When Jean Klopfenstein was born on 8 September 1729, in Bourbach-le-Haut, Haut-Rhin, France, his father, Peter Klopfenstein, was 26 and his mother, Anna Luginbühl, was 27. He married Anna Graber on 20 April 1750, in Territoire de Belfort, France. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 29 October 1796, in Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France, at the age of 67, and was buried in Massevaux, Haut-Rhin, France.
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After the battle of Saratoga France realized that America might be worth backing. They formed an alliance with the colonies and sent naval fleets to help with the war.
While Benjamin Franklin was the ambassador to France he negotiated with the French during the war to keep them on the American side. At the same time the Treaty of Paris was established.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
German: occupational name for a quarryman or stone mason, from klopfen ‘(to) strike or knock’ + Stein ‘stone’, literally ‘strike the stone’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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