About Gaston Menier
Lived 1855 – 1934 (aged 79). Gaston Menier was a French politician and businessperson.
Gaston Émile André Menier (22 May 1855 - 5 November 1934) was a French politician and industrialist.
Life He was born in Paris to Émile-Justin Menier and Claire Henriette Gérard. He inherited his father's industrial empire, in which he and his brother Henri invested. He successfully continued his father's social and industrial projects, developing the chocolate factory at Noisiel and the workers' city beside it, first conceived and founded by his father.
In 1910, he commissioned Stephen Sauvestre to build him a secondary residence in Lamorlaye in the Oise.Completed in 1913, it was named 'Tourne-Bride'. In 1940 it was requisitioned by the Wehrmacht, who used it to house the Bois Larris Lebensborn.
Awards In 1892, he was made an officer in the Legion of Honour.
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French politician
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Gaston Menier was born on 22 May 1855 in Paris.
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Gaston Menier died on 5 November 1934 in Paris.
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Gaston Menier was a politician and businessperson.
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