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Dumm Family Crest
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Where did the English Dumm family come from? What is the English Dumm family crest and coat of arms? When did the Dumm family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Dumm family history?

Dumm is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the parish of Dunham, in the county of Norfolk. The place-name is made up of two old English elements: dun, which is a word for hill; and ham, which means home. The translation of the name is home on the hill.

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Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Dumm family name include Dunham, Dunnam, Downham, Dounham, Downnam and others.

First found in Norfolk where they held a family seat from very ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dumm research. Another 338 words(24 lines of text) covering the years 1190 and 1332 are included under the topic Early Dumm History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Dumm Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the Dumm family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 111 words(8 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Dumm surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Dumm Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Johan Valentin Dumm, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1764
  • Matthew Dumm, who landed in New York in 1773
  • Melchior Dumm, who arrived in New York in 1773
  • Melicher Dumm, who landed in New York in 1773
  • Nicholas Dumm, who arrived in New York in 1773


Dumm Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Charles R. Dumm, aged 46, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1896

Dumm Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Arthur Dumm, aged 32, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1904
  • Casper Dumm, who landed in Arkansas in 1906
  • T. Dumm, aged 35, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1921
  • James Dumm, aged 25, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1923

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  • Frances Edwina Dumm (1893-1990), American writer-artist, first full-time female editorial cartoonist
  • Gary Dumm (b. 1949), American comic book artist


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The Dumm Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Dumm 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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