Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Spring
Street


SPRING STREET existed in Camden as early as 1850. By 1891 the street had been mapped out to run north and south from Clinton Street, between of Second Street and Front Street in South Camden. It was intended to go as far south as Walnut Street, but appears to have been interrupted by Volney Bennett's lumber yard at Pine Street. The 1906 Sanborn Map does show a block of Spring Street between Spruce and Cherry Streets within the confines of the lumber yard. 

Besides the Bennett lumberyard, at least one other industrial building was sited on Spring Street, the S.P. Wright Ink Factory. This complex was located on Spring Street between Clinton and Line Streets. It had closed by 1906, at which time there was talk about converting the plant into a morocco leather factory. Closer to Pine Street, the Henry F. Horsman & Sons teamster business was active in the 1890s. The family lived on Spring Street during these years as well, and after moving away, came back in the mid-1900s.

By 1891 a few frame dwellings had been built just north of Pine Street, two of which were still standing as late as 1928. 

During these years a few families lived on Spring Street for a good number of years, but for the most part City Directories indicate that people came and went after a year or so. An interesting point is that more than a few households occupied two or three addresses at different times. There were a few extended families who spent time on Spring Street as well.

By 1947 the residential buildings were long gone, and Spring Street was literally erased after World War II. No physical signs of Spring Street remain.  

Do you have a Spring Street memory or picture. Let me know by e-mail so it can be included here.

 Phil Cohen


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Intersection of Spring Street & Clinton Street
   
1891 Sanborn Map

S.P. Wright Ink Factory (closed)
to beMorocco Leather Works 

The factory stood on the east side of Spring Street

   

Intersection of Spring Street & Peach Street
The 100 block of Peach Street was renamed Beckett Street after 1906
   

Intersection of Spring Street & Line Street
   

600-700 Block of Spring Street
   
1906 Sanborn Map - Houses are on west side of Spring Street
1906 Sanborn Map - Houses are on west side of Spring Street
  661 Spring Street

1891-1899
Heysinger M Shisler & Family
Heysinger M. & Grace J. Shisler
James Shisler

1893-1895 Margaret "Maggie" Britton

  661 Spring Street

1900-1903
James H. Barker & Family
foreman
James H.. & Clara B. Barker

1906 Gone

  675 Spring Street

1882-1883
Barton Lane & Family
Barton & Drucilla Lane 
  Theophilus Lane (brother) 
Joseph B Lane (son)

1906 Gone

  695 Spring Street

1902-1903
James Burkett
laborer

1906-1908
Rene Duquesne

1909-1912
George M. Frazer & Family
George M. Frazer & Mary Frazer
Cora Frazer - Howard M Frazer

1910 Frederick Snowden 

1913
William F Gehm Sr. & Family
tinsmith
William F. & Tressa Ghem Sr.
William F. Gehm Jr. - Matilda Gehm
Richard Gehm - Gracie Gehm
Helen E. Gehm - Gussie A. Gehm

1914-1915 
Thomas E. Bostick & Family
Thomas E. Bostick & Ella Bostick

1916
Edward Mapes & Family
Edward Mapes & Margaret Mapes

1928 Gone

  697 Spring Street

1903
Frederick Malson & Family
Frederick & Katie Malson
Joseph Meade (stepson)
Mary Meade (stepdaughter)


697 Spring Street

1905
William Finger & Family
butcher
William Finger (son)
Mildred Finger (daughter)
Albertus Finger
Edna Finger

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 14, 1905 & December 15, 1905

 

  697 Spring Street

1906
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ghem Carr
widow of John M. Carr
John M. Carr Jr. - Catherine Carr
William Carr - Clifford Carr
Edith Carr

The Carrs moved to 705 Spring Street in 1907.

  697 Spring Street

1908 Patrick Callahan

1909
Edward Horsman & Family
Edward & Isabella Horsman

Edward Horsman died from tuberculosis in February of 1909. He was buries at New Camden Cemetery on February 6, 1909

1909 George W. Heckman 
1909 John D. Heckman 

1910
Joseph Dugary & Family
 Joseph & Ella P. Dugary
Joseph Dugary (son)
William Dugary (son)
Edward Dugary (son)
Edward Dugary (father)
 
1911
Charles Bonstadt & Family
Charles & Mary Bonstadt

1911
Frank McGurk & Family
1911 Frank & Mary McGurk

1912
Joseph Auchinleck & Family
Joseph & Deborah Auchinleck

1914
Benjamin Harris & Family
Benjamin Harris & Annie M Harris

1915
Robert McLaughlin & Family
 Robert & Helen McLaughlin

1928 Gone

  699 Spring Street

1888
Mrs. Bridget Heffernan Rafferty & Family
James Rafferty - Michael Rafferty
John Rafferty - Hugh Rafferty
Mary Rafferty 

1902
Walter Bassett & Family
Walter & Olivia Bassett

1903
Frederick Rane & Family
Frederick & Rose Rane

1908-1909
Anton Gumowski 

1910
Thomas A Hurley & Family
Thomas & Margaret Hurley

1910 James Spiker

1911
Alfred Burdick & Family
Alfred & May Burdick

1911
Edwin F. Quinn & Family
cigarmaker
Edwin F. & Mary E. Quinn
Clara Quinn
Roy Quinn

1912
James R. Sprowl & Family
James R Sprowl & Catherine "Kate" Carr Sprowl
1912 James R Sprowl Jr.
1912 Anna Sprowl

1913
Charles Bonstadt & Family
Charles & Mary Bonstadt

1914
Marion Johnson
boarding house

1915
Harry Becker & Family
 Harry & Helen Becker

1916
Mrs. Ella Dugary
widow of Joseph Dugary
Elmer M Lequex
paperhanger

1917
Hiram F. Blizzard & Family
 Hiram F. & Rose Blizzard

1917 Michael Biddle 

1928 Gone

  701 Spring Street

1865 James Duval 
1865 John W Hoey 

1869-1872
Spencer Chance & Family
Spencer Chance Jane Chance
Frank Chance 
Spencer Chance died on February 19, 1871

1872-1878
William J Hickman & Family 
1874 Annie Hickman 

1883-1884
Barton Lane & Family
Barton & Drucilla Ivins Lane 
 Theophilus Lane (brother) 
Joseph B Lane (son)

1887 Frederick J Buettger 
1888 Frank Freeman 
1890 Joseph B. Lane 
1893 Charles Haas 
1894 John M. Heppard 

1896
Barton Lane & Family
Barton & Drucilla Ivins Lane
James M. Lane (son) 

1897
Charles Haas & Family
grinder
Charles & Lizzie Haas

1898-1899
Frederick Lompe & Family
Frederick & Anna Lompe

1898
John C Schott & Family
John C. & Fannie Schott

1900
Mrs. Maria Horsman & Family
Louis Horsman (son)
Mrs. Katie Meade (daughter)
Joseph Meade (grandson)
Mary Meade (granddaughter)

Katie Horsman Meade's husband Harry died from heart trouble in May of 1900 and was buried in the Horsman family plot at New Camden Cemetery on May 30. By 1903 she had remarried and was living with her children and husband, Frederick Malson at 697 Spring Street.

1901
Adam Hermes & Family
Adam & Katie Hermes

1902-1904
Charles Hegel & Family
baker
Charles Hegel & Louisa Hegel

1904 Thomas Ziegel 

1906
Mrs. Mary Horsman & Family
widow of Henry F Horsman
Louis Horsman 

1907-1908 Eugene Scheurich
1909 John Robbins

1909-1910
Thomas E. Bostick & Family
Thomas & Ella D. Aaronson Bostick
Mrs. Ella Bostick died in 1917
Alfred Bostick (son)
 Jennie Bostick (daughter-in-law)

1910-1912
George W. Quinn & Family
cigar maker, son of Edwin F. Quinn
George W. & Mertie May Quinn
George H. Quinn - Robert Quinn
Roy L. Quinn
 
1911-1912
Edwin F. Quinn & Family
cigar maker, father of George W. Quinn
Edwin F. & Mary E. Lynch Quinn
Clara Quinn
Roy Quinn

1913
Joseph Dugary & Family
 Joseph & Ella P Dugary
Joseph Dugary (son)
William Dugary (son)
Edward Dugary (son)
Edward Dugary (father)
 

1914-1915
James Straub & Family
James & Mary Straub

1916
Mrs. Anna Baker
widow of Louis Baker
George W Hickman (boarder)
brother of William Henry Hickman 
William H Edwards Sr. (boarder)

1917-1924
William Henry Hickman & Family
William Henry & Emma Hickman
William Hickman Jr.
Mrs. Hester Mercer Hickman (mother)
George Hickman (brother)

1928 Gone

  703 Spring Street

1865 Samuel Paul 
1870 Henry Palm

1870
Dennis Conners & Family
Denis & Ellen Conners
Hannah Conners
Kate Conners
Mary Conners

1872 Robert M. Austin

 

703 Spring Street

1878-1880
Garrett Miller & Family
Garrett & Eliza Miller
Mary  B. Miller
John Miller

West Jersey Press
October 6, 1875

  703 Spring Street

1884
Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards & Family
widow of Clayton Edwards
Harry C. Edwards

1887 Thomas D Vanneman 
1888-1890 James Camplemann 
1890 George Smith
1893 Charles T. Baker
 1894 Daniel McBride 
1894 Dennis McKenery 
1894 Francis McKenery 
1894 Patrick McBride 
1897 Thomas F. Kelly

1899
William K.  Slover & Family
William K. & Lydia Slover

1900-1910
William F. Barrett & Family
William F. & Mary E. Barrett

1916-1920
Frank Payton & Family
Frank Payton & Alice Payton
Robert Payton
Laura Payton
Frank Payton Jr.

1928 Gone

  705 Spring Street

1867-1869 William Johnson 
1869 David Johnson 
1869 Richard Johnson

1870 Charles Cope 
1870 James Duffy

1872
Mrs. Eliza Greavs
widow of Charles Greavs

1872 George S Branson 
1872 Thomas Sharp

1874 Mary Bade

1877-1978 Thomas Rosney 
1878 Walter Elder 
1878 Lewis Shinn 
1878 William R Shinn

1882 Frank Johnson 
1882-1883 Lewis Sapp

1888
Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards
widow of Clayton Edwards

1890 William Baird 

  705 Spring Street

1891-1899
Henry F. Horsman & Family
Henry F. Horsman & Sons, teams
Henry & Maria Horsman
Henry Horsman Jr.
Frederick Horsman
Louisa Horsman
Wilhelmina Horsman (1860-1897)
Everhard Horsman
Louis Horsman
Edward Horsman
Isabella Horsman (wife of Edward Horsman)
Caroline Horsman
Katherine "Katie" Horsman

Henry F. Horsman Sr. died on September 21, 1897. The Horsman family may have had an interest in 701 Spring Street and other properties on Spring Street. They are listed in Directories into 1899, moved to Spruce Street, then returned to 701 Spruce in 1906.t. 

  705 Spring Street

1899
Benjamin Dennison & Family
Benjamin & Bertha Dennison

1899
John L. Brooks & Family
John L. & Mary Brooks

1899
John Miller & Family
John & Eliza Miller
Maggie Miller

1899
Randall Washington & Family
Randall & Isabella Washington

1900
Zachary Taylor Albertson & Family
Z. Taylor & Rejoice L. Gifford Albertson
Howard T. Albertson - Milton Albertson
William Albertson - Rejoice Alberston

1902-1903
William D Pancoast  & Family
fisherman
WIlliam D. & Katie W Pancoast

1904
George Wellhoefer & Family
blacksmith
George & Sophia Wellhoefer

1906
Edwin F. Quinn & Family
cigar maker, father of George W. Quinn
Edwin F. & Mary E. Lynch Quinn
Clara Quinn
Roy Quinn

1906
George W. Quinn & Family
cigar maker, son of Edwin F. Quinn
George W. & Mertie May Quinn
George H. Quinn - Robert Quinn
Roy L. Quinn

  705 Spring Street

1907-1909
James R. Sprowl & Family
James R Sprowl & Catherine "Kate" Carr Sprowl
James R Sprowl Jr.
Anna Sprowl
Mrs. Elizabeth Gehm Carr (mother-in-law)
widow of John M. Carr

William B Carr -
Clifford Carr - Edith Carr
John Smack (boarder)
driver 

  705 Spring Street

1910
William F Gehm Sr. & Family
tinsmith
William F. & Tressa Ghem Sr.
William F. Gehm Jr. - Matilda Gehm
Richard Gehm - Gracie Gehm
Helen E. Gehm - Gussie A. Gehm

 

  705 Spring Street

1913-1917
Edward Conway & Family
Edward & Emma Conway

It appears that Edward & Emma Conway took in lodgers during the time they lived at 705 Spring Street

  705 Spring Street

1913
Frank Donaldson & Family
Frank & Renie Donaldson

705 Spring Street

1914
David Baker & Family
David & Clara Baker

 

1920
J. Frank Hill & Family
J. Frank & E. Elizabeth Hill
J. Frank Hill Jr.

1922-1923 Margaret Mapes 
1923 Jacob Kugler 
1923 Peter Kenney
1923-1924 Frederick Trout 
1923-1924 Louis Schmidt 

1928 Gone

  707 Spring Street

1865-1870
John E. Stratton

1872 Albert Shaw
1876 Michael Moore
1878-1879 Michael O'Brien

1882-1896 John Dolan
1888-1894 John Murtha

1897-1902
Thomas Campbell & Family
professional baseball player
Thomas & Margaret  "Maggie" Campbell
Sarah Campbell

1899-1902
John Britton & Family
John & Margaret J. Britton

1903 Robert W. Taylor

1903
George Hill & Family
George & Rose Hill

1904
Frederick Malson & Family
Frederick & Katie Malson
Joseph Meade (strepson)
Mamie Meade (stepdaughter)

1904
Mrs. Catherine Hermes
widow of Adam Hermes

1906 Samuel C. Owens

1907
John Larkin & Family
wagon driver
John & Mary Larkin
John G. Larkin - William Larkin
Richard Larkin - Mary Larkin
Florence Larkin

1908-1909
William F Gehm Sr. & Family
tinsmith
William F. & Tressa Ghem Sr.
William F. Gehm Jr. - Matilda Gehm
Richard Gehm - Gracie Gehm
Helen E. Gehm - Gussie A. Gehm

1910
Edwin F. Quinn & Family
cigarmaker
Edwin F. & Mary E. Lynch Quinn
Clara Quinn
Roy Quinn

19111
Harry E. Conover & Family
Harry E Conover & Julia Harman Conover
Raymond Conover

1912
Steiney Benson & Family
steeplejack
Steiney & Jennie Benson

1913
Harry Mosbach & Family
Harry & Annie Mosbach

1914-1924
Harvey Payton & Family
gardener
Harvey & Mary Pierce Payton
Harvey Payton Jr. - Lillie Payton
Frank Payton - Robert Payton

1926
Raymond Sinclair & Family
truck driver, moved to 1232 Knight Street by 1930

Raymond & Mabel Sinclair
Raymond Sinclair Jr.

1928 Vacant

1929
Robert Payton & Family
Robert & Lillian Payton

1931 Vacant
1947 Gone

  709 Spring Street

1865-1876
Thomas West
hatter

1877-1978 David Brown
1877- Joseph E. Brown
1878 James Brown
1882 Edwin Ervin

1883 John Beam
1883-1888 John M. Behan

  709 Spring Street

1890-1903
Charles Fusman & Family
Charles Fusman & Mary K. Parker Fusman
Mary R. Fusman

1898-1904
Charles Sanders & Family
Charles Sanders & Mary R. Fusman Sanders
Myrtle Sanders

Mary Sanders wrote at least two testimonial letters to the manufacturers of Cuticura, a line of soaps and skin treatment, that were widely used in Cuticura's newspaper advertising campaign.

Letter of March 7, 1898 - Letter of August 19, 1904

  709 Spring Street

1904
Margaret O'Donnell
reeler

1906-1910
Thomas E. Bostick & Family
Thomas E. Bostick & Ella Bostick

1912-1918
Harry E. Conover & Family
Harry E Conover & Julia Harman Conover
Raymond Conover

Harry Conover died June 20, 1918 and was buried at New Camden Cemetery. His widow Julia married Charles Miller prior to the 1920 Census

1920-1924
Charles Miller & Family
Charles Miller & Julia Harman Conover Miller
Raymond Conover (stepson)

1926-1929
Frank Payton & Family
Frank Payton & Alice Payton

1931 Vacant
1947 Gone


Intersection of Spring Street & Pine Street
   
   
   

Intersection of Spring Street & Spruce Street
   
   
   

Intersection of Spring Street & Cherry Street
   

Intersection of Spring Street & Walnut Street
   




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