PIONEERRESPOND
Percy Edward Pring QUICK 1887 - 1959
| aka | Percy Edward P. Quick, Percy E. P. Quick, P. E. P. Quick, Percy Edward Quick, P. E. Quick, Percy Quick, P. Quick |
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| birth | 1 April 1887, Lambeth, Greater London, London, Surrey, ENGLAND |
| baptism | 18 Nov 1888, St Mary, Hornsey, Haringey, Middlesex |
| death | .. July/Aug/Sep 1959, Thanet, Kent, ENGLAND (72y) |
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| marriage | .. Apr/May/June, 1909, Thanet, Kent:
 Blanche Beatrice ANDERSON b. 28 Mar 1884, Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent |
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PARENTS
| father | John William Quick b. .. July/Aug/Sep <1851>, Crewkerne/Chard, Somerset |
| mother | Mary (J.?) ........ b. .... <1851>, Blagdon/Langford, Somerset |
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LIFE
1881 ENGLAND & WALES CENSUS (Lambeth, London):
John W. QUICK (30y) Warehouseman Dress Milliner
Mary QUICK (30y) b. Langford, Somerset
- Amy Mary (1y) b. Brixton, Surrey)
1901 ENGLAND & WALES CENSUS (Hornsey, Middlesex):
John W. QUICK (50y; b. Crewkerne, Somerset) Commercial Traveller Warehouseman Dress Goods
Mary Quick (50y; b. Langford, Somerset)
- Amy M. (21y) b. Camberwell, Surrey
- Ethel B. (18y) b. <1883>, Camberwell, Surrey
- Winifred M. (16y) b. <1885>, Camberwell, Surrey
- Percy E. (13y) b. <1888>, Camberwell, Surrey
The Phonofilm Co. Ltd was founded with a nominal capital of £10,000 in June 1910, and acquired a patent application to produce flexible records. The company existed until ordered to be wound up on a petition for insolvency on July 1st 1912. I have no knowledge of any records being produced. Percy E. Quick, one of its directors, was or had been a Pathé recording expert. In 1911, the Mayor of Arundel became a director. The company was terminated on Sept. 3rd. 1918" (source: For the record, no. 30, Summer 2009, p. 351)
ca. 1917 recording expert ORCHESTRELLE CO.
Prior to that recording expert Pathé Frères Pathéphone Ltd. London
(source: TTMR 72, p. 2087)
Between 1938 - 1945 Percy E. Quick lived at 82 Grove Av. London N.10
Between 1953 - 1959 he lived at Four Dormers, Dumpton Park Drive, Broadstairs
NOTES
- The Coming and Demise of the Marathon Records and Machines by Frank Andrews (in: The Talking Machine Review No. 72 (April 1987), pp. 2081-2105)
- We also have our own records, part 37, by Frank Andrews (in: For the Record, no. 30, Summer 2009, p. 351)
- From Orchestrelle to Vocalion, Part 2: Recording Sessions in London by Frank Andrews (in: Hillandale News No. 117, November 1980 (p. 120))
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