Heimer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Heimer family

The surname Heimer was first found in Switzerland, where the family is considered to have made a great early contribution to the feudal society which became the backbone of early development of Europe. Meaning "home," the name is probably taken from a shortened form of any of several German personal names that begin or end with that word.

Early History of the Heimer family

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Heimer Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Heim, Heime, Haim, Haime, Heyme, Heym, Haym and many more.

Early Notables of the Heimer family

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Heimer migration to the United States +

Heimer Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Johan Friderich Heimer, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1742 1
Henry Heimer, who arrived in Frederick County, Maryland in 1798 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Heimer (post 1700) +

Lennart Heimer (1930-2007), Swedish-American neuroscientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carol Heimer (b. 1951), American Professor of Sociology Emerita at Northwestern University
Andrea Joyce Heimer (b. 1981), American self-taught painter
Rawley Heimer, American Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Robert Heimer PhD MSc, American Professor of Epidemiology and of Pharmacology; Director, Emerging Infections Program at the Yale School of Public Health
Carol Heimer, American Research Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University
Andreas Heimer (b. 1997), Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish 1st Division club B.93

Sources +

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)