When Samuel Henry Delamater was born on 8 February 1857, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, John Henry DeLamater, was 31 and his mother, Maria Ann Frost, was 26. He married Jeannetta Burrup on 15 June 1879, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States in 1910 and Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1920. He died on 7 April 1926, in Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington, United States.
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Altered form, with fused preposition de ‘of’, of French Lemaitre . Compare Delamarter and Delameter .
History: The Delamaters (and e.g. the Delameters) trace their origin to Claude Le Maître, a Huguenot from France, who lived in New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) by 1652. He is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors (as Claude Le Maître or Le Maistre or Delameter) and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America (as Claude de la Maistre).
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