Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

Brief Life History of Louis Aimé Augustin

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was born on 28 August 1841, in Metz, Moselle, France as the son of Louis Abraham Ambroise Leprince and Elizabeth Marie Antoinette Boulabert. He married Sarah Elizabeth Whitley in September 1869, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Roundhay, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 16 September 1890, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
1841–1890
Sarah Elizabeth Whitley
1846–1925
Marriage: September 1869
Gabriella Mary Le Prince
1871–
Louis Adolphe W Le Prince
1872–1901
Henriette Aimee Le Prince
1874–
Joseph Augustine Le Prince
1875–1956
Leon Fernand Le Prince
1877–1946
Jean Boulabert Le Prince
1880–1882

Sources (5)

  • S A A Le Prince, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, "Find A Grave Index"
  • L A Leprince in entry for Joseph A Leprince, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1848

Revolution. Second Republic. First laws on labor, the press and education.

1858 · The Vision of Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes

Bernadette Soubirous was a young woman that born in poverty on January 7, 1844 in Lourdes, France. She started having visions of a lady that would tell her to do different things such as drink from water that was under a rock. She was also instructed to tell priests to build a church. As time went on she was interrogated by the police and never denied what she saw. People come from all over to Lourdes, France.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Thanh, Hung, Minh, Dung, Tuan, Hai, Hoa, Thuy, Son, Anh, Long, Hoang. Chinese Hong, Sang, Chi, Dong, Tong, Lai, Hang, Man, Han, Ho, Phoung, Chan. Korean Tam, Phong, Nam, Thai, Tuong, Chung, Thach, Tinh, Manh, Tham, Uyen, Vang.

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 樂, meaning ‘happiness’ in Chinese: from the first element of the personal name Le Fu (樂父), style name of Yan, son of the Duke Dai of Song (ruler of the state of Song, reigned 799–766 BC ). Yan's grandson Le Ju (樂莒) inherited Le (樂) as his surname.

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 勒: (i) from the second element of the placename Shu-Le (疏勒), an ancient state (located in present-day Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region) during the Western Han dynasty (206 BC –25 AD ). (ii) a surname near the Bohai Sea region during the Han dynasty (206 BC –220 AD ). (iii) a surname traced back to the Hun ethnic group in northern China during the Jin dynasty (265–420 AD ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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