PIONEER:


nationality:
occupation:

born: 27 Feb 1865, Islington, London, ENGLAND
died: .... 1921, ............
A certain Joseph Theodore BIRNBAUM, born on .. Apr/May/June 1865, Islington, Greater London (101 Gloucester Place, London) must be identical to Theodore Bernard BIRNBAUM.

married on .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1902, Marylebone, London:
Gertrude Rachel LEWIS (b. .... 1871, Marylebone, London - d. .. Apr/May/Jun 1955, Paddington, London (83y) as Gertrude R. BURNEY)

children: Anthony George B. (BURNEY) (b. 3 June 1909/1910, St Marylebone, London

  • d. .. Jan/Feb/Mar 1989, Camden, London) changed his surname to BURNEY



PARENTS:


father: Bernard BIRNBAUM (b. .... <1832>, .........., RUSSIA/POLAND - d. .. July/Aug/Sept 1911, St Marylebone, Greater London)
mother: Rebecca ADLER (b..... <1839>, Thissey Darmstadt, GERMANY - d. .. Apr/May/June 1913, St Marylebone, Greater London)
they got married on .. Jan/Feb/Mar 1862, City of London, London

children:

  • Henry B. (BURNEY)(b. .. Oct/Nob/Dec 1862, Islington, London - d. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1946, Wandsworth, ENGLAND (83y))
  • Priscilla (b. .. Jan/Feb/Mar 1864, Islington, Middlesex - d. ...................)
  • (Joseph) Theodore Bernard (b. 27 Feb 1865, Islington, London, ENGLAND - .... 1921, .............)
  • Rudolph B. (BURNEY)(b. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1867, Islington, London - d. .. July/Aug/Sep 1954, St Albans, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND (86y))
  • Elsie/Esther Janet (b. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1868, Islington, London - d. ...........................)
  • Gertrude (b. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1869, Islington, Greater London - d. ............)
  • Albert B. (BURNEY) (b. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1871, Islington, London - d. .. Jan/Feb/Mar 1950, Tonbridge, Kent, ENGLAND (78y))
  • Eve/Eva Eveline (b. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1872, Islington, London - d. ......................)
  • Mary/Miriam May (b. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1874, Islington, London - d. ......................)
  • Katy/Katie/Kate (b. .. Jan/Feb/Mar 1876, Islington, London - d. .. July/Aug/Sep 1955, Kensington, London (79y))
  • Sidney/Sydney Samuel B. (BURNEY)(b. .. Apr/May/June 1878, Islington, London - d. .. Jan/Feb/Mar 1951, Marylebone, London (72y))



LIFE:


1881 CENSUS (28, Highbury Grove, St Mary, Islington, Middlesex):
Bernard BIRNBAUM (49y) manufacturer
Rebecca BIRNBAUM (42y)
- Henry (18y) clerk
- Priscilla (17y)
[ Theodore Bernard is not listed in this CENSUS]
- Rudolph (13y)
- Elsie (12y)
- Gertrude (11y)
- Albert (10y)
- Eve (8y)
- Mary (7y)
- Katy (5y)
- Sidney (3y)


In 1903 after take-over became Managing Director of the Zonophone Company
In April 1904: becomes Managing Director in London to replace William Barry OWEN.
Is replaced in Berlin by N. M. Rodkinson


T. B. Birnbaum (no age)
SS "TEUTONIC"
dep.: .. Jan 1905, New York
arr.: 19 Jan 1905, Liverpool, ENGLAND


1908/1910 residence: 101 Gloucester Place, London
resigned in 1909 and in August 1909 was replaced by 2 Joint Managing Directors Alfred Clark & Sydney Wentworth Dixon

Picture of T. B. Birnbaum on p. 33 of The Talking Machine Review No. 25 (December 1973)


NOTES:

  • The Talking Machine Review No. 25 (December 1973)
  • EMI. The first 100 years by Peter Martland (London, 1997) (short biography on p. 37)
  • Lewis & Lewis. The Life and Times of a Victorian Solicitor by John Juxon (Collins, London, 1983) (on Birnbaum's father/mother-in-law)
  • Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Baronetage, 1908
  • "Theodore Birnbaum" by Peter Martland (in: Hillandale News" No. 168 of June 1989 (p. 225)
  • "Favorite: the story of an independent German record company (1904-1914)" by Hugo Strötbaum (in: The Lindström Project. Contributions to the history of the record industry / Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schallplattenindustrie. Vol. 2 (editors: Pekka Gronow & Christiane Hofer). Gesellschaft für Historische Tonträger, Wien 2010. ISBN 978-3-9500502-1-9






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