den's Maple Shade History Website

Learning the history of the township of Maple Shade, N.J.

Welcome!

Pictures of Maple Shade book is done and available-

Dennis' books on Lulu

Great article on Brooks/ McElwee family and last pandemic-

Brooks Story at my OneDrive

Photos Shared-

Here are some photos people sent me-
Photo Share folder at my OneDrive

I still have some Books for sale-

The Maple Shade Historical Society ordered 20 "Maple Shade, a Village in Chester Twp." books. I sold about 10 already and have 10 left. If local and want a copy they are 20 dollars.

dennisleeweaver@verizon.net

A friend of mine added the "MS Village book" to his local history books library.
I see he has books on Marlton, Levitt town, Willingboro, The Pine Barrons, Haddonfield, etc...

Turkey Farms

There were two turkey farms in Maple Shade. One was on Orchard Ave. owned by John and Therese Martin. (Swiss French) Another was on Kings Highway owned by the Martinovich family.

Across the street from the Martin's turkey farm on Orchard Ave. was Rudy Zillincar's farm where he sold eggs. He was known as "the egg man." He left the eggs out and you took them and paid by the honor system.

The Evan Martinovich turkey farm was on Kings Highway just west of Lenola Rd. aprox. where the Iron Hill Restaurant is now.

Here are some newspaper articles on the Martinovich turkey farm-
den's OneDrive cloud

Website Announcements-

I need to talk to Bill Gerkens. I lost your email addy and need to get in touch so please email me.
dennisleeweaver@verizon.net

Someone bought a copy of each of the three books off Lulu on August 2, 2020. There was spelling errors and things changed and 6 additional pages added to the "Village book" soon after and I made it right on the 3 other copies sold besides this sale. If you are local I can exchange you with the corrected book at some point.
-Dennis Weaver

From Lumber Trade Magazine 74 (Google Books snippet view only)
Barlow & Company ordered their lumber for their bungalows through John S. Collins and Son Lumber co. which had several locations. Their main yard was in Moorestown but they had one in Maple Shade as well.

John S. Collins & Son Lumber Co. on N. Forklanding Rd., Maple Shade in 1959
Photo by John P. Stroup

Buying "Progress of Maple Shade" Books-

If you live in Maple Shade and want to buy it-
Email me with your phone number and we'll make an arrangement for you to get a copy.
-Dennis (member of Maple Shade Historical Society)

dennisleeweaver@verizon.net

919 East Main St., Maple Shade

John Muffet & Son Brick and Tileyard house
Originally a double house, built about 1863. Read the Brickyards page for more info.
This house is highly historical and should be preserved and revered in that manner!

Burlington County Twps. Population for 1950, 1940, and 1930

Compare Maple Shade esp. to 1930 and see how early we turned mostly suburban! Be sure to think of the land area sizes of each of the Twps. as well!

den's email addy is dennisleeweaver@verizon.net

den's Maple Shade History Website

Maple Shade, A Brief History-

Maple Shade Historians:

Maple Shade Nostalgia:

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From Farmland to Suburb:

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Links to Other Websites-

Maps-

Other Historical Projects-

Moorestown Related pages-

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