Show ContentsDahlman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The origin of the distinguished Dahlman family can be traced to the rugged Scandinavian country of Norway. The surname Dahlman was given to someone who lived in a valley or among several valleys. It was originally derived from the word Old Norse word dalr, which means valley, and is a cognate of the English surname Dale.


United States Dahlman migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dahlman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Charles Dahlman, aged 27, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1846 1
  • Lasahrd Dahlman, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1846 1
  • Axel G. Dahlman, who arrived in Illinois in 1887

Contemporary Notables of the name Dahlman (post 1700) +

  • Noah Dahlman (b. 1989), American professional basketball player
  • James Charles Dahlman (1856-1930), known as Jim Dahlman, Cowboy Jim and Mayor Jim, American politician, eight term Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
  • Jean Lemire Dahlman, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1996, 2004, 2008; Member of Democratic National Committee from Montana, 2004-08 2
  • James Charles Dahlman (1856-1930), American Democratic Party politician, Mayor, Chadron, Nebraska, 1894-95; Nebraska Democratic State Chair, 1896-1900; Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, 1906-18, 1921-30 2
  • Hagbarth Dahlman (1901-1974), Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
  • Hjalmar Reinhold "Ray" Dahlman (1909-1993), Canadian farmer and politician in Saskatchewan
  • Toni Dahlman (b. 1979), Finnish professional hockey player in the NHL from Helsinki, Finland


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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