Monneron family
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The Monneron family was a French family of businessmen and politicians, best known for the Monneron brothers.
It originated in the small village of Ampurany near Tournon-sur-Rhône, but set up shop in Chanos since 1550. Antoine Monneron and his wife Barbe Arnault had 20 children, 8 dying in infancy. They lived successively in Antibes, Tournon (1737), and Annonay (1739) where Antoine bought the position of receiver of the grenier à sel tax. Antoine was also a lawyer to the Parlement and controller-general of the Fermes du Roi to the Parlement d'Antibes.