LIFE

recorder GRAMCO (R R R)
General Superintendent VICTOR, 1912-1919
Vice President and General Superintendent 1920-1922
Vice President 1923-1925
Chairman of Board 1926-1928
(at the end of the online article on Leon F. Douglass (by Tim Gracyk) there is an article on Belford Grant Royal)
see INTERNET

1870 Federal Census, Greenwich, Gloucester, NJ
father: James M. ROYAL (35y) Tobacconist
mother: Emma J. ROYAL (24y)
- Belford 5y
- Lillian 4y

1880 Federal Census, .............
father: James M. ROYAL (45y)
mother: Emma ROYAL (34y)
- Belford (16y)
- Lillian (13y)

Camden, New Jersey Directories, 1887-91
427 Beckett
occupation: machinist (1888, 1889)
Camden, NJ

1910 Federal Census (..................):
Belford ROYAL (45y) President Machine Co.
Mary L. ROYAL (43y)
- Edith/Ethel M. ROYAL (20y)
- Ruth ROYAL (15y)
= Lillian R. Godfrey (43y)(Belford's widowed sister)

1920 Federal Census (Camden Ward 2, Camden City, Camden, NJ):
Belford ROYAL (54y) Director Talk[ing] Mac[hine] Co.
Mary B. ROYAL (51y)

1930 Federal Census (Wenonah, Gloucester, New Jersey):
Belford G. ROYAL (65y / widowed)
= Godfrey Lillian ROYAL (63y / widowed sister)

Mentioned in "A Voice in Time" p. 52 etc.

TWO LIKELY CANDIDATES FOR RUTH ROYAL:

(1) Ruth ROYAL ? (born: 13 Aug 1896 - died: ... Sept 1979, Philadelphia, PA)
or:
(2) Ruth ROYAL ? (born: 9 July 1897, ....... - died: 17 Oct 2002, Weatherford, Custer, OK (issued CA))



Belford G. ROYAL
date of departure: .. Mar 1899
port of departure: New York
ship's name: SS "LUCANIA"
date of arrival: .. Mar 1899
port of arrival: Liverpool



Mrs. B. G. ROYAL
+ Rush (= Ruth) ROYAL (5y)
date of departure: 26 July 1899
port of departure: Liverpool
ship's name: SS "WAESLAND"
date of arrival: 6 August 1899
port of arrival: Philadelphia
age on arrival: illegible
place of residence: 427 Benson St., Camden



Belford G. ROYAL
dep. England: 15 Aug 1900
arr. New York: .. Aug 1900
(source: The Gaisberg Diaries, p. 1631)



Belford ROYAL
(on the same boast: John DALY and Alice Nielson Opera Company)
dep. New York: 20 Mar 1901
arr. Liverpool: 28 Mar 1901
(source: Gaisberg Diaries)



Belford ROYAL
William B. OWEN
Theodore B. BIRNBAUM
dep. England: 10 Apr 1901
arr. New York: .. Apr 1901
(source: Gaisberg Diaries)


Belford G. ROYAL
+ Wm. C. GAISBERG (35)
ethnicity:
profession:
date of departure: 18 Febr 1905
port of departure: Southampton
ship's name: SS "PHILADELPHIA"
date of arrival: 25 Feb 1905
age on arrival: 39y
place of residence:



Belford G. ROYAL
+ Mary ( y)
+ Ethel ( y)
+ Ruth ( y)
ethnicity:
profession:
date of departure: 3 Nov 1906
port of departure: Liverpool
ship's name: SS "CARMANIA"
date of arrival: 10 Nov 1906
age on arrival: y
place of residence:
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Mrs. Belford G. ROYAL (41y) [= Mary L. ROYAL]
+ Ethel (20y)
+ Ruth (16y)
ethnicity:
profession:
date of departure: 3 Sept 1910
port of departure: Liverpool
ship's name: SS "CAMPANIA"
date of arrival: 10 Sep 1910
port of arrival: New York
age on arrival: 41y
place of residence:

His name is on the stationary of Victor as controller (letter of 27 Dec 1911 in Lindström-folder)



Belford G. ROYAL
ethnicity:
profession:
date of departure: 18 Aug 1920
port of departure: Southampton
ship's name: SS "OLYMPIC"
date of arrival: 25 Aug 1920
port of arrival: New York
age on arrival: 54y
place of residence: Mary L. Royal, 618 Cooper Street, Camden, NJ
18 October 1865, Paulsboro, NJ