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Calvin Goddard CHILD  1862 - 1943

aka Calvin G. Child, C. G. Child, Calvin Child, C. Child
nationality
occupation
birth 27 Aug 1862, Norwich, New London, Conn.
remark or 27 Aug 1862, Stamford, Fairfield, CT
baptism
death 4 June 1943, Vineyard Haven, MA
burial
marriage married on 27 Apr 1886 to:
Ilma Genevieve BROWN

b. 30 Mar 1864, ..........
d. 13 Oct 1928, ...........


PARENTS

father Calvin Goddard CHILD (Sr.)

b. 6 Apr 1834, Norwich, CT
d. 28 Sept 1880, .........) lawyer

mother Kate GODFREY

b. 12 Dec 1837, Southport
d. ............

marriage married on 16 Sep 1858 in Norwich, New London, CT
children
  • Kate Godfrey

    b. .......
    d. .........

  • Alice

    b. ........
    d. ...........

  • Calvin Goddard

    b. 27 Aug 1862, Norwich, New London, Conn. or Stamford, Fairfield, CT
    d. 4 June 1943, Vineyard Haven, MA

  • Elizabeth

    b. ..........
    d. ...............

  • William Buckingham

    b. ..........
    d. .............)
    (see Calvin Goddard Child Sr.'s obituary



LIFE


1880 CENSUS (Stamford, Fairfield, CT):
Calvin Goddard CHILD (Sr.) (b. 6 Apr 1834, Norwich, CT - d. 28 Sept 1880)
Kate CHILD (b. <1838/1839>, ...... - d. ............)
- Kate Godfrey (20y)
- Alice G. (19y)
- Calvin Goddard (17y)
(also separately registered in 1880 CENSUS as boarder/cadet in Granville, Washington, NY)
- Elizabeth G. (11y)



In the Gaisberg Diaries we find the following entry on Wednesday 27 December 1899:
"I took the 7 o'c train for Philadelphia to report in Johnson's shop for work on new process. I met Smith(?) and [Raymond] Gloetzner and Zip [= Siegfried Sanders] and Calvin Child and dear John [Smoot?]."
(The Fred Gaisberg Diaries - Part 2, p. 1404 (in: The Talking Machine Review No. 54-55, Oct-Dec 1978, pp. 1401-1404; 1407)

By 1910 Head of the Artists' Department VICTOR
Director Recording Laboratory VICTOR, 1919-1924
Director VICTOR, 1925-1928


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