Camden People - John H. Mohrfeld Jr.

JOHN H. MOHRFELD JR. was born in Camden, New Jersey on November 11, 1891. He was living with his parents at 2914 Cramer Street in what is now East Camden as early as 1888. At the time of the Census the family consisted of parents John H. and Louisa Mohrfeld, and sons Harry, Christian, Charles, and John H. Mohrfeld Jr.

John Mohrfeld Jr. was a plasterer by trade. He first was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on December 16, 1920, and reported for duty on January 1, 1921. He served with Engine Company 1 at 409 Pine Street in South Camden for three months, resigning on March 31, 1921. John Mohrfeld went back to work as a plasterer, working for James Martin, who ran his business from his home on Highland Avenue in Pennsauken, New Jersey. John Mohrfeld was still working for Martin in April of 1930 when the census was taken. At that time the household consisted of John and Mabel Mohrfeld, children John H. III, Christian, Henry "Harry", Fred, Charles, and Robert; and his widowed father John H. Mohrfeld Sr.

John Mohrfeld Jr. was reappointed to the Fire Department on August 15, 1931. He served for 25 years before leaving on December 1, 1956, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 65. During this time with the Fire Department, John Mohrfeld served with Engine Company 7, Engine Company 8, Engine Company 9, Engine Company 11, Ladder Company 4, and Ladder Company 3, where he spent the last 12 years of his career.

John H. Mohrfeld Jr. died in 1960 and was buried at Arlington Cemetery in Pennsauken, New Jersey. He was survived by his wife Mabel, who joined him in 1988, and sons John H. Jr., Henry, Charles, and Robert.

The Mohrfeld family was still living at 2914 Cramer Street into the 1970s. John H. Mohrfeld III practiced law in Camden as late as 1977, including a spell as U.S. District attorney in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

*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

*Camden Courier-Post October 27, 1934**


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