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CHARLES THOMAS DANIELS was
born around 1894 to Charles and Nellie B. Ross Daniels. He was born and raised in
Camden NJ. When the Census was taken in 1900, the family was living at
513 Birch
Street in North Camden.
The Daniels family then consisted of three children, Charles, George,
and baby Elizabeth. A fourth child had died, however, another brother,
Samuel, would be born sometime after after 1900. Charles T. Daniels'
father then worked as an oilcloth printer.
The family moved a few
years later to 609 Willard
Street, and by 1910 to 621 Birch
Street. Charles T. Daniels' father was still working as an oilcloth
printer in 1910, but by 1914 was working as a clerk at the American
Stores grocery at 800 Federal
Street. The Daniels family lived at 615 Pearl Street when the
1914 Camden City Directory was compiled, and later moved to 507 North 6th Street
in Camden NJ.
By 1917 Charles T. Daniels had married. Charles T. Daniels, wife
Florence, and their child lived at 618 North 6th Street when he
registered for the draft on June 5, 1917. He had been working as a
"floatman" for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Camden.
Charles T. Daniels went to sea
with his younger brother George E. Daniels, a cook, aboard an oil
tanker, the SS Atlantic Sun, working in the ship's galley. When the
Atlantic Sun was sunk by a German submarine on March 18, 1918, the
Daniels brothers took to a lifeboat. The lifeboat was approaching the
English shore when the high sea and surf capsized the craft, and Charles
Daniels was drowned. His brother survived the sinking.
Charles Daniels was 23
when he was killed, and besides his brother George left his wife
Florence, parents Charles and Nellie B. Daniels, sister Elizabeth
Daniels Morris,
brother Samuel, and a nephew, George Morris, all of 507 North 6th Street, Camden NJ. They were all residing at 507 North 6th Street, along
with Elizabeth's husband Ivin Morris and Nellie Daniels' father Clarence
Ross in January of 1920. The
Daniels family later moved to 945 Linden
Street in North
Camden. By 1930 Nellie Daniels was a widow. She was still living at
945 Linden
Street, with unmarried sons George and Samuel, widowed
brother John Ross, and his children, Nellie and Edward, when the 1930
Federal Census was enumerated. George Daniels later moved to 61 Marlton
Avenue in East Camden. Coincidentally,
two more ships would carry the name, M.S. Atlantic Sun. The third
Atlantic Sun was also the victim of a German submarine. One man from
Camden, New Jersey was among those lost, Carlton
Harris Strang. |
