Eldridge Reeves JOHNSON

Born

6 February 1867 , Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Died

14 November 1945 , Moorestown, New Jersey, USA

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Asa S JOHNSON Caroline REEVES

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Born: 6 February 1867 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Father: Asa S JOHNSON

Mother: Caroline REEVES

Paternal grandparents: Azel J JOHNSON , Tabitha P MORRIS

Maternal grandparents: Jacob A REEVES , Sarah R UNKNOWN

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Eldridge Reeves married Elsie Reeves FENIMORE abt. 1899 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elsie Reeves FENIMORE was born 20 May 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Elsie Reeves died 3 January 1961 in Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA. Elsie Reeves was the child of George Washington FENIMORE and Amanda J SUTTON.

Eldridge Reeves JOHNSON died 14 November 1945 in Moorestown, New Jersey, USA.

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Recorded occupation: American businessman and engineer who founded the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1901

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Elsie Reeves FENIMORE
Marriage date: abt. 1899
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Elsie Reeves FENIMORE was the child of George Washington FENIMORE and Amanda J SUTTON

Children of Eldridge Reeves JOHNSON and Elsie Reeves FENIMORE

Eldridge Reeves Fenimore JOHNSON

Born: 5 January 1899,
Died: 5 April 1986,

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Birth — 1867
6 February 1867
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 - Dover Delaware

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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, is manufactured.
Splendid Talking Machine.
The Victor Victrola, a splendid new talking machine, is being exhibited by Wharton Brothers. This is the costliest and by far the most nearly perfect ever seen here. It has been on the market for only about one month. It has no horn, as is usually the case, but it has the appearance of a mahogany cabinet.

Daily Industrial News
Greensboro, North Carolina
November 10, 1906

Why- That's CARUSO

Although he has passed forever from our midst his glorious, golden voice is immortalized by 'His Master's Voice' - Victor Records

Do we realized the service 'His Master's Voice' is rendering to civilization by preserving the interpretations of the world's greatest artists?

When Emile Berliner invented the Gramophone in 1887, music was truly immortalized.

The steady, consistent development of 'His Master's Voice' - Victor recordings to their present state of perfection is one of the most romantic stories of our times. Starting as pioneers with the...Read full story

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In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 - Merion Station, Pennsylvania

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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany