origin of last name Deramus
My grandmother last name was Deramus. I know it is italian, but does it mean anything. Oh, and
does anyone have any information on how to look for the meaning of Japanese names. Maybe a
book or something.
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I don't know if this is relevant, but linguistically I see
DeRamus < de Ramus < "of/from Remus?"De is French for "of" or "from."Alternatively, ramus is Latin for "branch" and is the root of the Spanish surname, Ramos.
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Your information is incorrect. The surname "DERAMUS" originated in HOLLAND and were farmers during religious persecution they were pushed to Northern France and intermarried with the FRENCH HUGERNOTS,who were also farmers. Together theyturned the NORTHERN ROCKY ROUGH TERANE into fertile farm land. Once Southern France realized this was now a productive area, they pushed the Farmers out. The only way them to exit was to steal away to DUBLIN IRELAND where they acquired jobs on steamer ships to the United States. There is NO ITALIAN BLOOD LINE IN THE ORIGINAL DERAMUS LINEAGE. After settling in the US, Many intermarried with Italians, who were also migrating and Native Amerian's mostly Cherokee, Because the were farmers also. They lived in houses had fences, grew crops, raised livestock traded in towns, were NOT RAIDERS as most tribes were. Settling primarily in the Carolina's, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas. You will find that a tremendous amount of information about the DeRamus Family, (NEVER SPELLED WITH A SMALL R AlWAY CAPITAL AND ONE WORD, NO SEPARATION). INCLUDING GENEOLOGY is grossly misrepresented. Doing an injustice to the existing and future generations by creating a record they actually know nothing about, so they attach hear-say AND THEN AS A LAST RESORT, THEY GUESS. I have been married to my Italian wife for 49 years. Her family immigrated directly from Italy. Jimmie DeRamus
HISTORY CHANNELS "CAJUN PAWN STARS"
SILVER DOLLAR PAWN & JEWELRY
Alexandria Louisiana
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Well, it's two side, one DeRamus use upper case of the "R" and Deramus use a lowercase "r". I use uppercase "R" and we are all over the place. I found most on Facebook and confirmed from family members from Alabama that actually know them.
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I’m trying to find out where the rest of my family is. I heard it’s lost of Deramus in Alabama
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Hi, Maurice, I'm in Rainbow City, Alabama. Some of my forefathers were DeRamus.
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I have watched your show and assume you are correct. However, for my records and thus who that has been searching for answers, can't you provide the information? You know, the paper or program?Thanks,
Rodger DeRamus
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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I was looking at this old post, and have never seen anybody with this name, besides my grandmother, it was her maiden name. So I was wondering if we are kin in someway? Her name was Hellon DeRamus. My fathers name is Charles Carr.
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I am not sure if this thread is still active since the last entry was in 2001.
My last name is DeRamus (pronounced like Da-ray-mus) and I started researching
the genealogy of my family and while searching the last name, a lady from
Choctaw, Oklahoma contacted me and said she had the genealogy starting from a man named
Joseph Funderburk DeRamus.
His family were French, They fled France during the time when the families who had converted
from the Roman Catholic Church to Protestants and were being persecuted by the Catholics and
the King of France.
The Protestants were given a derogative name of Huguenots, and during this time, the King
gave orders to kill all the Huguenots. Many were killed but some fled to countries in Europe,
Africa and Asia. Joseph's ancestors fled to Switzerland, where Joseph was born. When he decided
to immigrate to America, he took a ship to South Carolina, in the Orangeburg District. He met
and later married Ann Phund. They were married by an Anglican Minister named Giessendanner (not sure
of the spelling.
He was born in Switzerland in a range between 1702-1724 (the year is not sure, because of so many
different accounts of his life. He died in 1802, in Orangeburg, South Carolina.This account was given to me and the exact account is not sure. I have searched for his parents name
in France and Switzerland with no luck. If this helps, then I have accomplished a good deed.Thank You Very Much,
Chaplain Rodger D. DeRamus
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I am a direct descendent of Joseph DeRamus and Ann Phund. Thank you for the information on the name. My grandmother (whose mother was a DeRamus) always told us she was Black Dutch. The history you provided now explains that terminology, I think.Debra Payne
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I am 5 lineages down a descendent of Jospeh Fundeburk Deramus. My Great Grandfather Lewis Deramus (Autagua AL, Panola TX) was owned by Jacob Deramus (S. Carolina, Autagua AL - Prattsville AL) through Inheritance of George Joseph Deramus (S. Carolina, Autagua AL), son of John Paul Deramus (S. Carolina), son of Joseph Funderburk Deramus (Switzerland, S. Carolina).I would like to know more about your family of this old time. Do you have any photos?Regina Deramus Jackson Gallon
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Ms. Payne, I'm not sure if you are still on thus site. I hope you are.
There is a man named Jimmie DeRamus, who was on Cajun Pawn Stars on History Channel. He seems to know more about our shared surname than anyone I've seen. He says we ARE Dutch in origin, so your Grandmother was right, I'm not familiar with the term 'Black Dutch' though.
Good luck. Oh yeah, Jimmie commented above. Scroll up to find his post.
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Hi Chaplain,
I'm from Tuscaloosa, Alabama and one of my aunts is of Black Dutch origin. I'm not sure what her maiden name is.
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As Mike C says, there are few English language books on the meaning of Japanese names. One which I can recommend to you, though (if you can find a copy of it somewhere) is *Shadowings* by Lafcadio Hearn -- the writer who pretty much introduced 19th century Japan to the western world. This book of Hearn's observations on Japanese culture was first published in 1900, and contains a very informative section on Japanese female names, with names lists and meanings.-- Nanaea
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Lafcadio - that brings back memories...One of the first names I ever researched for anyone on this site. It was an Anglicized version of the Greek island where he was born.- Da.
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Lefkas? You should really ask Mike to put this name in the database.
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Meaning of Japanese namesYour best bet is to look up the elements of the name in a Japanese-English dictionary, eg https://jisho.org/

This message was edited 5/29/2020, 2:10 PM

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