The Roos Family of Rumbach

On May 5, 1836, the family of Heinrich Jacob Roos left Germany for their new home in America. They arrived at New York on July 17 and then traveled to Monroe County, Ohio. There, immigrants from their village of Rumbach, Germany, had already settled an area of Ohio whose topography was very similar to Rumbach.


Rumbach is located west of the Rhine River in the district of Südwestpfalz in the present state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The coat of arms of Rumbach depicts a fallen tree -

The upper half refers to the arms of Schönau (the meaning of the crown and spade or plow is unknown). Historically, Rumbach belonged to the Amt Schönau or the municipal government of the nearby town of  Schönau, located about 4 miles south of Rumbach.


In the lower half, the pine trees refer to the forests in this heavily wooded region. The trunks refer to the word Ron(e), meaning fallen tree. Rumbach is derived from Ron-bach. Bach means stream or brook which is symbolized by the wavy division line. 

Today, Rumbach is still a very small village of less than 500 residents.

http://www.haus-waldeck-rumbach.de/en/rumbach.html


I think the Roos family of Brown County, Indiana, should plan a trip to visit our homeland -