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Early Origins of the Damas family

The surname Damas was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France where the family has held a family seat from early times.

Early History of the Damas family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Damas research. Another 293 words (21 lines of text) covering the years 1063, 1208, 1262, 1390 and 1392 are included under the topic Early Damas History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Damas Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Damas, Damat, Damats, Damate, Damates, Dama, Damad, Damads, Damade, Damades, Dammas, Dammat, Dammats, Dammate, Dammates, Damma, Dammad, Dammads, Dammade, Damase, Dammades, de Damas and many more.

Early Notables of the Damas family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

  • Damas, Viscount, Lord of Marcilly, Baron of Forez


Canada Damas migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Damas Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Mr. Jean Damas, French settler travelling to Canada for work arriving on 1st June 1668 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Damas (post 1700) +

  • Michael J. Damas, American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, 1959-61; Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960 2
  • Julius Damas, American politician, Mayor of Cullman, Alabama, 1879 2
  • François-Étienne de Damas, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
  • François-Étienne de Damas (1764-1828), French general
  • Ivo Filipe Cerqueira Damas (b. 1977), Portuguese retired footballer
  • Vítor Manuel Afonso Damas de Oliveira (1947-2003), known as Damas, a Portuguese football goalkeeper


  1. Debien, Gabriel. Liste Des Engagés Pour Le Canada Au XVIIe Siècle. Vol. 6, Laval University, 1952. (Retreived 24th May 2018). Retrieved from https://lebloguedeguyperron.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/130-liste-des-contrats-dengagement-pour-la-nouvelle-france-releves-a-la-rochelle-entre-1634-et-1679/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  3. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 13) François-Étienne Damas. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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