Show ContentsDoremus History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Doremus family

The surname Doremus was first found in Buckinghamshire at Wyng (Wing), a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district. 1

"The Dormers of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire were prosperous wool merchants well established here since the early 16th century."

"The Dormers were landed gentlemen in Oxfordshire in the time of Elizabeth, and the family was ennobled in 1615, Peterley House, Bucks, being in its possession in the 17th century (Napier's "Swyncombe" and Wing's "Steeple Barton"). A Leicestershire family of Dormer in the 17th century settled afterwards in Ireland." 2

Early History of the Doremus family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Doremus research. Another 160 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1514, 1537, 1551, 1552, 1575, 1584, 1590, 1591, 1592, 1593, 1603, 1604, 1610, 1611, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1636, 1643, 1645, 1660, 1679, 1680 and 1700 are included under the topic Early Doremus History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Doremus Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dormer, Tormer, Dormar, Dormir, Domer, Domar and others.

Early Notables of the Doremus family

Distinguished members of the family include Sir Robert Dormer (died 1552), of West Wycombe and Wing, Buckinghamshire, and London; and his son, Sir William Dormer (c. 1514-1575) was a Tudor knight, captain and politician, best known for a broken engagement to Jane Seymour, who later became the third wife of Henry VIII; Robert Dormer, 1st Baron Dormer (1551-1616), English politician, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1584, Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire from 1592 to 1593; Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1610-1643), an English peer; John Dormer (c.1611-1679), an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at between 1645...
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Ireland Migration of the Doremus family to Ireland

Some of the Doremus family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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United States Doremus migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Doremus Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Cornelis Cornelise Doremus, who landed in New Netherland(s) in 1620-1664 3
Doremus Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johannes Doremus, who landed in New Jersey in 1754 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Doremus (post 1700) +

  • Louis Doremus Huntoon (1869-1937), American mining engineer
  • Preston Doremus Richards (1881-1952), American Republican politician, School principal; Lawyer; Member of Utah State House of Representatives, 1907-08; Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1908


  1. Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
  2. Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
  3. 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)


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