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Antoine-Joseph Adolphe Sax

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dinant, Province of Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium
Death: February 07, 1894 (79)
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Place of Burial: Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles Joseph Sax and Marie Joseph Sax
Partner of Louise Adèle Moar
Father of Adolphe Edouard Sax; Anne Emilie Sax; Adèle Marie Amélie Sax; Adolphe Charles Antoine Sax; Adèle Marie Sax and 1 other
Brother of Charles Joseph Sax; Eléonore Catherine Sax; Louis Sax; Rosalie Sax; Joseph Edouard Sax and 4 others

Occupation: Facteur d'instruments de musique, Inventeur du saxophone.
Managed by: Adam Robert Brown
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About Adolphe Sax

Antoine Joseph dit Adolphe SAX

Born 6 November 1814 (Sunday) - Dinant (Belgique) Deceased 7 February 1894 (Wednesday) - Paris (75), aged 79 years old Buried 10 February 1894 (Saturday) - Montmartre, concession n°304 cc Inventeur du saxophone.

Parents Charles Joseph SAX 1790 Marie Josèphe MASSON 1791

Spouses and children Relationship with Marguerite Adélaïde Joséphine MAOR 1830-1860 with F Anna Emilie SAX 1853- F Adèle Marie Amélie SAX 1855-1856 M Adolphe Charles Antoine SAX 1856-1858 F Adèle Marie SAX 1858-1938 M Adolphe Edouard SAX 1859-1945

Siblings F Eléonore Catherine SAX 1816-1836 M Louis SAX 1818-1837 M Charles Joseph SAX 1820-1871 M Antoine Alphonse SAX 1822-1874 F Rosalie SAX M Joseph Edouard SAX 1825-1852 F Antoinette Maria SAX 1827-1856 M Henri Joseph SAX 1829-1841 F Marie Joséphine SAX 1831-1852 F Marie Louise Adèle SAX 1832-1852

Notes Death Il habitait 16 rue Frochot. Paris.

Sources Individual: Malou HAINE son livre Adolphe SAX Family: Yves PEUVREL

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Adolphe Sax's Timeline

1814
November 6, 1814
Dinant, Province of Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium
1853
1853
1859
September 29, 1859
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
1894
February 7, 1894
Age 79
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Montmartre Cemetery, section 25, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France