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Jean-Baptiste François Johannes "John S." Gourd 1816 - 1889

Jean-Baptiste François Johannes Gourd was born on June 17, 1816 in Lyon, Rhône County, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes France. Jean-Baptiste Gourd was married to Virginie (Crooks) Gourd, and died at age 73 years old on September 25, 1889 in Écully. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jean-Baptiste François Johannes "John S." Gourd.
Jean-Baptiste François Johannes Gourd
June 17, 1816
Lyon, Rhône County, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, France
September 25, 1889
Écully, Rhône County, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, 69130, France
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  • 06/17
    1816

    Birthday

    June 17, 1816
    Birthdate
    Lyon, Rhône County, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes France
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  • Nationality & Locations

    France
  • Professional Career

    silk manufacturer
  • 09/25
    1889

    Death

    September 25, 1889
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Écully, Rhône County, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 69130, France
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In 1816, in the year that Jean-Baptiste François Johannes "John S." Gourd was born, in July, Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Polidori were vacationing in Switzerland, talking about the occult. They challenged each other to write the best horror story they could. Mary (Godwin) Shelley wrote "Frankenstein" - which came to her in a dream. Polidori wrote the short story The Vampyre.
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In 1855, Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old when on November 17th, David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary and explorer, became the first known European to see Victoria Falls. He named the falls in honor of Queen Victoria but locally it was - and is - Mosi-oa-Tunya, which means "The Smoke That Thunders".
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