Rum Surname History

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Scotland
England

Early Origins of the Rum family

The surname Rum was first found in Dumfriesshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Phris), a Southern area, bordering on England that today forms part of the Dumfries and Galloway Council Area, where they held a family seat some say from about the 12th century. Seated at Gretna, they early became friends and allies of the great Clan Johnston and later as the numbers of the Clan diminished they held under them for protection. Nevertheless, the Roomes were a Clan in their own right and had a Chief. They were registered in Scottish Parliament as a clan in 1597 and responsible for the defense of Annandale, against the English.

Early History of the Rum family

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Rum Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rome, Room, Rooms, Roome, Roomes and others.

Early Notables of the Rum family

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Rum migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rum Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

George Rum, aged 25, who landed in New England in 1635 1

Rum Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Gaspian RuM, aged 23, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1823 1

Citations +

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)