Camden People - Rocco Frank Abbott

ROCCO FRANK ABBOTT was born in Philadelphia on September 21, 1893 to Frank and Maria Abbatto. By 1910 his family had moved to Camden, New Jersey. Rocco Abbott lived with his parents at 910 South 3rd Street. His older brother Antonio, a tailor, lived around the corner at 302 Spruce Street. The 1914 Camden City Director indicates that the family had Americanized their last name from Abbatto to Abbott. Rocco Abbott was still living at 910 South 3rd Street at that time

In June of 1917, when he registered for the draft, Rocco Abbott was working as a bartender at Gordon's Hotel & Livery, at 801 South 2nd Street. He was living at 807 South 2nd Street.

Rocco Abbott was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in the early 1920s. He was still living at 807 South 2nd Street as late as 1929. By April of 1930 he had moved to 910 South 3rd Street, where he lived with his brother Anthony. He moved to Westmont in the 1930s.

Still with the Camden Fire Department in the spring of 1942, Rocco Abbott was then staying at 26 East Cuthbert Road in Westmont, with his former employer, Mrs. Emma Gordon, then lived. He remained at this address until his passing in October of 1968.

It is not known as of this writing when Rocco Abbott left the Camden Fire Department. He would have had to take a mandatory retirement at age 65.

Rocco Abbott's first cousin, Frank A. "Chick" Abbott, served for many years as a Camden city commissioner and Director of Public Works.

*Camden Post-Telegram December 30, 1920**

Peter B. Carter - Thomas Nicholas - Walter Browning - George B. Wade - William W. Patterson Francis Ford Patterson Jr. - Charles H. Ellis - David Jester - Joseph Forsyth
	Engine Co. 1 - Alfred E. Green - Charles Errickson Charles W Cooke - Leroy Hatchett Engine Co. 2 - Howard Landon - John K. Voll Edgar Ellender - Harold Lohrang - Chester Andrus Harry G. Layton Engine Co. 3 - Charles B. Haines - Charles Clements August Haverkamp - Frank Kuda - Louis Quinton Engine Co. 4 - Frank A. Obermann - Walter B. Gray Albert Raeuber - Fred Schucker - Harry Kleinfelder Engine Co. 5 - Richard A. Farris - Frank Fennrio Engine Co. 6 - William H. Reed - Manuel J. Kane Edward Perairia - Thomas Shanahan Rocco De Varro "Frank Fennrio" is for the moment a mystery
	Engine Co. 7 - August Scholl - Nicholas Romaine Lawrence H. Mathews Engine Co. 8 - Samuel Oshushek - Edward C. Crane Adam Mead - Frank Sapp - William J. Taylor Sr. Engine Co. 9 - Kennard Naylor - Daniel McSurdy John Mohrfeld Engine Co. 10 - William Schwartz - Hugh Rementer Harry Greenan - Rocco Abbott Hose & Chemical Co. 2 - Laurence Newton Edward Hauser - William Getner Ladder Co. 1 - Thomas Cunningham Leonard Megee Ladder Co. 2 - John Gaylor - Walter White Ladder Co. 3 David Ellis - George W. Attison John Mulligan - David Humphries - Albert Dukes
Tennie G. Hutchison Jr. - Ladder Co. 4 - George A. Quimby

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