Background
Booth, Christopher Henry Hudson was born on September 5, 1865 in Accrington, Lancastershire, England. Son of Charles Hudson and Bathsheba (Whittaker) Booth.
Booth, Christopher Henry Hudson was born on September 5, 1865 in Accrington, Lancastershire, England. Son of Charles Hudson and Bathsheba (Whittaker) Booth.
Educated Public school. Studied organ, harmony and orchestration under private teachers.
Came to the United States, 1895, naturalized citizen, 1905. Organist and conductor in England. Organist First Reformed Church, Brooklyn, then organist St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, New York, 1899-1905.
With Victor Talking Machine Company, 1900-1905, playing for Red Seal artists. Organist and choirmaster Church of the Advent, since 1909.
Married second, Fannie Marie Baust, December 16, 1908. Children: James Charles Hudson, Charles Christopher Hudson (deceased).