François Perroncel

Lyons silk weaver, anarchist member of the Croix-Rousse of the International and trade unionist, born.

Born of unknown father and Jeanne Perroncel, François Perroncel (spelled also Perronsel), married, father of three children (the eldest was eight years old in 1874) worked as a silk weaver, 57, rue d’Austerlitz, in Lyon (Croix-Rousse). A good worker, Perroncel began to deal with the workers’ political struggles around 1870 while he was a brigadier at the 59th Brigade of the National Building Site for the defence of Lyon.

Towards the end of 1872, he was part of the section of the Croix-Rousse de l’Internationale, reconstituted by Henri Boriasse and was in charge of correspondence. Meetings were held at his home. With Camille Camet, on November 2, 1873, he entered into contact with the Republican Central Committee or Committee of the rue Grôlée. About fifteen days later — on 16 — he was arrested, as well as Camet. On 25 April 1874, he was sentenced — a judgment confirmed on 8 June — to two years in prison, 50 F of a fine and five years of deprivation of civil rights, for affiliation with the International (the so-called "Lyon Conspiracy" case).

According to the report of the Attorney General of August 20, 1875, “Perroncel is an intelligent man who, driven by ambition, had, after the revolution of 4 September, put forward and had sought to play a role; simple weaver, he had been commissioned to run a construction site for the defense work in Lyon; he had then reported himself in the public meetings and had been part of the Central Committee; he was a member of the Society of Lyon. »

Transferred to the central house of Landerneau on July 15, 1874, his conduct was “exemplary”, but was then criticized for having taken part in the disorders of April 1875. In June, he asked for grace and promised “not to interfere in any movement.” He had not previously incurred any conviction.

A Péroncel, master weaver in Lyon, rue de la Madeleine, 18, was thus defined: "Socialist Democrat very esteemed and very influential in his corporation" (cf. The Lyon Cooperation judged by the ex-imperial police..., Lyon, 1870, in-8°, Bibl. Nat. Lb 57 / 207). Is it the same?

In December 1888, Perroncel was a member of the Chamber of Trade Union of Men of Sentence who had just been constituted in Lyon and whose secretary was L. Little.

In 1890, Perroncel was a member of the Union Chamber of Workers, gathered and was one of the pioneers of May 1 in Lyon. It was to him that the editorial staff of Father Peinard sent brochures and posters intended to be distributed in Lyon. The police, alerted, searched his home in vain on April 29, 1890. He was a widower and one of his children was dead.

This is probably the Peroncel (sic) which he was a member in early 1892 of the new group “Ni Dieu nor master” which had just formed at La Croix Rousse and which met at the home of Fréneat.