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Where did the French Damas family come from? What is the French Damas family crest and coat of arms? When did the Damas family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Damas family history?

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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.

First found in Bourgogne (Burgundy,) where the family has held a family seat from early times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Damas research. Another 366 words(26 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.

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More information is included under the topic Early Damas Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Dammes settled in Maryland in 1672; Johanne Damess settled in Philadelphia in 1849; John Daumast settled in 1845; Peter Domas settled in Philadelphia in 1811.

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  • Anny-France Damas, Physician, Paris
  • Joseph Damas, artist, Paris
  • Dr. Felix Damas, Dentist, Montréal


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  2. De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
  3. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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  5. Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
  6. Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
  7. Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
  8. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
  9. Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print.
  10. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
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The Damas Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Damas Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 23 September 2010 at 15:36.

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