Demerit History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Demerit family

The surname Demerit was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this family was established in early times.

Early History of the Demerit family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Demerit 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 Demerit History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Demerit Spelling Variations

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.

Early Notables of the Demerit family

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 French poem written in octosyllables; Nicolas Lémery (1645-1715)...
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Demerit migration to the United States +

Demerit Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Demerit, aged 17, who arrived in Key West, Fla in 1844 1

Sources +

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)