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The surname Merais was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this family was established in early times.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Merais research. Another 76 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1200, 1250, 1645, 1675, 1707, 1715, 1838 and 1912 are included under the topic Early Merais History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Demers, Demere, Demerre, Demery, Demerey, Demerais, Demeret, Demerez, Lemers, Lemere, Lemerre, Lemery, Lemerey, Lemerais, Lemeret, Lemerez, Desmery, Démery, Lesmery, Lémery, Lamer, Lamers, Lamere, Lamerre, Lamery, Lamerais, Lameret, Merre, Mérais, Méret, Mérey, Méry, Merrée, Mériaux, Mériau, Mériel, Mériet, Méric, Mérigon, Mérigot, Mériguet, Mérigeau and many more.
Notable amongst the family in this period was Huon de Méry (fl. 1200-1250), French author of "Li Tournoiemenz Anticrit" or in English "The Tournament of the Antichrist"), a 3,546-line Old...
Another 30 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Merais Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Bastian Merrée, who settled in Philadelphia in 1727; Father Demers, who was living in Quebec in 1848; Dominique Lamer, who settled in Atlanta in 1848.