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

The name Romar originally referred to a pilgrim or merchant traveling to Rome.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Romer, Rohmer, Roehmer, Römer, Roemer, von Roemer, von Romer, Romayer, Raumayer, Raumair, Raum, Roem and many more.

First found in Saxony, where the name came from humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. It later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates and branches, some in foreign countries, always elevating their social status by their great contributions to society.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Romar research. Another 215 words(15 lines of text) covering the years 1470, 1693, 1708, and 1790 are included under the topic Early Romar History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Romar Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Michael Romar, who landed in Maryland in 1749

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  2. Gritzner, M. Handbuch der heraldischen Terminologie in zwölf Zungen. Nürnberg: 1890. Print.
  3. 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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  5. Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2000. Print. (ISBN 978-0806303024).
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  7. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
  8. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  9. Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
  10. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
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The Romar Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Romar 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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