He was born in Paramaribo (then Dutch Guyana, now Suriname) and went to school there. He became a sailor briefly but moved to Philadelphia and then Massachusetts. It was there he developed his shoe making invention.
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Jan E. Matzeliger invented the shoe- lasting machine.
There are no existing records to show that Jan Matzeliger ever courted or married.
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He is male (a boy)