Demaree History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The Demaree surname is a habitational name derived from any of several places named with the Old French words "mareis" or "maresc", meaning "marsh".

Early Origins of the Demaree family

The surname Demaree was first found in Cambray, Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where ancestors of the family belonged to the house of Bousis. According to Arthurian legend, Sir Hector de Maris (or Ector de Maris), was a Knight of the Round Table, younger half-brother of Lancelot and the natural son of King Ban of Benwick and the Lady de Maris.

René Desmarais, son of Jean and Jeanne (née Brassard), travelled from Poitou, France to the New World in the 17th century. He married Jeanne Blondeau at Trois-Rivières, Quebec on 16th November 1671. 1

Early History of the Demaree family

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Demaree Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Desmarais, Demarais, Des Marais, Desmarets, Desmarés, Desmareys, Desmaray, Desmaraie, Desmarest, Desmaret, Desmarets, Démarais, Démarets, Démarey, Démareys, Démarés, Démarey, Démaré, Démarés, Démarée, Démarées, Démaraie, Démaray, Maret, Marest, Marais, Mareys, Marets, Marest, Mares, Marays, Marrey, Mareys, Marées, Des Marest, Des Maret, Des Marets, Des Marez, De Marest, Du Marest, Du Marais, Du Marrey, Du Mareys, Du Mares, Du Marays, Du Mareys, Du Marées and many more.

Early Notables of the Demaree family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Baldwin I, Lord of Marets in the 11th century, as well as Hugues Maret, the first Priest at the Benedictine Abbey of Valbenoite, in 1108. Jean Desmarets (1595-1676), Sieur de (Lord of) Saint-Sorlin was the author of many volumes of poetry and critical works, as well as the first chancellor and co-founder of the Académie Française; Nicolas Desmarets, known as the Marquis de Maillebois (1648-1721)...
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Demaree Ranking

In the United States, the name Demaree is the 16,197^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Demaree migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Demaree Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J S Demaree, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Demaree (post 1700) +

George Demaree (1832-1915), American beekeeper who developed the Demaree method to prevent swarming
Albert Wentworth "Al" Demaree (1884-1962), American Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1912 through 1919
Joseph Franklin Demaree (1910-1958), born Joseph Franklin Dimaria, an American Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1932 through 1944
T. B. Demaree, American politician, Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1894 4
Scott Demaree, American politician, Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1996 4
Geraldine Demaree, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1972 4
Ada M. Demaree, American politician, Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1940; Candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1946 4

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 15) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html