Damme History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
France

Early Origins of the Damme family

The surname Damme was first found in Norfolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1221 when Peter del Dam held estates in that county.

Early History of the Damme family

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Damme Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Damm, Dam, Damms Damme and others.

Early Notables of the Damme family

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Damme migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Damme Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Joh Adolph Damme, who landed in America in 1840 1
Heinrich Damme, aged 40, who arrived in Missouri in 1841 1

Citations +

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)