Marconi information

[veekay]

I wonder if anyone out there could point me in the right direction.  I am trying to discover a little about the Marconi company and why a wireless operator would leave London twice to go to Canada/USA.

[mshrmh]

Veekay - welcome to RootsChat.

The company was involved in early transatlantic communications - that may have some relevance.

There's a book that might help "A History of the Marconi Company 1874 -1965" by W J Baker - it was published in 1998, but a library may have it.

The Marconi Archives are at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. There's a detailed list at:
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/modern/marconi/marconi.html
which looks as though there's a large volume & plenty of business papers, so a visit could be worthwhile.

[veekay]

Thank you for your help

[ATurtle05]

In addition to the information given above, Marconi, along with GS Kemp and P Paget, went to Signal Hill, St John's Nova Scotia in 1901 to receive a signal sent from Poldhu in Cornwall.  This signal was disputed and so Kemp and Paget returned a year later to repeat the experiment.

The connection with Galway is that earlier in 1901 a station was set up in Clifden to receive a relayed message from Poldhu via Co. Wexford.

As George Stephen Kemp is my Gt Gt Uncle, I have been interested in the development of radio communication from a very early age, and know from family history research that tracking him across the world is difficult, he never stopped anywhere very long!

[aghadowey]

This is an old topic (2012) and the original poster hasn't been online since Jan.2013 but the subject of Marconi employees has come up a few times before-

Marconi in Ireland (Derryghimla especially) (Galway)

Marconi Archives - access? (Common Room)

[veekay]

Thank you so much one and all.  You are right I haven't been around lately - well for ages busy busy busy and no me time!

I will investigate all the links you have put out for me

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