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ROEMHILDT/ROMHILD GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr


The ROEMHILDT surname is German, and the earliest ancestor in my branch of the family hails from Bohlen, Schwarzburg, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Thuringen (now Germany). I have also seen this surname spelled as Roemhild, Romhild, etc.

I started research on this family in 1973 and visited Waterville, and Elysian, Minnesota in 1977 and 1978 to meet distant relatives there and to learn more about the Roemhildt family history. Others of the Minnesota cousins are also researching this family. My last visit to Minnesota was in August 1995. I hope to return soon to do more research.

Although my direct ancestor, Traugott Roemhildt, did not fight in the Civil War, his younger brother, Adelhardt Roemhildt, served in the Union Army in Wisconsin, shortly after the Roemhildt family arrived in the U.S. Because of this, any Roemhildt descendant could join the Sons of Union Veterans. Sons of Union Veterans allows collateral relatives to join, and not just direct descendants. This is my only known Civil War relative on my father's side of the family, and also the only known Union soldier. My other Civil War ancestors fought for the Confederacy:

Some of the Roemhildts in Minnesota have held family reunions in the past. Notably, the family of Rudolph Roemhildt, brother of my Holda (Roemhildt) Quiram used to hold annual reunions. I attended one of these in 1977 at Elysian, Minnesota when I visited cousins Emil and Emma (Roemhildt) Quiram. They were my grandmother's double first cousins. Emma was a daughter of Uncle Rudolph.. Another family, that of Hugo Roemhildt, has also held reunions in the past. Hugo was a son of Uncle Hermann Roemhildt, a brother of Rudolph and Holda. A couple of different Roemhildt families held reunions in Minnesota in July and August of 2000. I wanted to attend at least one of these, but my schedule would not permit me to go. I hope to be able to attend a Roemhildt reunion next time a group has one.

Some plans have been made for a Roemhildt Reunion, hopefully to continue on a regular basis, for any of the descendants of Johann Christian Roemhildt which settled in Wisconsin and southern Minnesota in the mid-1800s. The person to contact regarding reunions is:

    Mrs. Verna Hering
    R.R. 2, Box 102
    Waterville, MN 56096-9516
    Ph. 507-362-8689


Also, I've been amazed at all the materials available through the LDS Church either through microfilms of church records in Germany and Eastern Europe, or through their IGI and other official church records. Quite a bit of the early generations and vital information on the Roemhildts and related families from Heinrich Roemhildt on back comes from the LDS Ancestral File: http://www.familysearch.com

I have also placed updated information on the various Roemhildt families as far as I know about on the WorldConnect site with Rootsweb. My ROEMHILDT database can be accessed at: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=g-roemhildt

Here is my ROEMHILDT lineage as far as it has been proven:

  1. Johann Paul ROMHILD, b. ca. 1745 in Germany
  2. Johann Christian ROEMHILDT, b. ca. 1769 in Germany; md. ca. 1794 Germany to Johanna Margarete WOHLFART, b. ca. 1770 in Germany
  3. Heinrich Nicol ROEMHILDT, b. 9 December 1796 Bohlen, Schwarzburg, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Thuringen (now Germany), d. aft. 1850 Theresa, Dodge Co., WI; md. ca. 1823 Bohlen, Schwarzburg, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Thuringen (now Germany) to Margarete Barbara WERLICH, b. 8 March 1799 Bohlen, Schwarzburg, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Thuringen (now Germany), d. bef. 1850 Theresa, Dodge Co., WI
  4. Traugott ROEMHILDT, b. 26 Aug. 1824 Bohlen, Schwarzburg, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Thuringen (now Germany), d. 1 May 1898 Elysian, Le Sueur Co., MN; md. 24 Oct. 1852 Mayville, Dodge Co., WI to Maria Loisa Dorothea GENSMER, b. 27 Aug. 1831 Grenneberg, Konigreich, Prussia, d. 22 Dec. 1922 Elysian, Le Sueur Co., MN (both buried in St. Peter's "Bell" Lutheran Cemetery, Elysian, Minnesota)
  5. Holda Augusta ROEMHILDT, b. 1 Jan. 1855 Mayville, Dodge Co., WI, d. 15 Aug. 1926 Monte Vista, Rio Grande Co., CO; md. 19 Dec. 1878 Elysian, MN to Christoph August QUIRAM, b. 25 Dec. 1853 Schonlanke, Germany (now Trzcianka, Poland), d. 29 Nov. 1937 Porterville, Tulare Co., CA (both buried in the Monte Vista Cemetery, Monte Vista, Colorado)
  6. Frieda Helma QUIRAM, b. 24 May1890 Elysian, MN, d. 18 July 1987 Monte Vista, Rio Grande Co., CO; md. 25 Nov. 1917 Monte Vista, Rio Grande Co., CO to Alexander Friedrich EMIL Emil GOHR, b. 31 Jan. 1887 Kossuth Co., IA, d. 18 June 1968 Monte Vista, Rio Grande Co., CO (both buried in the Monte Vista Cemetery) *These are my grandparents.


ROEMHILDT E-MAIL LIST


If you have queries concerning the ROEMHILDT surname, you may post these at the Roemhildt Family Genealogy List which I manage.

Roemhildt Genealogy List is a part of the Rootsweb e-mail discussion lists. It offers free queries and discussion on the Roemhildt surname and variant spellings.

To subscribe, send an e-mail to: ROEMHILDT-L-request@rootsweb.com
Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored).
In the body of the message type: subscribe

Then a welcome message will be sent telling how to post messages. Once you are subscribed, you may send a query to everyone on the list by sending e-mail to: ROEMHILDT-L@rootsweb.com

Archived postings to the Roemhildt e-mail list can be found on the WEB at:

    http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

When prompted, type in ROEMHILDT for the name of the list. A second screen will appear where you can choose a year and type in a search word(s). If you type in ROEMHILDT you would probably get all the previous postings to the list. You can also type in a person's name instead or a locality to narrow your search. If you wish to do a search by date, try entering it in quotation marks with the day and then the month as "01 Mar" using single digit dates preceded by a zero and only the first three letters of the month.



ROOTSWEB ROEMHILDT MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the ROEMHILDT surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Roemhildt Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any ROEMHILDT name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.




An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the ROEMHILDT family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/roemhildt

***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the ROEMHILDT lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.


Some other Roemhildt researchers and web sites include:

    The Roemhildt Family Home Page and Descendants of Hermann Franz Roemhildt both maintained by Thomas J. Roemhildt, who is a grandson of Hugo Roemhildt who was a son of my gt-gt-uncle Hermann Franz Roemhildt.

Two excellent researchers I have made contact with on this line are Michael Loren Roemhildt, a grandson of Hugo Roemhildt (and brother of Thomas Roemhildt listed above), and Renata Anderson, a daughter of Serena (Roemhildt) Gensmer (who was a sister of Emma Roemhildt Quiram mentioned earlier).


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Last updated June 1, 2003.


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