Pierre Dewey Fountain (1930 - 2016)

Born 3 Jul 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Aug 2016 at age 86 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Pete Fountain lived in Louisiana.

Biography

Pete Fountain is Notable.

American Jazz Musician famous for his jazz style of playing on the clarinet.

Pierre Dewey Fountain Jr. (some records show LaFountaine as his LNAB - awaiting documentation to prove which is correct) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to his parents, Pierre Dewey Fountain Sr. and Madeleine LeTort.

Pete started out on the Lawrence Welk show. After quitting over a dispute on musical style, he went back to New Orleans joined The Dukes of Dixieland and later began leading bands under his own name. He owned a jazz club in New Orleans and later acquired "Pete Fountain's Jazz Club".

Here is a very nice sample of his musical style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8VXmNJ6PFE

Sources

• Wikipedia
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Fountain

• WWLTV Channel4 news- announcement of death

• The Daily Advocate

• Link to scan of his marriage document: Marriage of Peter Dewey Fountain, Jr., the son of Peter Dewey Fountain, Sr., and Madeleine A. Letort. and Beverly Anne Lang. The document can be found at the Louisiana State Archives, Orleans Marriages, 1951, vol. 0, #3736.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYPF-VBC : 17 May 2014), Peter Fountain in household of Dewey Fountain, Ward 5, New Orleans, New Orleans City, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-118, sheet 19A, family 368, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1421.

• "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF45-461 : 4 December 2014), Peter Dewey Fountain and Beverly Anne Lang, 27 Oct 1951; citing Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 4,241,076.

• "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF45-4X7 : 4 December 2014), Peter Dewey Fountain and Beverly Anne Lang, 22 Oct 1951; citing Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 4,241,076.

• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29Q2-DYJ : 23 May 2014), Pete D Fountain, Residence, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #167846275 Retrieved 23 sep 2016.

• Wikidata: Item Q741759