AUGUSTUS F. WERNER was born around 1870. The 1920 Census says he was born in Texas, of German-speaking parents who had from the Lorraine region of what was then France. He met and married his wife Annie around 1891. While his obituary states that he first came to Camden in 1882, his first two children were born in Pennsylvania, Alma was born, in September of 1894, William, born in October of 1896. Shortly after William was born, the Werner family moved to Camden NJ. When the census was taken in 1900, Augustus Werner was working as a day labor. The family resided at 446 South 2nd Street, the corner of South 2nd and Berkley Street. 

By 1910 the family had moved to a rented house at 822 Market Street. Three other children had joined the family, daughters Anna and Ruth, and son Erwin. Augustus Werner had started his moving business by this time. Alma Werner was working as an "inspectress" at a department store, while William Werner was working as an errand boy.

Tragedy struck the Werner family in January of 1917 when young Erwin Werner died after falling down while playing with friends in the street. The family then lived at 513 Mt. Vernon Street.

When the census was taken in 1920, Augustus Werner had bought the house at 523 Berkley Street. He conducted his moving and storage business from an office in the adjacent lot. Only daughter Ruth was still living with Mr. and Mrs. Werner by then. Alma Werner by this time had married. She and her husband Charles Aceto, had moved to 441 Line Street. Charles Aceto was then working as a machinist in a shipyard. He would go on to a long business career in Camden, in renting automobiles and in parking, among other things. William Werner had also married. He and wife Jennie lived at 528 South 4th Street with sons William Jr. and Walter, William was working as a teamster for Augustus in the family business. 

Augustus Werner died in his office, of a fatal heart attack, on October 28, 1939 or possibly 1940. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery. His wife Anna Werner was still living at the Berkley Street address as late as 1959.