Eldridge Reeves JOHNSON

PIONEERRESPOND

Eldridge Reeves JOHNSON 1867 - 1945


aka	Eldridge R. Johnson, E. R. Johnson, Eldridge Johnson, E. Johnson
nationality
occupation

birth	6 Feb 1867, Wilmington (grew up in Dover), Delaware
baptism
death	14 Nov 1945, Moorestown, Burlington, NJ
burial

marriage	married to on 5 Oct 1897: Elsie Reeves FENIMORE b. 20 May 1874, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. ..........................
children	Eldridge Reeves Fenimore JOHNSON b. 5 Jan. 1899, ........ d. .. April 1986, Gladwyne, Montgomery, PA

PARENTS

father	Asa S. JOHNSON b. .... <1831>, ....., Indian River Hundred, Sussex, Delaware d. ...........) carpente
mother (1)	Caroline REEVES b. ............. d. .... <1869>, ......... (died when Eldridge was very young)
children	Eldridge Reeves b. 6 Feb 1867, Wilmington (grew up in Dover), Delaware d. 14 Nov 1945, Moorestown, Burlington, NJ
mother (2)	Fannie A. SMITH b. <1843>, .... d. .........
marriage	they got married on 21 Apr 1878, Kent, Delaware.

LIFE

President VICTOR 1901-1925
resigned from Board of GRAMOPHONE COMPANY in 1927

They lived in Moorestown, Burlington, NJ

Look up in:
Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
PRINT ALL SOURCES !!!
See David Sarnoff Library, chapter Four The Victor Talking Machine Company

NOTES

Eldridge Reeves Johnson (1867-1945) Industrial Pioneer: Founder and President of the Victor Talking Machine Company by Elsie Reeves Fenimore Johnson. 1951

His Master's Voice was Eldridge R. Johnson by E. R. Fenimore Johnson, Eldridge's son. (updated version of 1951 issue)

The Launching of the Gramophone in America 1890-1896 by Raymond R. Wile (in: ARSC Journal Vol. 24, No. 2 of Fall 1993) online article

website: PhonoJack (Researching ERJ)

COMPANIES & LABELS

VICTOR
VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY

PHOTOS

Eldridge Reeves Johnson