C. A. Giddens - Outfitter to Men and Boys - Phillipsburg, New Jersey

From the Washington Star in Phillipsburg - 1912

I have so many newspaper clippings saved on my computer, and I know my family would love to see them. Here are a few from my grandmother's Giddens family.

In 1898, Charles Giddens, my great-grandfather, owned a dry goods store at 322 South Main in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, and lived with his family at 75 Mercer Street. 

By 1906, his store was described as a clothing and dry goods store at 310-312 Main Street, and his family lived upstairs. In 1908, his store was described as an "Outfitter to Men and Boys, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, and Haberdashery." 

From the Washington Star in Phillipsburg - 1917

Charles Giddens continued to run the store until he left his wife and family to move to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1922. This last ad shows that the inventory was sold in 1921.

Selling Inventory of Charles Giddens Store 1921 04 Jun 1921, Sat Mainland Journal (Pleasantville, New Jersey) Newspapers.com 

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"Charles A. Giddens, 1905 New Jersey State Census," New Jersey State Archive; Trenton, NJ, USA; State Census of New Jersey, 1905; Reference Number: L-17; Film Number: 42. New Jersey, State Census, 1905, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 October 2024).

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"C. A. Giddens," The Washington Star, Phillipsburg, N.J., 24 October 1912, page 8; digital image, Old Fulton New York Post Cards (https://fultonhistory.com : accessed 17 October 2024).

"C. A. Giddens," The Washington Star, Phillipsburg, N.J., 20 September 1917, page 11; digital image, Old Fulton New York Post Cards (https://fultonhistory.com : accessed 17 October 2024).

"Selling Inventory of Charles Giddens Store," Mainland Journal (Pleasantville, New Jersey), 4 June 1921, Saturday; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/mainland-journal-selling-inventory-of-ch/145788680/ : accessed 17 October 2024).