Raum History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Raum family
The surname Raum was first found in Lincolnshire where "the first of this name on record is Gerald de Romare, feudal lord of Bolingbroke whose son, William de Romare was in 1118 Governor of Newmarch, Normandy, and in arms against Hugh de Gournay, then in rebellion." 1
"A castle was built [at Bolingbroke] by William de Romara, Earl of Lincoln, of which his descendant, Alicia de Lacey, was dispossessed by Edward II. Henry IV. was born in this fortress, and from it took the name of Henry of Bolingbroke: it was nearly demolished in the civil wars, the south-west tower being all that remains." 2
William de Roumare (fl. 1140) Earl of Lincoln, "was son of Roger Fitzgerald and grandson of Gerald, steward of Duke William of Normandy, who about 1064 obtained a fief in the Roumois on condition of rendering service at Neufmarché-en-Lions." 3
Early History of the Raum family
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Raum Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Romer, Romare, Romair, Romar and others.
Early Notables of the Raum family
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Raum migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Raum Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Michael Raum, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1768 4
Raum Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- John Raum, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1848 4
- Nicholas Raum, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1854 4
Contemporary Notables of the name Raum (post 1700) +
- Green Berry Raum (1829-1909), American Republican politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1867-69; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1880 5
Citations +
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html