This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dhazvt70 Surnames: Demers, Damon, Boursier, Demers Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.demers/573.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi: If he is truly from the Demers line, then yes. And probably yes if he is not a Demers as my family was in Quebec from 1634 on and married into many of the lines there. If you are there that early in Quebec history, you are said to be related to about 98% of the population because of the small number of people living there. My maiden name is Demers. I have never seen Damon used as a dit name for Demers, but have seen Desmers which I think is one of the spellings used on the New Hampshire census records for him. Have you traced his line back beyond his father. Damon was standardized to Amon on PRDH records in the Montreal data base. Here is the listing for Damon and Demers. Standard name Variant Freq. AMON AMNON 1 AMON AMO 2 AMON AMON 65 AMON AMOND 31 AMON AMONT 25 AMON DAMON 1 AMON DAMONT 2 AMON HAMMON 1 AMON HAMMOND 2 AMON HAMON 236 AMON HAMOND 23 Standard name Variant Freq. DEMERS DEMAIR 12 DEMERS DEMAIRE 18 DEMERS DEMAIRS 1 DEMERS DEMARCE 2 DEMERS DEMARSE 30 DEMERS DEMARX 1 DEMERS DEMEIRES 1 DEMERS DEMER 188 DEMERS DEMERCE 188 DEMERS DEMERCS 1 DEMERS DEMERE 19 DEMERS DEMERRE 8 DEMERS DEMERS 8520 DEMERS DEMERSCE 1 DEMERS DEMERSE 361 DEMERS DEMERSSE 7 DEMERS DEMERST 3 DEMERS DEMERT 7 DEMERS DEMERTS 30 DEMERS DEMERX 14 DEMERS DEMERZ 1 DEMERS DERMERS 2 DEMERS DESMERS 8 DEMERS DUMAIR 17 DEMERS DUMER 55 DEMERS DUMERD 1 DEMERS DUMERS 24 DEMERS DUMERSE 1 DEMERS DUMERSSE 1 DEMERS DUMERT 1 I really think he was married to a Boursier. That is the standardized spelling of the name in Quebec. Did you ever figure out "Ida M Demers". Ida was probably her given name and she used Mahala. My father is Joseph Emile Paul Aguste and he always was known as Paul. I have also seen the variation of the name Belmar as you posted including Bellamy. Dot Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.