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Early Origins of the Monnin family

The surname Monnin was first found in Herefordshire at Westhide. "The Court, formerly the seat of the Monnington family, to whom the manor belonged, was originally surrounded with a moat, which is now partly filled up. The church is in the early English style, and contains some monuments to the Monningtons." 1

Early History of the Monnin family

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Monnin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Monington, Monnington, Moninton, Monninton and others.

Early Notables of the Monnin family

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Monnin Ranking

In France, the name Monnin is the 3,167th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 2


United States Monnin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Monnin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Louis Monnin, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1853 3
Monnin Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Berthe Monnin, aged 24, who landed in America from London, England, in 1910
  • Lena Monnin, aged 35, who settled in America from Maux, France, in 1910
  • Rene Monnin, aged 17, who immigrated to the United States from Badeval, France, in 1911
  • Doris Monnin, aged 4, who immigrated to the United States from Vaudoncourt, France, in 1924

Contemporary Notables of the name Monnin (post 1700) +

  • Alfred Maurice Monnin OC, OM, QC (1920-2013), Canadian Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of Manitoba, father of Michel Monnin
  • Michel A. Monnin, Canadian judge of the Manitoba Court of Appeal


  1. Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. 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)


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