Why do you say Ever Ready was originally a Brit company? AFAIK and read It was founded by Reichard and Schuber in Manhattan in 1905 (superceding the Yankee name) before becoming a part of ASR in 1906.Yes..Its a GEM Push Button from that Era..The Company Names After the Amalgamation were Most Often Used Separately or in this Case Interchangeably..As Mentioned Above Ever Ready was Originally a Brit Company & Was Very Common on UK Made Feather Weights..Or Natural Angle Razors as they Called them..
Billy
Source?The Original Plants were Opened in England I Believe..
Billy
The earliest adverts for the Ever Ready lather catcher indicated London and Hamburg offices but the razor carried American patents, (Scheuber being from New Jersey). Even if there were British plants (which obviously there were by 1909) the company was American .The Original Plants were Opened in England I Believe..
Billy
I just found this in an obituary of J. B. de Mesquita:"This & Other Stuff Angered Ever Ready in England for Many Years Including the Scheuber Bros Blatant Copy of the Ever Ready 1909 with the New Improved 1924 which they Gave the English Plant No Credit for.."
I don't understand this. De Mesquita was the original patent applicant for the Shovelhead design in both UK and US. He was also an executive of ASR. In what way was credit being denied to "the English" when ASR produced the razor in the US?
Julius Bueno de Mesquita was an interesting character and luckily, because of his unusual name, it's not too difficult to find documents about him.Brooklyn Daily Eagle said:In 1902, with Joseph Kaufman, he acquired the American Safety Razor Company, which manufactured the Ever Ready safety razor and, during the early 1900s, they purchased the Star and Gem safety razor companies. In 1908 he returned to England for a year to form the Ever Ready Razor Products, Ltd., and set up a factory for foreign production.
Excellent info, a missing piece now makes sense.I just found this in an obituary of J. B. de Mesquita:
I hadn't seen any info about him being involved in buying ASR with Kaufman beforeExcellent info, a missing piece now makes sense.
Is that Sophie or Bertha? I let my Ancestry.com membership lapse. Does look like an interesting family history.I hadn't seen any info about him being involved in buying ASR with Kaufman before
I have unearthed so much stuff about the guy I could write his biography.
(Still looking for documents about his second marriage)
Bertha died in 1937. In 1942 his son Edwin is next of kin. By 1947 he is married to Sophie, but I can't find a record of the wedding, neither in the US nor the UK.Is that Sophie or Bertha? I let my Ancestry.com membership lapse. Does look like an interesting family history.
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