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Early Origins of the Demaine family

The surname Demaine was first found in Maine.

Early History of the Demaine family

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Demaine Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Demaine family

Notable amongst the family at this time was 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...
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Demaine migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Demaine Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Peter DeMaine, who landed in Virginia in 1622 1

Demaine migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Demaine Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. George Demaine, English convict who was convicted in Bradford, Yorkshire, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Barossa" on 9th May 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 2
  • Mr. William Demaine, English convict who was convicted in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Fairlie" on 9th Mary 1852, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 3


  1. 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)
  2. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/barossa
  3. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 26th September 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/fairlie


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