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Early Origins of the Mon family

The surname Mon was first found in Peeblesshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd nam Pùballan), former county in South-central Scotland, in the present day Scottish Borders Council Area, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Mon family

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Mon Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mount, Mont and others.

Early Notables of the Mon family

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United States Mon migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Ramon Mon, aged 60, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1829 1
  • Antonio Mon, aged 24, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1848 1

Flight 191
  • R Mon (d. 1979), American passenger from Los Angeles, California, USA, who flew aboard American Airlines Flight 191 and died in the crash 2


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. Flight 191's Victims - latimes. (Retrieved 2014, April 16) . Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/1985-08-04/news/mn-4349_1_fort-lauderdale-area


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