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Profiles

  • André Dumais (1628 - 1711)
    Sources: Baptismal record date 1631, Parish of St. Jacques in Dieppe, Province of Normandy, Diocese of Rouen, France Drouin Institute (Archived marriage record - see attached in Media tab) Da...
  • Étienne Demers, I (1626 - 1697)
  • Jean Dumais dit Demers (1633 - 1708)
    Sources: Drouin Institute (Archived marriage record - see attached in Media tab) FOURTH GENERATION Arrived Montreal 11-16-1653 ** DESCENDANTS OF JEAN AND JEANNE
  • Jeanne-Françoise Ménard dite Fontaine (1669 - 1747)
    GEDCOM Source ===@R1050710867@ Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,2177::0 === GEDCOM Source ===Volume: Vol...

About the Demers surname

Spelling variations of DEMERS include:

Demais, Demers, Demere, Demerre, Demery, Demerey, Demerais, Demeret, Demerez, Demets, Dumais, Dumay, Dumets, Dumoys, 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.

  • First found in Normandy, where this family was established in early times.

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers in North America of this family name were:

Demers Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century

Demers Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century

  • Pierre Demers, who landed in South Carolina in 1755

Demers Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century

  • M. Demers, who settled in San Francisco in 1850
  • Louis Demers, who came to Oregon in 1852