Brief Life History of Jean- Marie
Jean- Marie Marchand was born on 20 July 1866, in Châtel, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. He married Marie- Anne Philomène Vuarand on 21 October 1896, in Châtel, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died on 19 November 1950, at the age of 84.
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1870
Franco-Prussian war resulted in the loss of Alsace and Lorraine and the fall of Napoleon III. Paris Commune (1871).
1870 · Franco-Prussian War
On July 19, 1870 France declared war on Prussia the south German states. The French forces were only 200,000 strong while the Prussian forces were 400,000. On September 1, 1870 the Battle of Sedan took place and Napoleon III along with 83,000 forces surrendered to the Germans. After this happened on October 7 the French minister made an escape from Paris in a balloon. Twenty days later Paris was seized.
1889 · World Expo at Paris With the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower was built the year before the World Expo. During the World Expo in Paris the Eiffel Tower was revealed to the world. It was also during the expo that the Tower was lit up for the first time.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Andre, Armand, Pierre, Emile, Jacques, Lucien, Normand, Alphonse, Camille, Cecile, Colette.
French: occupational name for a buyer and seller of goods, from Old French march(e)ant, Late Latin mercatans, from Latin mercari ‘to trade’, from merx ‘commerce, exchange, merchandise’. In the Middle Ages the term was used mainly to denote a wholesale dealer. Compare Marchant and Mershon .
English (London): variant of Marchant , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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