Show ContentsRoehm History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Roehm originally referred to a pilgrim or merchant traveling to Rome.

Early Origins of the Roehm family

The surname Roehm was first found in Saxony, where the name came from humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. It later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates and branches, some in foreign countries, always elevating their social status by their great contributions to society.

Early History of the Roehm family

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Roehm Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Romer, Rohmer, Roehmer, Römer, Roemer, von Roemer, von Romer, Romayer, Raumayer, Raumair, Raum, Roem and many more.

Early Notables of the Roehm family

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United States Roehm migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Roehm Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Peter Roehm, a Hessian soldier on record in North America in 1777
Roehm Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Phillip Roehm, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1878 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Roehm (post 1700) +

  • Lawrence Stevens "Rummy" Roehm (1893-1958), American college football player, college baseball player and businessman; he was the starting quarterback of the 1915 Michigan Wolverines football team
  • Otto Roehm (1881-1958), American Olympic gold medalist for wrestling at the 1904 Summer Games

USS Arizona
  • Mr. Harry Turner Roehm, American Machinist's Mate Second Class from Illinois, USA working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he died in the sinking 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. Pearl Harbour: USS Arizona Casualties List Pearl Harbour December 7, 1941. (Retrieved 2018, July 31st). Retrieved from http://pearl-harbor.com/arizona/casualtylist.html


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