Delamaine History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Delamaine family

The surname Delamaine was first found in Maine.

Early History of the Delamaine family

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Delamaine Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dumaine, Du Maine and others.

Early Notables of the Delamaine family

Guillaume Du Maine, born in the sixteenth century, who chose a religious life and became abbey of Beaulieu. Antoine Du Maine was Baron of Bourg and belonged to the most ancient family of the fourteenth century. In 1608 he was named Governor of Bourg and of the castle of Antibes. Louis-François Dumaine, son of a farmer, was born in Lieusaint in 1831 and at the age of 12 went to school to apprentice with a haberdasher. Lucien-Victor Dumaine, born in 1842 in Tinchebray, was ordained a priest in 1867 and went...
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Delamaine migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Delamaine Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Delamaine, Cornish settler travelling from Launceston aboard the ship "Halcyon" arriving in New Zealand in 1851 1

Sources +

New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html