Baum Family History
- Baum Name Meaning
- German: topographic name for someone who lived by a tree that was particularly noticeable in some way, from Middle High German, Old High German boum ‘tree’, or else a nickname for a particularly tall person. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Baum ‘tree’, or a short form of any of the many ornamental surnames containing this word as the final element, for example Feigenbaum ‘fig tree’ (see Feige) and Mandelbaum ‘almond tree’ (see Mandel). English: probably a variant spelling of Balm, a metonymic occupational name for a seller of spices and perfumes, Middle English, Old French basme, balme, ba(u)me ‘balm’, ‘ointment’ (see Balmer).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 765,344 Historical Documents with Baum on Ancestry
- 282,880 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 94,595 Census and Voter Lists
- 28,989 Military Records
- 24,787 Immigration Records
- 334,093 Member Trees
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Number of Baum families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Baum census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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