Individual Record 167
| Name} Romandy, Gounod | Family History} Olson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title} | Race} White | Sex} Male | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth: Date} Fam 18 Apr 1893 | Place} Coronado, San Diego, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marr. 1: Date} Exa 11 Aug 1919 | Place} Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Link) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marr. 2: Date} Exa 19 Aug 1924 | Place} Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Link) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death: Date} Exa 19 Feb 1942 | Place} 721 N. Vista St., Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial: Date} Cir 24 Feb 1942 | Place} San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grave Marker} Yes & |
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| Parents: } Dionys Heberling Romandy & Emma Wilhelmina Hildebrand Relationship No.} 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Household No.} 447 = Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation 1} Musician/violinist Occupation 2} Artist/painter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Spouses: Prime}
Bitter, Marguerite Reese, Jean Total Number of} 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: Gounod Romandy was born 18 Apr 1893 in Coronado, California. He is seen at left
with his parents, Dionys Heberling Romandy and Emma Wilhelmina Hildebrand, in 1894.
His brother Dion was born in 1895. His father was a great violinist and conducted
his own orchestra. Unfortunately, he died in 1899 when his sons were very young, but not
before he had started Gounod on the violin at the age of one.In April 1899, shortly after his father's death, the local newspaper reported on a musical recital by the pupils of Miss Julia Hildebrand, Gounod's aunt. "Young" Gounod played a violin solo. On 24 Sep 1899, The San Francisco Call reported on Gounod and his exceptional talent. He had played in a benefit concert before an audience of 3,000 people in the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles, where his father had also played. . The article reported how Gounod was completely devoted to his father's memory, and that he visited his father's grave in the San Gabriel Cemetery each Sunday with flowers. In the 1900 U.S. census, Gounod, 7, was living with his mother Emma, 27, and his brother Dion, 5, in the family home located at 1073 Wall Street in Los Angeles. His mother was supporting the family as a music teacher. During their younger years, both Gounod and Dion, who also had been taught the violin, played at social gatherings with their mother accompanying them. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In the 1910 U.S. census, Gounod, 17, and
Dion, 15, were still at home, and Emma, 37, was still teaching music in the home. Gounod
attended Los Angeles High School from 1911 to 1915. In 1914, he was the country fiddler
in an elaborate musical play put on by the high school glee clubs, and in 1915 again performed
with the Boy's Glee Club. He joined the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, becoming the youngest
member of that organization. Gounod registered for the World War I draft on 5 Jun 1917. He was described as tall, of slender build, with blue eyes amd black hair. He was a concert violinist for the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. He claimed an exemption from the draft as he "jointly with brother support[ed] mother". Gounod was a registered voter throughout his life. Starting in 1916, he declined to state a party preference. Then through the later years he registered as a Republican, then as a Democrat, sometimes declining to choose. The registration records trace his various residences, and always list him as a musician. Gounod, 26, married Marguerite Irene Bitter, 21, on 11 Aug 1919 in the home of the pastor. Afterwards a reception was held in a local banquet room. At the time, Gounod was the concert master at Grauman's Theater; and Marguerite was a composer and pianist. After a wedding trip to San Francisco the couple went to live with her parents. In the 1920 U.S. census, Gounod, 26, and Marguerite, 26, were living with her parents, Lawrence J. Bitter, 45, and Louise M. Bitter, 43. Gounod was a concert violinist, and Lawrence was an engraver for a lithograph company. Their home at 1221 Colton Street, Los Angeles, was rented. The 1920 City Directory lists Gounod as a musician, and Marguerite as a music teacher. The marriage was a short one, and they separated 9 Jun 1921. On 13 Jun, 1922, the newspaper reported their appearance in court when Marguerite was asking for attorney fees and costs, and their differences were aired. Gounod was at that time concert master of the orchestra at Loew's State theater, and had previously held the same position at Grauman's Million Dollar theater. Marguerite had been employed at several theater's and cafes. Gounod married Jean Reese on 19 Aug 1924 in Los Angeles, California. Their son Gounod Arthur was born in 1925 in Los Angeles County. In the 1930 U.S. census, Gounod, 36 and Jean, 24, were living at 721 Vista, Los Angeles. Gounod was a musician in the motion picture industry. Their son Gounod was 4. They owned their home, valued at $7,000. and had a radio. Their daughter Dianne was born in 1938. Gounod worked as concert master and lead violinist for Walt Disney Studios, playing in the early cartoons and feature classics of the late twenties, thirties and early forties. But Gounod also became well known for his oil paintings of California landscapes, exhibiting his work, and winning awards in Los Angeles and Orange counties. In the 1940 U.S. census, the family was still in the same house. Gounod, 46, a violin musician, had earned $1455. and had finished one year of college. Lillian J., 34, had completed 3 years of high school, and Gounod A., 14, had completed one year of high school. Dianne was 1 year. Their home was valued at $3250. Gounod died on 19 Feb 1942 in Los Angeles, at the age of 48 years. He is buried in the San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, California. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Confirm. Date} | Photos} Gounod Romandy at Age Two and at Age Six | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Immigr'n Date} N/A | Port} N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education: Grade} College, 1 yr or Top 2 Degrees} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military: Service} for the State of} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Health Condition} Cause of Death} |
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