Relationship 1033: Gounod Romandy & Marguerite J. Bitter

Relationship Record 1033

Male/Husband} Romandy, Gounod

Family History} Olson

Female/Wife} Bitter, Marguerite J.

Relationship Type} Marriage

Marriage: Date} Exa 11 Aug 1919

Place} , Los Angeles, California

Ended: On Date} Cir 9 Jun 1921
By} Divorce

Source 1}	1430=Marriage rec
Source 2}	1042=1920 USA cen
Source 2}	2106=Voter record
Source 4}	988=City directry
Source 5}	2100=Newspaper
Source 6}
Source 7}

1st Household No.} 448 = Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Photographs} None

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 13 Aug 2023
Date Created} 23 Aug 2010

Notes: Gounod Romandy, 26, and Marguerite Bitter, 21, were married 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 USA census, Gounod, 26, and Margarite J., 21, were living with her parents, Lawrence, 45, and Louise Bitter, 43, at 1221 Colton Street, Los Angeles, California. Gounod was a concert violinist and Lawrence was a engraver for a lithograph company. In the 1920 Voter Registration records, Gounod declined to state a party preference, and Marguerite registered as Republican. The marriage was a short one, and the couple had no children. They separated 9 Jun 1921. On 13 Jun, 1922, the newspaper reported their appearance in court when Mauguerite was asking for attorney fees and costs, and their differences were aired.

Gounod went on to marry Jean Reese, in 1924, and Marguerite went on to marry Arthur Clayton, in 1927.

Children:

Total # of Children} None

Seq. # of Primary}

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