PIONEERRESPOND
Joseph SANDERS ("Joe")1877 - 1960
| aka | J. Sanders, Joe Sanders |
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| birth | 18 Oct 1877, Gehrden, GERMANY (18 Oct 1878 in WWI Draft Registr. Cards) |
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| death | 20 Aug 1960, Georgetown Hospital, Washington DC |
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| marriage | married in <1905>:
 Hanna(h) Edith BERLINER b. 19 March 1884, Washington D.C. (Joseph is nephew of Emile Berliner) |
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PARENTS
| father | Albert SANDERS b. 29 June 1853, Gehrden, GERMANY |
| mother | Rebecca BERLINER b. 28 March or April 1855, GERMANY |
| marriage | They got married on 27 Dec 1876 |
| remark | 1515 Park Road, Washington DC |
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LIFE
1900 CENSUS:
Albert SANDERS (46y) (b. June 1853, GERMANY) butcher
Rebecca SANDERS (44y) (b. April 1856, GERMANY)
- Elsie (1st) (b. ...........)
- [Joseph (b. 18 Oct 1877, Gehrden, GERMANY)]
- Recha (b. Nov 1878, GERMANY)
- Frances/Franziska (19y) (b. June 1880, GERMANY)
- [Siegfried (b. 28 Jan 1882, Hanover, GERMANY of US parents)]
- Elsie (2nd) (17y) (b. March 1883, GERMANY)
- Anita (7m) (b. Oct 1899, DC, USA)
Albert (33y)
Rebecca (30y)
- Joseph (9y)
- Richard = Recha (8y)
- Francisca = Frances (6y)
- Siegfried (5y)
- Elze = Elsie (3y)
SS "WESER"
dep.: Bremen, 1886
arr.: Baltimore, Maryland, 1886
1920 CENSUS (Washington D.C., 8 January 1920):
Rebecca SANDERS (64y) (b. Hannover, Germany; USA in 1886) proprietor Meat
- Elsie (36y) teacher Govt. (b. March 1883, Hannover, GERMANY; USA in 1886)
- Anita (20y)
3 sisters:
Mrs. [Frances] Edwin BEHREND
Mrs. Maurice ROSENBERG
Mrs. Henry KING
(Recha, Frances, Elsie, Anita and Franziska)
1910 CENSUS (Washington DC, 25 April 1910):
Joseph SANDERS (33y) inventor
Hannah B. SANDERS (26y)
- Gertrude B. (4y) (b. 18 Aug 1906, DC)
- Robert B. (2y) (b. DC)
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on same page:
Emile BERLINER
Cora A. BERLINER
1917-1918
residence: 1460 Columbia Road, Washington
1920 CENSUS (Washington DC, 2 Jan 1920):
Joseph SANDERS (42y) Mechanical Engineer Manufacturing Co.
Hannah (35y)
- Gertrude (13y) (b. DC)
- Robert (11y) (b. DC)
- Richard (7y) (b. 30 April 1912, DC)
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on same page:
Emile BERLINER (68y) (b. Hanover, GERMANY) (in 1870 to USA) Manufacturer Gramophone Co.
Cora A. BERLINER (58y)
- Henry A. (24y)
- Clara E/C? 19y)
1930 CENSUS:
Joseph SANDERS (52y) Vice-President of the Bank of Commerce
Hannah B. SANDERS (44y)
- Gertrude B. (23y) (b. DC)
- Robert B (22y) (b. DC)
- Richard H. (17y) (b. DC)
In 1932 residence: 2612 Tilden St., Washington D.C.
Emigrated in 1886 to USA
Was in Europe because Jos. Sanders (18y; electr. eng.) returned with his mother Rebecka Sanders (40y) from Bremen (Germany) to USA on SS "HAVEL", arriving in NY on 11 June 1896.
±1897 in Washington (working with Emile Berliner)
In July 1898 Berliner sent Fred Gaisberg and Joseph Sanders to Europe (Liverpool) on SS "UMBRIA"
(see picture of Gaisberg & Sanders in: EMI, the first 100 years: p. 39)
Sanders then went on to Hannover.
type in: "Joseph Sanders"+Berliner
1904 CANADA
SEE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE
see: Emile Berliner Family Tree
NOTES
- Obituary in Washington Post of 22 & 23 Aug 1960
- 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
- see Emile Berliner Family Tree
- The First London Disc Recordings by Peter Adamson (in: Hillandale News, No. 207 (December 1995), pp. 411-422)
- Emile Berliner Collection. Authors: Karen Lund, Karen Fishman (2011). Contains also material on Joseph Sanders. (online inventory)
- EMI, the first hundred years by Peter Martland
COMPANIES & LABELS
PHOTOS
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| from l. to r. (sitting up front): Emile Berliner and Werner Suess
from l. to r. (standing in the middle): Fred Gaisberg, Joe Sanders and Zip Sanders from l. to r. (standing at the back): W. Sinkler Darby and Raymond Gloetzner |
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