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Delamare Family History

Delamare Surname Meaning

from any of the numerous places in Normandy, Brittany, and Maine named La Mare (‘the pool’), preceded by the French preposition de ‘of’. The surname is common in Normandy, especially in Seine Maritime and Eure, and appears in the Channel Islands from the early 14th century onwards.

It was the name of several powerful families in Anglo-Norman England, where it later developed pronunciations (see (2)) that help to distinguish it from the name borne by the Channel Islanders and by later French migrants, especially Huguenot refugees who settled in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.

see Delamere.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Delamare families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Delamare family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1840 and 1920. The most Delamare families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 224 Delamare families living in Channel Islands. This was about 70% of all the recorded Delamare's in United Kingdom. Channel Islands had the highest population of Delamare families in 1891.
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What did your Delamare ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Delamare. 88% of Delamare women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    88%
  • Incapacitated
    13%

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Passenger Lists

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There are 210 military records available for the last name Delamare. For the veterans among your Delamare ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1966 and 2004, in the United States, Delamare life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1978, and highest in 1977. The average life expectancy for Delamare in 1966 was 67, and 88 in 2004.

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