| ![Show Contents]() Dumo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England
Etymology of DumoWhat does the name Dumo mean? The name Dumo arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Dumo family lived in Essex, at Great Dunmow or Little Dunmow. Great Dunmow "is supposed by Bishop Gibson to be the site of the Roman station Cæsaromagus, and this conjecture has been adopted by other antiquaries; coins have been discovered at several places near the town, and the road leading from it to Colchester, which was probably Camalodunum, displays some indications of Roman construction. At the time of the Norman survey it was the chief place in the hundred to which it gives name, and in 1250 it was made a market-town." 1 Little Dunmow "is celebrated for an ancient custom connected with the manor of Little Dunmow, of delivering a gammon, or flitch of bacon, on demand to any couple who, after having been married a year and a day, will swear that neither party has repented, and that no cause of quarrel or complaint has arisen between them. Before the Reformation the oath used to be administered, and the bacon given, by the prior of the convent; and since, the ceremony has been occasionally performed at a court Baron before the steward of the manor. The institution of the custom is supposed to have taken place soon after the Norman Conquest." 1 In the church of Little Dunmow, "is a monument with a female figure in alabaster, said to represent Matilda Fitz-Walter, famous in legendary story as the wife or mistress of Robin Hood, and the object of the illicit passion of King John, who is stated to have caused her to be poisoned, in revenge for having rejected his addresses." 1 Early Origins of the Dumo familyThe surname Dumo was first found in Essex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Dunmow. Originally, the Saxon spelling was Dommauua. 2 Conjecturally, the family name is descended from one of the holders of land identified by the Domesday Book Survey taken in 1086, as sharing estates at Dunmow. These were Adeluf de Marck from Count Eutace, the tenant in Chief, Wulfbert from Earl William Warren, Edmer from the Swain of Essex, Ralph from Eudo the Steward, Serlo from Hamo the Steward, Martel and William from Geoffrey de Mandeville. All these shared the estates of the villages Great Dunmow and Little Dunmow, and, genealogically speaking, it is difficult to identify which of these land holders at the taking of the Domesday Book 3 was the scion of the Dunmow family name. The villages, Little and Greater Dunmow, contained 3 Mills, 20 Beehives, 65 goats, 11 Cobs(work horses,) and 21 cattle, holdings which gave it a rating of being a fairly large and influential town by Domesday standards. Early rolls give a glimpse of the many spellings in use over the years: Ralph de Dunmauue was registered at Colchester, Essex in 1198; Richard de Dunmawe was registered in 1270; Roger de Dunmowe was registered in London in 1339; and John Dunmowe was listed in the Feet of Fines for Essex in 1374. 4 Early History of the Dumo familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dumo research. Another 80 words (6 lines of text) covering the year 1104 is included under the topic Early Dumo History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Dumo Spelling VariationsA multitude of spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Dunmow, Dunmowe, Dunmough, Dunmo, Dunmole and many more. Early Notables of the Dumo familyMore information is included under the topic Early Dumo Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Dumo migration to the United States | + |
Many English families left England, to avoid the chaos of their homeland and migrated to the many British colonies abroad. Although the conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and some travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute, once in the colonies, many of the families prospered and made valuable contributions to the cultures of what would become the United States and Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Dumo or a variant listed above:
Dumo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Mrs. Dumo, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1813 5
- John Dumo, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1813 5
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- 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)
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