Lloyd, Albert E., 1871-1955.

Albert E. Lloyd was born in Rochdale in northern Manchester, England, on Oct. 26, 1871. He served his apprenticeship with the organbuilder George Benson of Manchester beginning in 1885, and by 1892 was working for the Hope-Jones Electric Organ Co. in Birkenhead. He married Rosetta Bent of Hulme, Manchester in 1898, and in 1907, immigrated to New York on the S.S. Lucania, arriving at Ellis Island on June 23. He immediately traveled to Elmira to continue work for Robert Hope-Jones. After 1910 he worked briefly for Wurlitzer, Geo. Kilgen & Son, Wicks, Aeolian, and by 1924, was self-employed in the New York Region. In 1939 he was joined by his son, Frederick J. Lloyd, and he continued working until his death in New Hyde Park on April 16, 1955.

From the description of Albert E. Lloyd account books, correspondence, manufacturers' catalogs, papers, photographs, and tools, 1899-1932. (Organ Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 660737676