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Jane (Bowne) Haines

1792 – 1843

1792 - certain 26 Apr 1843

Rose breederHorticulturist
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About Jane (Bowne) Haines

Lived 1792 – 1843 (aged 50–51). Jane (Bowne) Haines was a rose breeder and horticulturist.

Jane Haines ( Bowne; 1792 – April 26, 1843) was a Quaker educational reformer, horticulturalist, and rosarian from Flushing, Queens, New York.

After 1820, she lived at her husband's family homestead, the historic Wyck House in Germantown, Philadelphia, where she designed a rose garden that is now one of the oldest in the United States. The property that includes the rose garden was designated as a National Historic Landmark on December 14, 1990.

An active member of the Flushing Female Association, Haines donated money and time to establish racially-integrated schools for the poor in New York beginning in 1814.

She became sole proprietor of Wyck after her husband's death in 1831.

She married Reuben Haines III (1786–1831), the Quaker scientist and social reformer, in New York on May 12, 1812. They would have nine children:

Sarah Minturn Haines (b. March 30, 1812) Margaret Haines Elizabeth Bowne Haines (1817–1891) John Smith Haines (1820–1850) Hannah Haines (1822–1882) Sarah Haines, died in infancy Robert Bowne (1827–1895) Margaret "Meta" Haines (1830–1878) Jane Reuben Haines (1832–1911), inherited Wyck after her mother's death.

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Born
1792
Birth century
Died
1843
Occupation
Rose breeder, horticulturist
Also known as
Jane Haines

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1792 - certain 26 Apr 1843

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Jane (Bowne) Haines died in 1843.

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Jane (Bowne) Haines was a rose breeder and horticulturist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jane (Bowne) Haines

· Wikidata: Q104865619

· DBpedia: Jane B. Haines

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