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Where did the German Thom family come from? What is the German Thom family crest and coat of arms? When did the Thom family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Thom family history?
The ancestral home of the Thom family is Bavaria. Thom is a local name for a person who lived in Bavaria.
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- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Many cultural groups lived in the German states in medieval times. Each had its own dialect and traditions, and unique variations of popular names. Low German, which is similar to contemporary Dutch, was spoken in Westphalia. German names are characterized by additions such as regional suffixes and phrases that tell something about the origin or background of its original bearer. Further contributing to the variation in German names was the fact that there were no spelling rules in medieval times: scribes recorded names according to their sound. The recorded spelling variations of Thom include Thoma, Thoman, Thom, Thoms, Toma, Thomas, Tomas, Thomasius, Thoeman, Thome, Thomen, Thomme, Thomm, Demel, Dehmel and many more.First found in Bavaria, where this surname surfaced in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century onwards the name was associated with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Thom research. Another 204 words(15 lines of text) covering the years 1635, 1655, 1669, 1728, 1746, 1775, and 1776 are included under the topic Early Thom History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early notables!
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Thom. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Between the mid-17th and mid-20th centuries, German settlers arrived in North America by the thousands. Persecution based on religion and poverty were great motivators in this large-scale migration. So too was the opportunity for tenant farmers to own their own land. Ample land and opportunity awaited the settlers who went to such states as Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Illinois, and California, as well as Ontario and the prairie provinces of Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Thom or a variant listed above:
Thom Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- William Thom, who arrived in Lynn, Mass in 1638
Thom Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Rosamund Thom settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1716
- Benedictus Thom arrived in Philadelphia in 1749
- Christian Thom, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752
- Hans Yerrick Thom, aged 30, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753
- Elias, Fred, George, Michael and William Thom settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1754 and 1840
Thom Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Jacob Thom, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1804
- Fredk Thom, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1804
- Johannes Thom, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1804
- Peter Thom, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1804
- Mary Thom settled in Trinity Bay in 1828
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- James Alexander Thom (b. 1933), American author
- James Crawford Thom, American painter
- Andreas Thom (b. 1965), former German football player
- Hans Thom (1839-1924), German painter
- Professor Alexander Thom (1894-1985), Scottish engineer most famous for his theory of the Megalithic yard
- Douglas John Thom (b. 1946), Professor of Educational management and Leadership
- Margaret Thom, Canadian Deputy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories Canada
- Ronald James Thom, Canadian architect
- René Frédéric Thom (b. 1923), French mathematician awarded a Fields Medal in 1958
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- Bahlow, Hans. Mecklenburgisches Namenbüchlein Ein Führer durch Mecklenburgs Familiennamen. Rostock: Carl Hinstorffs Verlag, 1932. Print.
- Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
- Jones, Henry Z. Palatine Families of New York 2 Volumes. Rockland, ME: Picton Press, 2001. Print. (ISBN 978-0961388829).
- Nied, Edmund. Fraenkische Familiennamen urkundlich gesammelt und sprachlich gedeutet. Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1933. Print.
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Zoder, Rudolf. Familiennamen in Ostfalen. Hildesheim: Geog Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1968. Print.
- Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
- Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
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The Thom Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Thom Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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