Domer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Domer

What does the name Domer mean?

The origin of this surname is intriguing. Both schools point to a French origin. This first believes that the name was from Amars or Amory, near Caen, France. There "Gilbert D'Amory had grants from Robert D'Oylley in Oxford, and was a benefactor to Eynsham Abbey (Mon. i. 265). In 1129 Roger and Robert de Amar witnessed the Charter of Oseney (Mon. ii. 137). About 1180 Ralph was Lord of Ilamars, Normandy, and 1198 Alice Daumari and Geoffry her son were of Buckinghamshire." 1

The second notes that a dormer is derived from the Middle French dormeor, meaning "sleeping room." In this latter case, the name could have been an occupational name. 2

Early Origins of the Domer family

The surname Domer was first found in Buckinghamshire at Wyng (Wing), a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district. 3

"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." 4

Early History of the Domer family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Domer 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 Domer History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Domer Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Domer family

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 and 1660, Member of Parliament for...
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Domer Ranking

In France, the name Domer is the 9,022^nd most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 5

Migration of the Domer family to Ireland

Some of the Domer family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 36 words (3 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Domer migration to the United States +

Domer Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Franz Domer, who landed in America in 1849 6

Sources +

The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)