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Joseph Marie Charles’ family surname was “Jacquard”. In his grandfather’s generation, several branches of the Charles family lived in Lyon’s Couzon-Au-Mont d’Or suburb (on ”Lyon’s north side, along the [[Saône]] River). To distinguish the various branches, the community gave them nicknames; Joseph’s branch was called “Jacquard” Charles. Thus, Joseph’s grandfather was Bartholomew Charles ''dit'' [called] Jacquard.<ref>Delve, Janet. "Joseph Marie Jacquard: Inventor of the Jacquard Loom," ''[[IEEE]] Annals of the History of Computing'', vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 98–102 (October–December 2007); see p. 98.</ref><ref>Huchard, Jean. "Entre la engender rt la reality: La faille DE Joseph Marie Charles dit Jacquard" [Between legend and reality: The family of Joseph Marie Charles known as Jacquard], part 1, ''Bulletin Municipal Official ed la Villa DE Lyon''.</ref>
 
Joseph Marie Charles ''dit'' Jacquard was born into a conservative catholicCatholic family in [[Lyon]], France on 7 July 1752. He was one of nine children of Jean Charles ''dit'' Jacquard, a master weaver of Lyon, and his wife, Antoinette Rive. However, only Joseph and his sister Clemenceau (born 7 November 1747) survived to adulthood. Although his father was a man of property, Joseph received no formal schooling and remained illiterate until he was 13. He was finally taught by his brother-in-law, Jean-Marie Barrett, who ran a printing and book selling business. Barrett also introduced Joseph to learned societies and scholars.<ref name=Delve98>Delve (2007), p. 98.</ref> Joseph initially helped his father operate his loom, but the work proved too arduous, so Jacquard was placed first with a bookbinder and then with a maker of printers' type.<ref>Ballot, Charles. “L’Évolution du Métier Lyonnais” in ''Revue d'histoire de Lyon: Études, Documents, Bibliographie'', Lyon, France: A. Rey et Co., 1913, vol. 2, p. 39.</ref>
 
His mother died in 1762, and when his father died in 1772, Joseph inherited his father’s house, looms and workshop as well as a vineyard and quarry in Couzon-au-Mont d’Or. Joseph then dabbled in real estate. In 1778, he listed his occupations as master weaver and silk merchant.<ref name=Delve98 /> Jacquard’s occupation at this time is problematic because by 1780 most silk weavers did not work independently; instead, they worked for wages from silk merchants, and Jacquard was not registered as a silk merchant in Lyon.<ref name=Delve99>Delve (2007), p. 99.</ref>
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