FIRST GENERATION

1. Raiz (Raiser) RÖMER was born in Allertshausen, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt.
Londorf (Climbach)
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Communicanten
1624, 30 Dec, Allertshausen - ---- Römer and his wife

Background

The early linkages of Römers are totally speculative. There are missing pages in the records and the pages that survive are exceedingly difficult to read, due to age staining and deterioration of the paper and ink, as well as the primitive nature of both the handwriting and the record-keeping.

What appears fairly certain, however, is that the Römers of Climbach originated in a Römer clan of Allertshausen (Ailertshausen in the oldest records). Throughout the centuries, the ties between Römers in Climbach and Allertshausen remain strong: they serve as godparents for one another's children and in later years distant cousins will marry.

In this record, I have made several arbitrary links between persons in the oldest generations in order to maintain the flow of the family story. Where a birth/baptismal record is not cited as proof, the linkage is assumption only.

The Name Römer

Dr. Hans Bahlow wrote in his "Deutsches Namenlexikon":

Römer (freq.), Röhmer, Ro(h)mer mostly means a pilgrim headed for Rome, also a merchant who travelled to the Romance countries. Pilgrimages to Rome were undertaken as penance for murderous deeds: in Liegn. a Nicclos Klette absolved himself of it in 1386 by paying "three and a half marks." Hensel Romer, Liegn. 1354, Joh. Romanus (Augustinian monk(, Glatz 1413; on the Upper Rhine the name may indicate Romance folk traditions: Wernher der Romer, farmer 1296 (Socin, p. 555). Also occurs as house name: in Mainz 1315 Cunrad zum Romer, cf. the "Römer" (old city area) in Frankfurt.

Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen. Prof. Josef Karlmann Brechenmacher. Limburg a. d. Lahn: C. A. Starke-Verlag, 1963. 2 Bande. (A-J, K-Z)

2 Bande, S. 427
Römer, Ro(h)mer
1. der Romfahrer, vergleiche dazu Schm. II, 97. 99,
2. Hausname zB. 1295 Cunr. dictus ad Romanum, B. zu Mainz: BHU. II, 506 (= 1315 Cunr. dictus sume Romlr: ebda II, 763, u. ö.).
3. Zuwellen ist Römer irrig aus dem Taufname Romanus rückerschlossen, vergleiche zB. 1343 Romarius Hemerlin aus Kirchheim (Teck) wird Domherr zu Bamberg: CL. 413.
4. Auch der Vorname Reimer erscheint öfters als Römer, zB. Römer von Zweler (statt Reimar der Z., der um 1250 lebende rheinfränkische Meistersinger).
5. Die möglich Herkunft aus Örtlichkeitsname (Siedlungsame, Stellenbezeichnung) muß von Fall zu Fall untersucht werden.
-- 1269 Swiggerus dictus Romanus zu Speyer: ZfGO, XIX, 173.
-- 1323 der Romer, Zinsmann zu Unterbaldingen (Donaueschingen), FüUB. V Nr. 332, u. v. a.
W 61, S66, Ch 57, B 235.

He was married to Gula. Gula was born in Allertshausen, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt. Raiz (Raiser) RÖMER and Gula had the following children:

2 i. Anna RÖMER was born about 4 Dec 1616 in Allertshausen, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt. She was confirmed in 1632 in Gelshausen, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt.
Londorf (Climbach)
Microfilm #1195984
Confirmiert
1632, Pfingstmontag, Gelshausen - Anna, Reiz Römer Tochter
She died on 4 Dec 1664 in Allertshausen, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt.
3 ii. Catharina RÖMER was baptized on 26 Aug 1627 in Allertshausen, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt.
Londorf (Climbach) Taufe Register
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Geburts Protocol 1624-1642
1627, No. 34, page 23 - Catharina Römer, baptized 26 Aug 1627,
daughter of Raiz Römer of Ailertshausen, and Gula his wife. Godparent:
Catharina, the late Snippen's daughter.

This is the first Römer birth recorded in the Londorf Taufe (Baptismal) Register.
She was born about 26 Aug 1627 in Allertshausen, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt.
4 iii. Gula RÖMER was baptized on 15 Jan 1637 in Allertshausen, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt.
Londorf (Climbach) Taufe Register
Microfilm #1195984
Geburts Protocol 1624-1642
1637, No. 4 - Gula, a son of Raiz Römer of Ailertshausen and his wife
Gula, was baptized 15 Jan 1637. Godparent is son of the late Clos
Möller. She was born about 15 Jan 1637 in Allertshausen, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt.
5 iv. Margaretha RÖMER was born about 1648 in Allertshausen, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt. She was confirmed on 29 May 1662 in Londorf, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt.
Londorf (Climbach)
Microfilm #1195984
Confirmiert
Confirmation was apparently conducted only in the main church in
Londorf on the Monday following the feast days of Easter and Pentecost
1662, Pfingstmontg, Ailertshausen - Margaretha, Reiz Römer Tochter

+6 v. Michael RÖMER.