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AUGUST JOSEPH HILLER SR. was well-known especially in Camden's German community, in the 1880s, 1890s, and 1900s. He was active in the affairs of the Camden Liedertafel, the Turn Verein, and Ss. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church. August Hiller was born in Philadelphia in 1858. He came to Camden in the 1870s. He married Theresa Lotzpeich in the late 1870s or early in 1880. By that year he had established a bakery at 427 Kaighn Avenue, which was also his home. He had two employees who boarded with him there, and a domestic. His wife gave birth to a son, August J. Hiller Jr. on November 30, 1880. August Hiller lived and conducted his bakery business at 427 Kaighn Avenue until his death in 1910. August Hiller's wagon was struck by a train at South 7th and Spruce Streets in 1895. He survived the crash and was able to resume his everyday activities. August Hiller passed away on November 16, 1910. His widow moved away from the Kaighn Avenue address the following year. August Hiller was buried at Calvary Cemetery. His widow joined him in 1933. |
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Post August 30, 1888 Ss. Peter & Paul Roman
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Liedertathel - Anthony
J. Oberst - Sixth Regiment
Armory - John Lock - Elizabeth Lock Joseph Schaeffer - Leon Streisman - Samuel Dodd - Charles Schultz - August Weber - William Maier Jacob Seibert - August Hiller - Richard Mason |
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Daily Courier January 25, 1895 Ss. Peter & Paul Roman
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Camden Post-Telegram * February 24, 1903 |
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- Turner Hall - Martin Hartmann - Frederick Banzhoff - John Maier
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August Hiller
Louis Hartmann - Ferdinand Zuber - Claus Ecks - William Uber - Anthony Oberst - Francis T. Steinbach John F. Rieger - John Schmidt - William Bartelt - Bernhard F. Schroeder - Rudolf Korfhage Albert Schradin - Louis Holler - Anthony Kobus - Charles Foulon Sr. - Adam Schlorer - George Kadisch George Brehm - Herman Fuchs - Theodore G. Maier - Fred Lutz - Edward Schlorer - Frank X. Braun George Kruck - Conrad Walz - John G. Colsey - John Graef - August Frietag - Herman Ladewig Benjamin Baier - Fred Schneider - Maynard Dalbey - Ernest Maehler - August Weber - F.W. Kohlenberg Andrew Haehner - Conmrad Ahrens - Jacob Ruff - Harry C. Halbert - George K. Knauf Henry Guenther - George Kroecker - Theodore Leopold - Edward McCabe - Adam T. Davis Gustav Schwoeri - George Lotz |
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Philadelphia
Inquire August 7, 1910
August Hiller |
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Camden
Post-Telegram November 17, 1910
August Hiller
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