Society Hill in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Michael Bouvier

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 13, 2023

1. Michael Bouvier Marker

Inscription.
Michael Bouvier, born in 1792 in Pont-Saint-Esprit, France, fled to Philadelphia after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Bouvier took up cabinet and furniture making, and soon had a thriving business with rich clients. Michael then made a good fortune in land speculation. In 1828 he married Louise Vernou. One of their daughters, Emma, became the stepmother of St. Katherine Drexel, SBS. Their great grandson, John "Black Jack" Bouvier, III, a stockbroker, married heiress Janet Lee. Their daughter, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born at the Long Island resort of Southampton, NY on July 28, 1929. Her parents divorced when she was 10 years old. Jacqueline Bouvier first married John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who became the 35th President of these United States. After his death, she married Aristotle Onassis on October 20, 1968. On Hancock Street in this neighborhood, just west of Front Street and just north of Walnut Street is a building built by Michael Bouvier between 1824 and 1834. It was intially used for Michael's cabinet making business and then for the remanufacture of wool.

Michael Bouvier died in 1874.

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This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Immigration • Industry & Commerce • Wars, Non-US. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #35 John F. Kennedy series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 28, 1929.

Location. 39° 56.753′ N, 75° 8.928′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Society Hill. It can be reached from South 4th Street south of Locust Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Philadelphia PA 19106, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Don Juan Bautista Bernabeu (here, next to this marker);

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 13, 2023

2. Michael Bouvier Marker

Commodore John Barry (here, next to this marker); General Stephen Moylan (here, next to this marker); Thomas Fitzsimons (here, next to this marker); Mathew Carey, Publisher (here, next to this marker); Emanuel Holmes (here, next to this marker); Phillippe Charles Jean Baptiste Tronson DuCoudray (here, next to this marker); Col. Charles Von Kusserow, (Oct. 3, 1832 - Feb. 3, 1879) (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

Additional keywords. French Revolution

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 447 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 15, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.