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Early Origins of the Reim family

The surname Reim was first found in West Prussia and Pomerelia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families in the western region. From the 13th century onwards the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Reim family

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Reim Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Reiman, Reimann, Ryman and others.

Early Notables of the Reim family

Notable figures of the period with the name Reim were

  • the Reiman family of Reimansdorf, Prussia


United States Reim migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Reim Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Eva Maria Therese Reim, who landed in America in 1854 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Reim (post 1700) +

  • Robert G. Reim, American Republican politician, Mayor of Kirkwood, Missouri, 1965-67 2


  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, December 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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