Jacques Alexander Samossoud

Jacques Alexandria Samossoud was a Russian composer and conductor who married Mark Twain's daughter, Clara Langhorne Clemens (1874-1962) in 1944 at Clara's Hollywood, California home.

From 1924 to 1926, while married to a Greek soprano named Thalia Sabanieva, he conducted the orchestra of the Washington National Opera, a struggling semi-professional company active in the US capital from 1919 to 1936 and not to be confused with the present company of the same name; his departure was due to an acrimonious contract dispute.

New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Jacques Samossoud Name: Jacques Samossoud [Jacques Alexander Samossoud] Arrival Date: 3 Jan 1923 Birth Date: abt 1890 Birth Location: Russia Birth Location Other: tiflis Age: 33 [09 Sep 1894] Gender: Male Ethnicity/ Nationality: Hebrew Port of Departure: Le Havre Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Rochambeau Search Ship Database: Search the Rochambeau in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

New York, State Census, 1925 about Jacoues Samossaud Name: Jacoues Samossaud Birth Date: abt 1888 Birth Place: Russia Age: 37 Gender: Male Residence Place: New York, New York Relationship: Head Color or Race: White Number of Years in US: 05 Assembly District: 09 House Number: 33 Line Number: 41 Page Number: 3 Household Members: Name Age Jacoues Samossaud 37 Thalia Samossaud 33

New York, New York, Marriage Indexes 1866-1937 about Jacques Samossoud Name: Jacques Samossoud Gender: Male Marriage Date: 27 Oct 1927 Marriage Place: Manhattan, New York, USA Spouse: Thalia Sabnieva Certificate Number: 32148 Purchase Certificate

1930 United States Federal Census about Jaque Samosooud Name: Jaque Samosooud [Jague Samosooud] Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1891 Birthplace: Russia Race: White Home in 1930: Manhattan, New York, New York Map of Home: View Map Marital Status: Married Immigration Year: 1923 Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Thalia Samosooud Father's Birthplace: Russia Mother's Birthplace: Russia Occupation:

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View image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Jaque Samosooud 39 Thalia Samosooud 36 [3 1/12]

U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) about Jacques Samossoud Name: Jacques Samossoud Birth Date: 9 Sep 1892 Birth Place: Russia Age at event: 41 Court District: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa Date of Action: 22 May 1934

Jacques Samossoud & Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch Adds: father and mother Marriage: May 11 1944 Los Angeles, California, United States Husband: Jacques Samossoud Birth: Circa 1891 Age: 53 Father: Alexander Samossoud Mother: Unknown Unknown Wife: Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch Birth: Circa 1893 Age: 51 Father: Samuel Clemens Mother: Olivie Langdon Spouse's Gender: Female Page: 69 GS Film number: 2135651 Digital Folder Number: 005698980 Image Number: 02982

California, Death Index, 1940-1997 about Jacques A Samossoud Name: Jacques A Samossoud Gender: Male Birth Date: 8 Sep 1894 Death Date: 13 Jun 1966 Death Place: San Diego

Jacques Alexandria Samossoud. Birth: Sep. 8, 1894, Russian Federation Death: Jun. 14, 1966

He was born on September 8, 1894. In 1924 he married the Greek soprano Thalia Sabanieva and they divorced in 1926. He conducted the orchestra of the Washington National Opera from 1919 to 1936. He left during a contract dispute. [dates of marriage and divorce are wrong. See documents above]

He married Mark Twain's daughter, Clara Langdon Clemens (1874–1962) in 1944 at Clara's Hollywood, California home.

He died on June 14, 1966. Jacques died of arteriosclerosis. So despised by the Langdon family in Elmira, New York, he was buried in an unmarked grave next to the Twain family plot.

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 Clara Langdon Clemens Gabrilowitsch Samossoud (1874 - 1962)

Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery Elmira Chemung County New York, USA

Created by: Theodore Moeller Record added: Dec 10, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 121565850