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  Jean Kane Foulke du Pont   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
She was the granddaughter of William Foulke, discoverer of the first full dinosaur skeleton in North America (Hadrosaurus foulkii), in Haddonfield, N.J., in 1858.
du Pont was a progressive woman for her era, and her passion was prision reform; in 1919 she courageously helped found Delaware's Prisoners Aid Society as well as Bridge House, a detention home for juvenile offenders.
du Pont was exceedingly active in the women's suffrage movement; in 1916 she picketed the White House with a troop of Deleware women in an effort to persuade President Woodrow Wilson to become active in the cause.
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Eugene Paul du Pont -1950 was an American industrialist, and the son of Francis Gurney du Pont.
Paul du Pont was married in 1910 to Jean Kane Foulke du Pont, the granddaughter of William Foulke, discoverer of the first full dinosaur skeleton in the United States (Hadrosaurus foulkii), in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1858.
After E. Paul du Pont's death, his wife founded the E. Paul du Pont Endowment for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at the University of Delaware, which led to the creation of their criminal justice program.
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Harry du Pont hired scholarly connoisseurs to catalog, study, and care for his growing collection.During the decade that followed, he provided financial support for campus landscaping by his friend, Marian Coffin, and also helped fund research into cattle disease–an important concern for a man who was building a prize-winning herd of Holstein-Frisian cattle.
The University of Delaware’s present leadership in the education of curators, scholars, and administrative leaders in the museum field is a direct result of pioneering programs begun under the auspices of H. du Pont, P. du Pont’s Longwood Foundation, and, in the case of Hagley, the Du Pont Company.
The descendant of many prominent Delawareans from the State’s earliest Colonial period, Jean Kane Foulke married Francis Gurney du Pont’s son, Eugene Paul (known as E. Paul) du Pont in 1910.
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du Pont was a progressive woman for her era, and her passion was prison reform; in 1919 she courageously helped found Delaware's Prisoners Aid Society as well as Bridge House, a detention home for juvenile offenders.
du Pont was exceedingly active in the women's suffrage movement; in 1916 she picketed the White House with a troop of Delaware women in an effort to persuade President Woodrow Wilson to become active in the cause.
du Pont was also responsible for several "Save the Babies" stations, which effort resulted Delaware's "Pure Milk Legislation" intended to protect milk sold for babies, and also led to child welfare programs in Delaware.
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Jean Kane Foulke du Pont Jean Kane Foulke married Haddonfield, N.J., in 1858.
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 HSP Manuscript Guide: 2000-2099
Florence Bayard Kane, member of the prominent Kane family of Pennsylvania, was a Philadelphia volunteer worker and much-travelled individual who briefly worked as a librarian and as a processor of manuscripts.
Florence Bayard Kane's outgoing correspondence consists primarily of letters, 1886-1895, to her mother, Mabel Bayard Kane Bird, and letters, 1899-1909, to members of her family while on various trips abroad.
Kane's interest in prison reform is evident from letters of penologist Thomas Mott Osborne, 1914-1918, and others.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He founded Du Pont Motors, a manufacturer of automobiles and marine engines, and later bought and became President of Indian (motorcycle) Indian Motorcycles.
Paul du Pont was married in 1910 to Jean Kane Foulke du Pont, the granddaughter of William Parker Foulke William Foulke, discoverer of the first full dinosaur skeleton in the United States (''Hadrosaurus foulkii''), in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1858.
He was an avid hobbyist of waterwheels and millwork, and is said to have insisted upon always performing maintenance personally on the ornamental waterwheel in the gardens of the du Pont du Pont family family estate.
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 The University of Delaware: A History, Chapter 12
The former was the gift of Ellen du Pont Wheelwright and the latter was the former clubhouse of the Wilmington Country Club, purchased by the university for classroom use.
Paul) du Pont, who gave the university $400,000 as an endowment for the study of crime, delinquency, and correction, a field in which she had long shown an active interest.
The Du Pont Company is not alone in recognizing an obligation to the states where its employees live and where their children are likely to attend college.
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She was the granddaughter of William Parker Foulke William Foulke, discoverer of the first full dinosaur skeleton in North America (''Hadrosaurus foulkii''), in Haddonfield, N.J., in 1858.
In 1964, she created the "E. Paul du Pont Endowment for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at the University of Delaware." Link to History at University of Delaware [http://www.udel.edu/PR/duPontFamily/internal_pages/personal_index.html] Category:DuPont
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In 1964, she created the "E. Paul du Pont Endowment for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at the University of Delaware."
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 E. Paul du Pont -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Eugene Paul du Pont -1950 was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (Someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise) industrialist, and the son of Francis Gurney du Pont.
He founded (Click link for more info and facts about Du Pont Motors) Du Pont Motors, a manufacturer of automobiles and marine engines, and later bought and became President of (Click link for more info and facts about Indian Motorcycles) Indian Motorcycles.
According to the (Click link for more info and facts about Motorcycle Hall of Fame) Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Ohio, du Pont saved Indian from financial ruin.
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JEAN KANE FOULKE: Wood, Emlen, Typed letter signed, 1932 Aug. 8, Philadelphia, Pa., to Mrs.
Paul (Jean Kane Foulke) duPont of Montchanin, Delaware, was the daughter of George Rhyfedd and Jean Kane Foulke.
George Rhyfedd Foulke was a descendant of John Foulke (1757-1796).
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Georges Quesnel & Mme Jean Clerc, nee Simone Quesnel (NK); 11Sep72; R535832.
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Kane was borne in 1868 and left NB for Alaska in about 1923/4.
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 Jean Kane Foulke du Pont - Definition, explanation
Jean Kane Foulke du Pont - Definition, explanation
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 Historical Society of Delaware - Library - Family History Book Collection
Ancestry of Elizabeth du Pont Bayard, George Valentine Massey, Wilmington: William N. Cann, Inc., 1953
Simons,Moore,Flagg,Tillinghast,Ward,Dupont Ancestral Record, Jean K.F. DuPont, privately printed, n.d.
Foulke Family, One Branch Descended from James Fookes, Roy Foulke, Maine: Anthoensen Press, 1972
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