Calaminus Family Tree
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Calaminus is the Latin translation of the German family name Röhrig. Other spellings are: "Röhrich" or "Röhricht".
The history of the Calaminus family goes back to the year around 1480. Two young cousins, Georg Röhrig (23.4.1547, Silberberg - 1.12.1595, Linz) and Peter Röhrig (1556, Neurode - 25.11.1598, Heidelberg) changed their name from German to Latin language. At this time it was common for students to translate the family name to Latin.
The family lived originally in
Silberberg im Owl Mountains,
Silesia.
The polish name of the town is
Srebrna Góra. Silberberg is a small
mountain town ~80 km southwest of the silesian capital Breslau.
Worldwide, there are ~200 people with the name Calaminus. The german phone book has 50 matches for Calaminus.
For the meaning of Röhricht: the English name is Phragmites australis or Common Reed, a large grass native to wetland sites.
If you don't have a o-umlaut on your keyboard, spell the name "Roehricht".