Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 Hello Mumma-Moomaw researchers, cousins, family and friends - [If you don't care to receive future updates of this type, please send me a message and I will remove you from this distribution list.] INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES - I received a note today warning me that someone had placed three messages on the "Message Board" that referred people to X-rated sites. I quickly deleted those messages. Should any of you discover additional inappropriate messages, please bring them to my attention and they will be dealt with immediately. Thanks. COAT-OF-ARMS CHANGE - I recently revised the coat of arms that is displayed on the Mumma Surname page. I will probably vary the image from time to time. As you may know, there is no known "coat of arms" issued for the Mumma surname or any other American surname variations. There is, however, a Momma coat of arms that was issued to Volquin Momma around 1650. During my trip to Germany last year, I also viewed a Momma coat of arms that is carved into the gravestone cover of Barbara Momma who died 29 Sept 1747 [the grave is at the Finkenberg Church Cemetery in Stolberg, Germany. See http://www.mumma.org/photos/Germany98/MommaWappen.jpg]. You can see the shield with a bird sitting on a branch above crossed sledge hammers. To the right of the Momma coat of arms is the Peltzer coat of arms, another of her ancestors. Bärbel Momma, who lives in Essen, Germany, sent me a this copy of her Wappen (coat of arms) which was included on a professionally prepared ancestral chart. Also as you probably know, the exact rendering of a coat of arms is at the discretion of the graphic designer. Only words describe the coat of arms and there is no one exact design. The Momma coat of arms includes a dove in an olive branch which is above crossed sledge hammers. The specific colors are also described. I will discuss the various coats of arms in more detail at a later time. DATABASE STATUS - I uploaded a revised Mumma database to the Web site today, September 13th. It now contains 42,148 individuals. The principal changes for this update has been the addition of the Moma family to the data base. The Moma spelling begins with John Houp Moma who was born in 1797 in Augusta, VA. This line is identified in the reference numbers as unidentified line "U32", because we are unable to attach this group to any of the primary Mumma trees. We believe that John Houp Moma was the son of Christian Mumma (or Mummer) who was a member of the Staunton, VA Fire Company in 1790 and married a Betty Hawp on 21 April 1790, but we have no proof. If any of you can be of assistance regarding this line, please contact me or Bob Moomaw (BobMoomaw@juno.com). If you submitted changes, revisions or additions and they do not appear in this update or are incorrect, please let me know and I will attempt to correct the problem. All of the people in the database are contained within 18 Trees as follows: Tree Information Indiv's Desc's REF# Top Person & notes ------- ------ ---- --------------- 33686 21767 2 Leonard /Mumma/ b. ABT. 1694 (Original 1732 immigrant) 3529 2341 1 Jacob /Mumma/ b. 1685-1690 (Original 1731 immigrant) 1190 796 U21 Samuel /Muma/ b. 10 Sep 1784 (Canadian Mumas) 1096 737 4 Peter /Mumma/ b. ABT. 1721 (Original immigrant) 670 455 U7 David /Muma/ b. ABT. 1760 (Mewmaw spelling) * * U8 Christian /Mumma/ b. 29 Aug 1791 (Clark Co., OH) 460 291 U30 Frederick /Mumma/ b. ABT 1770 416 247 U15 Frederick /Moomau/ b. 1 Apr 1796 (Moomau family) 404 281 U28 John /Mumma/ b. 1790 (m. Catharine Ament) 186 131 U32 John Houp /Moma/ b. Aug 1797 167 101 E1-K1 Clais /von Kettenis/ (European Mommas and Kettenis) 137 96 U23 Jacob /Mumma/ b. 1811 (Fulton Co. PA Mummas) 79 53 E2 Leonard /Momma/ b. 1580 (European Mommas) 54 30 U27 John /Mumma/ (Germantown, Ohio Mumma family) 46 23 U22 John /Mumaw/ b. ABT. 1787 15 11 U25 Veryle Leroy /Mumma/ b. 1 May 1921 10 5 U31 Christian /Mumma/ (Baltimore, MD) 2 0 - A /.Hog/ b. 1 Jan 1900 (my test individual) 1 0 3 Johan Lorentz Momma, d. 1752 (original 1747 immigrant) ------- ------ 42148 27365 * Note: Because of a "cousin marriage" in this tree, the analysis program sums this branch's totals in the Leonard Mumma tree. SURNAME FREQUENCY IN THE DATABASE Mumma[2458], Moomaw[1839], Mumaw[950], Muma[331], Mumau[318], Moomau[159], Mummau[133], Momma[126], Mumaugh[114], Mummah[94], Mewmaw[49], Moma[48], Mumah[40], Mummaw[17], Mooma[6] **************************************************** FREQUENTLY OCCURRING SURNAMES FROM THE U.S. 1990 CENSUS The U.S. Census Bureau embarked on a names list project involving a tabulation of names from the 1990 Census. I have extracted some of the data for your interest. If you would like to try other surnames, go to http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/namesearch.html NAME (last) %FREQ CUMM RANK FREQ MUMMA 0.001 75.350 15109 MUMME 0.000 77.819 19534 MUMAW 0.001 76.163 16419 MUMA 0.000 80.502 26236 MOOMAW 0.000 81.253 28591 MUMMEY 0.000 85.971 50289 MUMAUGH 0.000 88.580 69821 MOOMEY 0.000 88.588 69895 MUMAH not found MUMAU not found MUMAH not found MUMMAH not found MUMMAW not found MUMMAU not found MOOMAU not found MOMMA not found MEWMAW not found How To Read The Results: An example If we searched for the last name, Moore, we would find that the name ranks 9th in terms of frequency. 5.312 percent of the sample population is covered by MOORE and the 8 names occurring more frequently than MOORE. The surname, MOORE, is possessed by 0.312 percent of our population sample. For the Mumma and related spellings, this means that the name occurs no more frequently than 1 in 10,000 people, based on the population as a whole. Usually less frequently as all of us with the name can attest. To learn more about the name files and their limitations, read the documentation and methodology listed at http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames.html **************************************************** There is also another fun site where population maps are created using this same census data, as well as census data from the 1850, 1880, and the 1920 Census. The URL for this site is http://www.hamrick.com/names/ ================== The end!!!! ================== Douglas M Mumma 2123 Farmington Place Livermore, CA 94550-6423 Longitude 121° 46.835' Latitude 37° 39.430' Phone: (925) 447-5164 Fax: (925) 447-8202 e-mail: doug@mumma.org Home Page: http://www.mumma.org 3