![]() undated picture of Otto and some unknown Englishman(?) surrounded by 21 Indians of Bangalore (dorf (Ort?) Tumbur or Tumkur?) ca 8 Meil. an undated picture of Otto and Bruno with bicycles taken at the village of Tumkur, 8 miles. an undated picture of Otto and Bruno sitting at a small table (prob. an undated picture of Otto and Bruno taken in Mysore (India) (Gruppe von. Sonne und 23? im Schatten, angenehmer Winter. (= Eduard) Wätzig in Dresden, Germany (dated, Bangalore, India) and written in old German handwriting (the so-called sütterlin script). One of Otto taken in Berlin when he was still associated with NEOPHONE (a very small inconpicuous picture which I had blown up and to my surprise it.),Ī photo of Otto and Bruno which they sent as a picture postcard to their parents i.e. I consulted all kinds of sources (ELLIS ISLAND, censuses, draft registration cards, phonebooks and obituaries (ROOTSWEB/FAMILYSEARCH/ANCESTRY/RAOGK) for genealogical information) The other (6? 7?) children were: Bruno, Ida, Paul, Richard Emil and Karl/Carl Max.įour other Watzig children (Hugo Reinhold, Martha, Eduard and Elisabeth Ella Watzig) seem to have died at an early age. Otto was the second son of Ferdinand Eduard/Edward Wätzig and Ernestine Morbitz. Originally the Watzigs came from Gunnersdorf near Dresden, Germany. His name is found on a passenger list of the SS "PENNSYLVANIA", which departed from Hamburg on 14 August 1910 and arrived at New York on. One would have expected things to have been the other way round.Īs it turned out, one of their brothers, Bruno, had already visited the USA at an earlier date (in 1910). Strangely enough both Otto's and Emil's occupation is described as "clerk", whereas his brother Carl Max's occupation was listed as "Mechaniker". The Watzigs arrived at New York on 19 June 1913. From there Otto no doubt was going to board a ship bound to Japan. San Francisco`(California) was given as final destination. I found Otto Watzig's name on the passenger list of the SS "IMPERATOR" which had departed on 11 June 1913 from Cuxhaven, Hamburg in Germany and was bound for New York.Īlso on that passenger list were Otto's brothers Emil, Karl/Carl Max and his sister Ida. High time to do some research on Otto Watzig. The Talking Machine Review, 65-66, Febr 1983, pp 1798-1807 Neophone catalogue reproduced Nesbitt ( GRAMMAVOX article Frank Andrews, p. NEOPHONE (Dr.) William Michaelis, Joe Batten, Percy J. Kinnear remarks that until now no evidence had been found to confirm this. Kinnear's book " The Gramophone Company's Indian Recordings, 1899-1908".Īccording to Kinnear, Watzig was the recording expert of the NEOPHONE Company and in 1907 he was to embark on a Far Eastern recording tour including India. The second time I saw Otto Watzig's name mentioned was in Michael S. Since I was not familiar with Otto Watzig I stored away this piece of information. ![]() Japan hat noch ein lohnendes Feld für deutsche Fabrikanten der Branche bei Errichtung einer Fabrikationsfiliale, besonders da der ungeheure Markt Chinas vor der Tür liegt." Horne, ein Händler in amerikanischer Maschinerie und früherer Agent der Victor - Company.ĭie Experten sind zwei Deutsche, Thomas Kraemer aus Philadelphia, der Superintendent der Machinenabteilung und Otto Wätzig, der Superintendent der Plattenfabrikation.ĭer letztere befindet sich schon über drei Jahre bei der Firma.ĭie Nipponophone - Gesellschaft beherrscht den Japanischen Markt noch ganz ohne Konkurrenz, da der Einfuhrzoll von 50% jede Konkurrenz von ausserhalb ausschliesst. ist die Fabrikations- und die Nipponophone, die Verkaufsgesellschaft. unter dem Namen der letzteren stattgefunden. ![]() "In Japan hat kürzlich die Verschmelzung der beiden Firmen Japan American Phonograph Co. Otto apparently had been asked to make recordings in Japan for. I first came across the name "Otto Watzig" in a small announcement in the German trade journal " Phonographische Zeitschrift" of 1912. & NIPPONOPHONEġ917-1918 living as farmer in Canyonville, Douglas, Oregon He was to embark on a Far Eastern recording tour including India, but there is no evidence to confirm that.
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