Boehm Family History
Boehm Name Meaning
German (Böhm), Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): ethnic
name for a native or inhabitant of Bohemia (now the western part of
the Czech Republic), from Böhmen, German name of Bohemia
(Middle High German Böheim, Beheim). This derives
its name from the tribal name Baii + heim ‘homeland’;
the Baii were a tribe, probably Celtic, who inhabited the
region in the 1st century ad and were gradually displaced by
Slavic settlers in the period up to the 5th century. The same tribe
also gave their name to Bavaria (see Bayer). Bohemia was
an independent Slavic kingdom from the 7th century to 1526, when it
fell to the Habsburgs. In 1627 it was formally declared a Habsburg
Crown Land, and by the Treaty of Versailles it became a province of
the newly formed Czechoslovakia in 1919. AB, PWH This is also found
as a Swedish name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Boehm Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Boehm families
 4 - 6  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Boehm Family Origin
Boehm Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Boehm Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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