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CORPORAL FRANK J. CARVER was born in 1886 to John and Eleanor "Ella" Carver Jr. He grew up on Federal Street in what was Stockton Township, which became East Camden in 1899. The Carvers lived with grandfather John Carver Sr., who come from Philadelphia and founded a packing box manufacturing business in Stockton in the 1870s. The family was living at 1542 Federal Street, as early as 1887. When the census was taken in 1910 the Carver family lived still lived at 1542 Federal Street in East Camden. John Carver had retired, sons Frank and Barnard worked as morocco finishers in Camden's leather industry, while daughter Kate was a church organist, and Marie, the youngest worked as a saleslady in a shoe store. The Carvers moved to 67 South 29th Street in Camden NJ sometime during the 1910s. Frank J. Carver enlisted in the Army Aviation Corps at the age of 31 on December 1, 1917. He was sent to Camp McArthur in Waco TX, where he was assigned to the 30th Aero Squadron on December 20. After training their he was sent to Camp Greene NC, after which he was again transferred, this time to Hempstead NY, on Long Island, on August 1, 1918. Corporal Frank J. Carver died of pneumonia at Hempstead NY on October 21, 1918. He was survived by his mother, Mrs. Eleanor Carver. |
