernard Bertman Watson Shallcross Stanley Wirtz
BABY'S BACK INJURED BY, FATHER'S AUTO Howard Butler, 2-1/2, of 141 Sycamore street, suffered a possible broken back last night when he was struck by the car of his father, Sherman Butler, 33, in front of his home. Butler told police he was backing the car at the curb. He felt a jar, and looking back, saw his son under the left rear wheel. He took him to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital.	141 Sycamore Street 1933 Sherman Butler Camden Courier-Post June 29, 1933
	174 Sycamore Street 1930 Harry Jones Camden Courier-Post December 4, 1930

200 Block of Sycamore Street
GIRL SWALLOWS MARBLE AND GOES TO HOSPITAL Swallowing a marble while playing with companions in front of her home at 260 Sycamore Street yesterday, Elizabeth F. Everett, 3, is in Cooper Hospital for observation. Neighbors summoned police, who, with her father, John, took her to the hospital.	230 Sycamore Street 1933 John Everett Camden Courier-Post June 21, 1933
	237 Sycamore Street 1920-1924 Simon & Rebecca Sosenko Anna Sosenko Jacob J. "Jay Jerome" Sosenko Ruth Sosenko grocery
Gropes for Light, Man Is Killed by Fall Down Stairs Stumbling as he groped for & light in the home of a friend, a South Camden man fell down a stairway in a Sycamore street home early today and broke his neck. Howard Ashton, 45 years old, 1242 South Second Street was pronounced dead when admitted to Cooper Hospital shortly after 1 o’clock. City Detective Rox Saponare went to the home of Alfred Marshman, 258 Sycamore Street, after detective headquarters had received a telephone tip that a man had fallen downstairs. Saponare said Ashton and Marshman apparently had been drinking during the evening. They had retired to a second-floor bedroom, and Ashton apparently had started for the first floor when he fell.	258 Sycamore Street 1927-1928 Alf Marshman Camden Courier-Post January 20, 1928
	267 Sycamore Street 1887-1889 Phineas Ash 1887-1889 Newton G. Ash
	269 Sycamore Street 1890-1891 Phineas Ash 1890-1891 Newton G. Ash
	283 Sycamore Street Samuel & Sarah Auerbach Melvin, Herbert & Edward Auerbach 1900s-1920s
	286 Sycamore Street 1887 Lewis H. Stehr Sr. & Family Lewis & Mary Stehr Lewis Stehr Jr. Samuel Stehr
	294 Sycamore Street 1890 William Quemore & Family William & Emma Quemore huckster

600 Block of Sycamore Street
	601 Sycamore Street 1905-1906 Joseph Fine & Family Joseph & Ida Fine grocer Philadelphia Inquirer July 2, 1905
	601 Sycamore Street 1942 Abraham Baskoff grocery Maurice W. Baskoff aka Martin W. Baskow
	613 Sycamore Street 1927-1928 George Nixon Camden Courier-Post February 21, 1928
	620 Sycamore Street 1947 James Anderson
BOY HURT AT CIRCUS Joseph Hackett, 10, colored, of 622 Sycamore Street, was treated at Cooper Hospital yesterday for a wound he said was caused when a sideshow attendant at Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus threw a brick. Police could find no brick thrower.	622 Sycamore Street 1933 Joseph Hackett Camden Courier-Post June 16, 1933
	631 Sycamore Street 1928 Arthur Baynard Camden Courier-Post February 23, 1928
	636 Sycamore Street 1930s-1940 Leroy Hatchett & Family Leroy & Hazel Hatchett

620 Sycamore Street - June 17, 2006 Story and Photo: Bob Bartosz
Busy 24 Hours in Camden NJ - 6 Working Fires along with a Rescue
	Camden Firefighters had a Busy 24 hour tour starting on June 16th and ending on June 17th with Four All Hands Fire and Two second alarms all in the South Camden section of the city. The first job was a working fire in a row of two story dwellings in the 1200 block Morton Street. Later that day they had a working fire in the middle of a row of two story dwellings in the 700 block of Spruce Street a few hours latter in the am hours they were call to the 700 block of Cherry Street. First in companies found heavy fire show in a large 3 story brick dwelling that put all companies to work with in minutes part of the structure collapsed Battalion 1 called for a second alarm. A few minutes latter while to fire was going another alarm came in for a working fire at 908 Haddon Avenue, about 6 blocks away. As the companies were coming in they found another blaze a block away from the first job, in a row of 2 story dwellings at 903 Haddon Avenue. Fire Radio put in a Special call to Camden County Fire Units to respond into the City, Fire Companies from Gloucester City, Oaklyn, Westmont, Collingswood, Pennsauken Township were put to work fight these blazes. By 4:30 AM all the fires were placed under control. A few hours later Firefighters were dispatched to 620 Sycamore Street for an Explosion and Fire with reports of people trapped. Engine 8 was first in with Captain Dan Baker. He reported he had the end of a row brick 2 story dwelling that had exploded and had numerous people injured and one victim still trapped on the collapsed second floor and he requested the Second Alarm to be transmitted. Rescue 1 was arriving with Captain Frank Sandrock and Battalion 1 Chief Daryl Lewison along with Squad 7 and Engine 1 and Ladder Companies 2 and 1 and Battalion Chief 2 Mike Dipascale on the second alarm with Engine Companies 6 and 9, Ladder 3 and Special Operations Rescue unit and Car 3 with Deputy Chief Mike Harper and Chief of Department Joseph Marini in Car 1. Firefighters could hear a female calling for help from the collapsed second floor. Firefighters went to work shoring up the collapsed building. Captain Sandrock of Rescue 1 was OPS Officer. About 30 minutes later firefighters were able to get to the badly injured woman. She had burns over 70 percent of her body. Rescue 1 firefighter Eli Hall was sent up the ladder to bring her down. Camden EMS removed her to Cooper Hospital Trauma. Two other males were blown out of the second floor of the building onto the street and were taken to the hospital by Camden EMS. Two of the victims were admitted in critical condition. Car 3 Harper place the assignment control. The explosion is under investigation by the Camden Fire Marshal Office and Camden Police Arson Unit along with the ATF. Cherry Hill Twp Canteen Unit RIT team and Rehab Unit, and County Fire Police and Camden County Field Com units were Special called. This was a Busy 24 hours with 4 All Hands and 2 second alarm fire and a life saving rescue.
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700 Block of Sycamore Street
	701 Sycamore Street 1926 Max Weisfeld
	702 Sycamore Street
	703 Sycamore Street
	705 Sycamore Street
	707 Sycamore Street
CIRCUS 'ECHO' IN COURT Armed with a contract and all set for a "clean up," Russell Fleming, 710 Sycamore Street, arrived at the scene of his work only to find the job had been usurped by a Philadelphian, Fleming told Police Judge Pancoast Saturday when he appealed to him to settle, an argument over the job. Fleming said he was given a contract by Hagenbeck-Wallace circus to clean up the circus grounds on State Street Friday morning after the circus had departed. For his work, Fleming said, he was to get the refuse, to be sold as fertilizer. He went to the circus grounds, he said, all set to go to work and found Henry Rothblath, 53, of 2549 Rees Street, Philadelphia, had already hauled away four loads. Rothblath refused to return the four loads of refuse, Fleming said, so he had him arrested. Judge Pancoast decreed that Rothblath erred in hauling away the four loads of refuse and sent him to jail for 60 days.	710 Sycamore Street 1933 Russell Fleming Camden Courier-Post June 19, 1933
	718 Sycamore Street
	720 Sycamore Street
	722 Sycamore Street
	724 Sycamore Street
	726 Sycamore Street
	728 Sycamore Street
	728-1/2 Sycamore Street
	730 Sycamore Street
	732 Sycamore Street
	734 Sycamore Street
	737 Sycamore Street
	739 Sycamore Street
	744 Sycamore Street
	745 Sycamore Street
	This building could be 737, 739, or 745 Sycamore Photo taken June 30, 2006 Click on Image to Enlarge
	This building could be 737, 739, or 745 Sycamore Photo taken June 30, 2006 Click on Image to Enlarge
	746 Sycamore Street
	747 Sycamore Street 1947 Isaac Singer grocer

700 Block of Sycamore Street
	750 Sycamore Street
	752 Sycamore Street
	753 Sycamore Street Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church Click on Image to Enlarge
	753 Sycamore Street Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church Click on Image to Enlarge
	753 Sycamore Street Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church Click on Image to Enlarge
	753 Sycamore Street Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church Click on Image to Enlarge
	753 Sycamore Street For a time in recent years, prior to the building being abandoned, the church was known as he Mount Olive Chritian Methodist Episcopal Church.
	753 Sycamore Street Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church Click on Image to Enlarge
	753 Sycamore Street Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church Click on Image to Enlarge
	754 Sycamore Street
	756 Sycamore Street
	758 Sycamore Street
	760 Sycamore Street

900 Block of Sycamore Street
	900 Sycamore Street
	908 Sycamore Street 1942 Casmeir Wojtkowiak
	910 Sycamore Street 1900s-1918 Stanislaus Chudzinski Family Stanislaus & Pelagia Chudzinski Leon F. Chudzinski
	917 Sycamore Street 1880 Gus Glandes 1887 August Corson 1890 John Melcher 1914-1940s John M. Welsh Sr. & Family John M. & Catherine Welsh John M. Welsh Jr. Edgar M. Welsh 1980 M. Wilson
	919 Sycamore Street 1880-1906 Connard Heck Family 1906 John M. Welsh 1924-1929 Joseph Kwoka 1940s-1974 Edgar M. Welsh & Family Edgar & Elizabeth Welsh Destroyed by fire around 1978-1979
	921 Sycamore Street 1880 Sarah Brown 1887-1888 Gottlob Liebich 1929 Andrew Bialoskurski 1947 Oscar Lampkin 1947-1973 Destroyed by fire around 1978-1979
	923 Sycamore Street 1880 Mary Tilman 1887-1890 Moses Stevens 1887-1888 Rev. William Wayman Gone before 1924
	917-923 Sycamore Street 917, 919, 921, and 923 were willed to John M. Welsh by my Great Grandfather John J. Welsh the builder. The large rear yards of 919-921 were used as a used firewood business by my Grandfather and father Edgar until the late 1950’s. All of the inventory was destroyed in the late 1950’s in a large fire. John M. Welsh (died 1936) and my Grandmother Catherine (died 1944) (nee Duey or Dewey). 917 was owned by John M Welsh Jr. and was lost to his ex-wife Helen Welsh/Helen Polanski in a divorce settlement. My parents lived in 919 and 921 until my father Edgar Welsh (died 1973) and Elizabeth moved in 1974. The 917, 919, and 921 homes were rented and burned to the ground sometime in 1978-1979. 921 was rented to my grandmother Anna from 1947-1973. My father told me that 923 was a mud house that collapsed in the 1920s. - Ed Welsh

1100 Block of Sycamore Street
A man and woman were injured at 3.45 p. m., yesterday when an automobile struck a parked car at Fortieth and Federal Streets, according to Pennsauken Township police. Mrs. Stella Pukala, 22, of 1218 Atlantic Avenue, received cuts and bruises of the face. John Foltynski, 35, of 1168 Ross Street, suffered cuts of the eye and head. Both were treated at West Jersey Hospital. They were passengers in a car driven by Stanley Czajkowski, 24, of 1133 Sycamore Street. Pennsauken police said Czajkowski's car collided with another owned by George F. Eisle, 4507 Chestnut Avenue, Pennsauken. Eisle charged Czajkowski with reckless driving. Police also charged him with driving without a license.	1133 Sycamore Street 1938 Stanley Czajkowksi Camden Courier-Post February 7, 1938
YOST FINES 4 AUTOISTS IN PENNSAUKEN COURT Fines for motor vehicle law violations were imposed on four autoists last night by Recorder George E. Yost, in Pennsauken. Stanley Czajowski, 24, of 1133 Sycamore street, Camden, was fined $10 and $2.50 costs for having no drivers' license; Robert A. Young, 24, of 408 Linden avenue, Riverton, $5 and $2.50 in costs for speeding; Heronim Wisiewski, 26, of 102 Linden avenue, Woodlynne, $7.50 and $2.50 costs for speeding and passing red light, and Edward King, Jr., 21, of 1242 Whitman avenue, Camden, $2.50 and $2.50 costs for passing red light.	1133 Sycamore Street 1938 Stanley Czajkowksi Camden Courier-Post February 8, 1938
	1150 Sycamore Street 1928-1929 Mitchell Wojtkowiak city fire fighter
	1152 Sycamore Street 1927-1928 The Klopp Family
Adam Kolb Sr. was the proprietor of a bar at 302 Spruce Street. He died between April 5 1877, when his will was dated and April 23, 1877, when a document states that his wife “Mary Magdalena Kolb” is now executor of the deceased Adam Kolb’s estate. Adam’s will left his money and “real estate” to his wife Mary Magdalena Kolb for the remainder of her natural life. Upon her death, half was to go to the Trinity German Lutheran Church in Camden and half to the Children’s home in Germantown. Mary Magdalena could not write and signed with her mark. By 1880 the bar at 302 Spruce Street was no longer being run by the Kolb family, although Mary Magdalena may still have held title to the property. Mary Magadalena Kolb remarried on August 29, 1878. Her second husband, John Daniel Hahn is listed in Chew's 1878-1879 Camden City Directory as a hostler, residing at 21 North 4th Street. The 1878-1879 Directory shows John Hann at 1159 Sycamore Street. Subsequent entries in the City Directories are quite interesting, and point to a conclusion that Mary Magdelean Kolb and her second husband may have parted ways. The Howe’s Camden Directory of 1885–1888 lists "Kolb, Mary, widow of Adam, home 1159 Sycamore". Howe’s Camden Directory of 1884-85 has a listing for "Hahn, Daniel, home 618 N. Front". This indicated that John Daniel Hahn is living with his married daughter Christina "Anna" Dellmuth, whose husband, Henry Dellmuth owned a bakery. John Daniel Hahn died on February 11, 1886 in Philadelphia at the house of another daughter. According to the Camden Lutheran Church record he left his widow, Mary Hahn, exactly $1 in his will. Mary Magdalena Kolb Hahn died in June of 1889 and was buried at Old Camden Cemetery on June 27, 1889.	1159 Sycamore Street 1878-1880s Mary Magdelena Kolb Hahn
	1169 Sycamore Street 1929-1930 Mitchell Wojtkowiak city fire fighter
	1171 Sycamore Street 1927 Mitchell Wojtkowiak city fire fighter
	1178 Sycamore Street 1928 Joseph Leconey Camden Courier-Post February 16, 1928 Joseph Carpani Walter Smith Sycamore Street Rose Street
MAN GIVEN 30 DAYS IN STOLEN GOODS CASE Judge Samuel M. Shay yesterday sentenced Spencer Murray, 52, colored, of 1181 Sycamore Street, to 80 days in the county jail after finding him guilty of receiving stolen goods. Murray is alleged to have sold $2000 worth of copper template stolen April 1 from the Camden Pottery Company, Mt. Vernon and Orchard Streets, to a Philadelphia junk dealer. He received about $3.25 for it, he said, atter buying it for $2.95 from Paul K. Obylinskl, 16, of 1506 Norris Street, and Edward Wisniewski, 17, of 1359 Jackson Street. The two youths were convicted recently of the theft.	1181 Sycamore Street 1933 Spencer Murray Camden Courier-Post June 20, 1933
	1194 Sycamore Street 1917-1920s The Vincent Michalak Family William Michalak policeman
	1196 Sycamore Street 1900s-1910 The Vincent Michalak Family William Michalak

300 Block of Sycamore Street
	300 Sycamore Street
	300 Sycamore Street Isadore & Fannie (Auerbach) Greenberg 1900s-1920s
	315 Sycamore Street William B. Stephens 1880s
	321 Sycamore Street 1893 William Quemore & Family William & Emma Quemore huckster
`	335 Sycamore Street 1967 Emilio Fiore
	343 Sycamore Street 1915 Antonio Bruno 1915 Adolfo D'Angelo
	348 Sycamore Street 1870s-1880s Lewis H. Stehr Sr. & Family Lewis & Mary Stehr Lewis Stehr Jr. Samuel Stehr

700 Block of Sycamore Street
	780 Sycamore Street
	782 Sycamore Street
	784 Sycamore Street
	786 Sycamore Street
	788 Sycamore Street

800 Block of Sycamore Street
	800 Sycamore Street
	819 Sycamore Street Earl Bundy October 1931
	824 Sycamore Street Earl Bundy October 1936
	831 Sycamore Street 1906 Adalbert Wojtkowiak Family Adalbert & Mary Wojtkowiak Albert Wojtkowiak Mitchell Wojtkowiak

1000 Block of Sycamore Street
	1000 Sycamore Street
	1019 Sycamore Street Ludwig Stern & Family Ludwig & Philippine Stern Philadelphia Inquirer February 20, 1894
	1019 Sycamore Street
Intersection of Sycamore Street and Alder Street
	1020 Sycamore Street
	1030 Sycamore Street

Camden Courier-Post - February 10, 1928

Bernard Bertman - Watson Shallcross - Stanley Wirtz

1200 Block of Sycamore Street
	1200 Sycamore Street
	1204 Sycamore Street 1917 John Zawojski aka John Gaylor fire fighter 1927-1947 William Michilak Family policeman

Intersection of Louis Street & Sycamore Street
	Looking South Along Louis Street August 26, 2001