Theodore Bernard BIRNBAUM

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Theodore Bernard BIRNBAUM (= BURNEY)1865 - 1921


aka	Theodore B. Birnbaum, T. B. Birnbaum, Theodore Birnbaum, T. Birnbaum
nationality
occupation

birth	27 Feb 1865, Islington, London, ENGLAND
baptism
death	.... 1921, ............
burial
remark	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.

marriage	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 Susan Elizabeth

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
marriage	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 d. .... 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. ............ Isidore Bernard (= Guy (BURNEY) b. 26 Nov 1870, Islington, London, ENGLAND - d.17 Mar 1954, Battersea, London Albert B. (BURNEY) b. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1871, Canonbury/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. 15 Nov 1874, Islington, London d. 25 Jan 1967, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND 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

1871 CENSUS :
BIRNBAUM
BIRNBAUM
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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)
- Isidore Bernard (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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