| ![Show Contents]() Romar History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Romar familyThe surname Romar was first found in Lincolnshire where "the first of this name on record is Gerald de Romare, feudal lord of Bolingbroke whose son, William de Romare was in 1118 Governor of Newmarch, Normandy, and in arms against Hugh de Gournay, then in rebellion." 1 "A castle was built [at Bolingbroke] by William de Romara, Earl of Lincoln, of which his descendant, Alicia de Lacey, was dispossessed by Edward II. Henry IV. was born in this fortress, and from it took the name of Henry of Bolingbroke: it was nearly demolished in the civil wars, the south-west tower being all that remains." 2 William de Roumare (fl. 1140) Earl of Lincoln, "was son of Roger Fitzgerald and grandson of Gerald, steward of Duke William of Normandy, who about 1064 obtained a fief in the Roumois on condition of rendering service at Neufmarché-en-Lions." 3 Early History of the Romar familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Romar research. Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1142, 1296, 1680, 1754 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Romar History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Romar Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Romer, Romare, Romair, Romar and others. Early Notables of the Romar familyMore information is included under the topic Early Romar Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Romar migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Romar Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Michael Romar, who landed in Maryland in 1749 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Romar (post 1700) | + |
- John R. Romar (1824-1892), American politician, Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, 1862-64 5
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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