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Rosamond Surname Y-DNA Project

jdrosamond2 — 5 Nov 2008 6:59:08 GMT

The Rosamond Surname Y-DNA Project is active online at Family Tree DNA. The project is intended to try to genetically link the various Rosamond families who through the years have begun using alternate spellings, as well as tie together those lines of Rosamonds living in various parts of the US and the world. In particular, this will determine which branches of the Rosamond families are descended from the legendary Sergeant Rosemond of Ireland, which from Jacob Rosenmann, and which from other areas.

If you are a Rosamond male (or have a surname with any variation thereof), or have any male friends or relatives with the surname Rosamond, please encourage them to join the project.

In order to join go to the following website:

http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_sum.aspx?let=R&proj...

From here type in the name Rosamond in the search box and click on the Project Search button. (The project hasn’t yet been added to the list of R surnames.)

When the search results come up, click on the name Rosamond which will be highlighted in blue as a link.

This takes you to the page where you can enter your personal information and order a test kit. Click on the drop-down arrow at the end of the “Type of Test” line in order to see the options for the various kits that can be ordered. The only one required to join the project is the Y-12 marker kit for $99. Ordering your kit automatically puts you in as a member of the project.

Possible alternative spellings are:
Rosamond, Rosemond, Rosemon, Roseman, Rosemund, etc.

A website will be developed for project members and I will advise as soon as that is online.

Thanks to all.

Jimmy D. Rosamond
Powell, TN

Rosenmann vs. Rosemann

halo707 — 3 Oct 2002 11:27:45 GMT

I am related to the Rosemans of NC whose lineage goes back to the Johann Jacob Rose(n)mann who arrived on the St. Andrew's Galley in the 1730s. Most sources list his last name as Rosenmann, with an 'n', but some others list it as Rosemann. Does anyone know with any degree of certainty which name is correct?

The thought occurred to me that Rosenmann, with an 'n', might be due to an Anglophone writing it as he heard it. If you are familiar with the German language you know that a trailing 'e' is pronounced "uh", which means Rosemann would sound something like "rose-uh-man". It doesn't seem inconceivable that it might have been written down with an 'n' that wasn't in the original name. This might also explain why the name was Anglicized to "Rosamond" in some cases.

I have a suspicion that Rosenmann (with the 'n') is a corruption of the original German, for two reasons in particular: the existence of the alternate Anglicized form "Rosamond" mentioned above, and that Rosemann (without the 'n') is much more common in German phonebooks.

I am mainly interested in the distinction because it might
elucidate any problems that have been encountered in researching the pre-emigration family in Germany (or possibly the ethnic-German Alsace area of France).

I am interested in any thoughts on this subject.

What is the origin of the name Rosenmann/Roseman?

Iain — 14 Aug 2002 12:58:31 GMT

I would be interested in any insight as to the origins of the name Rosenmann in Germany. Is it some sort of occupational reference, etc?

I am somewhat distantly related to some Rosemans who lived in Rowan County, NC, and from what I have gathered thus far, all of them can be traced back to Germany, in the early 18th century, through Johan Jacob Rosenmann. My grandfather seems to think that it is/was a Jewish name, but he bases that on nothing more than "it sounds Jewish", so I take it with a grain of salt, but thought I might inquire about that as well. Everything I have found so far indicates that they were, in fact, Lutherans. Does anyone have any substantial information on the early (pre-immigration) history of the name?

Thanks in advance.