Early Origins of the Monget family
The surname Monget was first found in Gascony (French: Gascogne), an area of southwest France bordering
Spain, that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution, where this family was established in earlier times.
Early History of the Monget family
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Monget Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Mongeau, Mongeaux, Mongeot, Mongeaud, Mongeault, Mongin, Mongenet, Mongenais, Mongenot, Monge, Monges, Lemonge, Demonge, Monget, Mongette, Monger, Mongeon, Mongey, Monginot and many more.
Early Notables of the Monget family (pre 1700)
Notable amongst the family at this time was Gaspard Monge (1746-1818), the count of Péluse, a French senator and mathematician, who was the first person to identify the principles of descriptive geometry and to develop methods and applications of descriptive geometry. As well, he was a professor at the École Centrale...
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Migration of the Monget family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: François Monge, who was living in New Orleans in 1724; Jean Monger, who arrived in Louisiana in 1752; Jacques Mongin, who arrived in Louisiana in 1757.
Contemporary Notables of the name Monget (post 1700)
- Joseph Monget, American politician, Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1855-57 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html - Henry Schorten Monget, dentist, Baton Rouge, Louisiana