Jean LEPRINCE

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1 March 1762 , Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania

Died

3 April 1826 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Jean LEPRINCE Rose Osithee LEBLANC

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Born: 1 March 1762 in Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania

Father: Jean LEPRINCE

Mother: Rose Osithee LEBLANC

Paternal grandparents: Antoine LEPRINCE , Anne TRAHAN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LEBLANC , Jeanne THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

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Jean married Rosalie BOURG 24 January 1785 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Rosalie BOURG was born abt. 1761 in Québec Province, Canada. Rosalie died 21 July 1845 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East . Rosalie was the child of Antoine Bénoni BOURG and Félicité BOURGEOIS.

Jean LEPRINCE died 3 April 1826 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Rosalie BOURG
Marriage date: 24 January 1785
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Rosalie BOURG was the child of Antoine Bénoni BOURG and Félicité BOURGEOIS

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1762
1 March 1762
Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Jean LEPRINCE and Rosalie BOURG 24 January 1785, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 22 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

Death — 1826
3 April 1826
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 64.

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Pennsylvania means 'Penn's woods' or 'Penn's land.' Quaker William Penn was granted the tract of land by King Charles II of England in 1681 as repayment of debt owed to Penn's father, Admiral William Penn. Originally, Penn suggested Sylvania (woodland) for his land. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1787 - Crown Colony of Pennsylvania
December 12, 1787 - Pennsylvania becomes 2nd U.S. state

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