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The house at 16 rue du Pont à Tonnerre, dating from the 18th century, is a historic monument listed since 1972 for its facades and roofs. This building is closely associated with the history of the Eon family, including Marguerite Françoise d'Eon, wife of Knight Thomas O-Gorman in 1757. This union links the house to a network of Irish and Burgundy influences, marked by jacobite exile and intellectual circles of the time.

He was an Irish officer in the service of France, a member of the Walsh regiment and close to the antique world. His marriage to Marguerite Françoise d'Eon, daughter of Louis d'Eon (Mayor of Tonnerre), established his presence in the region. The house, although not explicitly described as its residence, symbolizes the links between the Irish nobility in exile and the Burgundy local elites.

Chevalier O His brother-in-law, the Knight of Eon, an iconic figure of many facets, strengthens the historical aura of this family. The house of Tonnerre, by its inscription, bears witness to this past mixing local history and European destiny.

The protection of the monument in 1972 underscores its architectural and memorial importance. Although the sources do not specify its exact use by the Gormans or the Eons, its association with these characters makes it a place full of history, reflecting the social and political dynamics of Burgundy of the Enlightenment, between Earth nobility, migration and intellectual networks.

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