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Genealogy

WARNING : The nominal basis of compagnons which you are about to consult is the result of diverse sources (archives of the retirement fund of “Le Ralliement des compagnons du Devoir”, lists of weavers and saddlers, compagnons who died in 1914-1918 War, compagnonnique press…). In principle, you will not find compagnons who are still alive. This database does not include every compagnon which ever existed. The records are often incomplete, for lack of sources. Nonetheless, this database is regularly updated. You can help us completing the records by sharing your own family information, and you can even illustrate them with portrait photos. Thank you for your support.

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Other types of workers' associations

Finally, it should be noted that other types of workers’ associations existed, especially in the 19th century, alongside or in competition with the guilds. The emblems used by these associations were sometimes, at least in part, the same as those used by guild members. There were numerous societies of “foxes” among carpenters, within the Worker’s Union of the Tour de France, and within certain mutual aid societies and fraternal associations. While they had goals similar to those of the guilds (mutual aid), they did not hold initiation ceremonies and, in fact, practised few rituals.

Charpentiers Renards de Dijon
Charpentiers Renards of Dijon

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