Francis
Irénée
du Pont
Born in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Ancestors 
Brother of
Eleanor Ball (du Pont) Taney, Irene Sophie du Pont, Alexis Felix du Pont, Ernest du Pont, Lionel du Pont, Theodore Hume du Pont, Reginald Ashby du Pont, Eleuthere Paul du Pont and Archibald Marion Lesesne du Pont
Husband of
Marianna (Rhett) du Pont
— married
about 1897 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Emile Francis du Pont, Hubert Irénée du Pont, Elise (du Pont) Elrick, Francis du Pont, Edmond du Pont, Alfred Rhett du Pont, Alexis Irénée du Pont, Marianna Rhett (du Pont) Hanckel and Marie Delphine (du Pont) Davies
Died
at age 68
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Aug 2016
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Biography
- Yale University, Sheffield Scientific School, 1895 graduate
- Chemist; manager at the family's E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company
Sources
- 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Christiana, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: 118; Family History Film: 1254118; Page: 79B; Enumeration District: 003; Image: 0162, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2010), 1880 Census
- 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Christana, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: 156; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0053; FHL microfilm: 1240156, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2004), 1900 Census
- 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Wilmington Ward 7, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: T624_147; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0044; FHL microfilm: 1374160 , Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2006)
- 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 7, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1618; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 160, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2010)
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 November 2020), memorial page for Francis Irenee Du Pont (3 Dec 1873–16 Mar 1942), Find A Grave: Memorial #77561082, citing Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA ; Maintained by jmitchell (contributor 47281303) .
- Patent US1207884, Published 12 Dec 1916, Explosive Charge Process Patent
- Patent US1627691, Published 10 May 1927, Smokeless Powder Process Patent
- Patent US1627692, Published 10 May 1927, Smokeless Powder Process Patent
- Patent US1627694, Published 10 May 1927, Smokeless Powder Patent
- Genealogy of the Du Pont Family, 31 Dec 2012, Privately published since 1949
- Wikipedia
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Francis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Francis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Francis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Francis:
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~6.25%
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