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Where did the French Desmarais family come from? What is the French Desmarais family crest and coat of arms? When did the Desmarais family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Desmarais family history?
The Desmarais surname is a habitational name derived from any of several places named with the Old French words "mareis," or "maresc," meaning "marsh."
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
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.First found in Cambray, Normandy where ancestors of the family belonged to the house of Bousis.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Desmarais research. Another 342 words(24 lines of text) covering the years 1096, 1108, 1113, 1360, 1429, 1500, 1518, 1519, 1567, 1595, 1604, 1648, 1676, 1682, 1696, and 1721 are included under the topic Early Desmarais History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early notables!
Another 91 words(6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Desmarais Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Desmarais. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Desmarais Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Ozine Desmarais, who arrived in Minnesota in 1871
- Louis Desmarais, aged 52, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1896
Desmarais Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Louis Desmarais, aged 63, who arrived at Ellis Island from Paris, in 1906
- Seph Desmarais, aged 43, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1908
- Sephora Desmarais, aged 60, who arrived at Ellis Island from Paris, France, in 1914
- Joseph N. Desmarais, aged 25, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1918
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- Lorraine Desmarais (b. 1956), Canadian jazz pianist
- Paul Desmarais Sr (b. 1927), Canadian financier in Montreal, one of the ten richest persons in Canada
- France Chrétien Desmarais, Canadian lawyer and businesswoman
- Pierre DesMarais, Canadian politician and a city councillor in Montreal
- Marcel-Marie Desmarais (1908-1994), Canadian writer
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- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
- Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
- Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
- Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
- Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
- Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
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The Desmarais Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Desmarais 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.
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