Fountain Family Tree » Russell Lafayette Fountain (1882-1935)
Personal data Russell Lafayette Fountain
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10- He was born on October 20, 1882 in Kountze,Hardin Co.,TX.Sources 2, 3, 5, 6, 10
- Resident:
- in the year 1920: Police Jury Ward 7, Calcasieu, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten.Source 5
- in the year 1900: Justice Precinct 1, Hardin, Texas, Verenigde Staten.Source 2
- in the year 1931: Port Arthur, Texas, USA.Source 4
- in the year 1930: Port Neches, Jefferson, Texas, USA.Source 3
- Calcasieu, Louisiana, USA.Source 6
- He died on October 12, 1935 in Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA, he was 52 years old.Sources 8, 10
- A child of Alexander S. Fountain and Josephine E. McKinney
Household of Russell Lafayette Fountain
He is married to Ruth Alzenith Sweeney.
They got married on November 24, 1915 at Orange, Texas, USA, he was 33 years old.Source 9
Child(ren):
- Keith Herman Fountain 1917-1990
- Keith Fountain ± 1918-1990
- Herbert Lee Fountain 1919-1921
- Joyce Fountain ± 1923-2019
- Edwin Ray Fountain ± 1926-2015
- (Not public)
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8700441&pid=183
/ Ancestry.com - 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Hardin, Texas; Roll: 1641; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 1241641
- 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Port Neches, Jefferson, Texas; Roll: 2363; Page: 23B; Enumeration District: 0080; FHL microfilm: 2342097
- U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 7, Calcasieu, Louisiana; Roll: T625_606; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 53 / Ancestry.com
- U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, Registration State: Louisiana; Registration County: Calcasieu; Roll: 1684666
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com
- Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015, Ancestry.com, Orange County Clerk's Office; Orange, Texas; Orange County Marriage Records; Volumes: 0006; Pages: 239 / Ancestry.com
- Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Ancestry.com, Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday October 20, 1882
- The temperature on October 20, 1882 was about 9.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
- March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
- May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
- July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
- July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
- August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
Day of marriage November 24, 1915
- The temperature on November 24, 1915 was between 1.9 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
- February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
- February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
- February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
- May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
- June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
- July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
Day of death October 12, 1935
- The temperature on October 12, 1935 was between 5.0 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
- May 31 » A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
- August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
- September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
- November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
- December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
- December 30 » The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
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