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chramm
and hrum
Deepest Root
The most distant Schramm/Shrum ancestor identified in Doris's ancestry is Veit Schramm. His son Andreas lived and raised a family in Fautsbach, Germany, in the early to mid-eighteenth century.
Immigrant Ancestor
The immigrant ancestor of Doris's Schramm/Shrum ancestry is Jacob Frederick Schramm, great-grandson of Andreas, who emigrated from Betschdorf, Alscae, France, to America in 1830 and settled in Beaver County, Pennsylvania shortly afterwards. He appears in the 1835 tax records for North Sewickley Township.
Other Schramm family members and relatives who came to Beaver County from Betschdorf are:
- Theobald Schramm, Jacob Frederick's brother, and his family in 1835
- Maria Salome Schramm (nee Holtzman), who was Frederick's mother in 1835. Frederick's father died before they emigrated.
- Anna Eva Goehring (nee Stiller), widow of Friederick's brother, Christian, who had married a second time to Jacob Goehring.
Family Origins and History
The oldest known records of the family are in Fautsbach, Germany.
Johann Christian Schramm, grandson of Andreas, moved to Betschdorf in the Alsace region of France, probably sometime in the first half of the 1780's. At that time, Betschdorf consisted of the two separate communities of Oberbetschdorf and Niederbetschdorf. The first record of the Schramm family in Betschdorf is the marriage record of Joh. Christian Schramm on October 16, 1786, at the Evangelical Church in Oberbetschdorf to Maria Salomea Holtzmännin. The record states that the Schramm family came from Fautspach in Württemburg, and that both Christian, and his father Friederich, were carpenters.
Based on the obituary of one of his daughters, Theobold Schramm, the son of Johann Christian and brother of Jacob Frederick who also emigrated to the United States, served in Napleon's army. He was a member of the "Grand Army" when Napoleon entered Moscow in 1812, and was one of the fortunate 50,000 men men under Marshall Ney who returned to France.
In the 1830's, members of the Schramm family began leaving Betschdorf for America. We do not know their motives for emigrating, but we believe that economic reasons were the main incentive, that it was difficult to make a living and raise a family.
Meaning and Origin Name
The meaning and origin of the Schramm name are unknown. The German verb schrammen means to scratch or skin, and a Schramme is a scratch or a scar. (In German, the final e is not silent, and the final syllable of Schramme is "-meh".)
There is a village of Schrammberg down near the Swiss border of Germany. Near the town is a castle, Burg Hohenschramberg, built in 1457 to 1459. The castle was built by Hans von Rechberg, the forefather of the Schramberg family. It is possible that Doris's Schramm family came to Fautsbach from Schrammberg or the vicinity of the castle. This does not mean that there is a direct connection to the castle or the Schrammberg family, as it was quit common for families to be bestowed with new surnames when they moved into new locales, and quite often the new surnames were based on their place or origin.
In America, the name quickly became Shrum, which is phonetically closer
to the German pronunciation of Schramm than the English pronunciation is.
References
Communication with Melody Black.Records of Individuals
Marriage of Christian Schramm and Maria Salomea Holtzmann - 58kFredrick Shumm (Jacob Friedrich Schramm) Declaration of Intent filed in Beaver County, Pennsylvania 1836 - 153k
Theobald Shramm (Theobald Schramm) Declaration of Intent filed in Beaver County, Pennsylvania 1836 - 149k
Pictures
Phillip & Sarah (Schramm) MartsolfJacob Frederick & Sarah Hohnadel Schramm
Other Topics Related to the Schramm Family on this Site
Betschdorf, Alsace, France - Church records, picturesBeaver County, Pennsylvania - Burry's Church records, Declarations of Intent
Off-Site Links
Schrum-Shrum Family Site has some history and pictures of Schrammberg and the Schrammberg Castle.Cemetery List for St. John (Burry's) Church, Beaver County - Burial records for some Schramms and many related famlies.
This page was last updated on: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
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