Paul Romaine Genealogy Interests

Interesting Individuals

Mostly, these are some invididuals who have caused me research problems, or whom I found interesting. The other "Paul Romaine" of Chicago, was quite a character.

Benjamin Romaine (1764-1844)

Temporarily off-line. I'm not a descendant, but he's an interesting man with many descendants. He served in the NJ militia in Bergen County and returned to New York City after the Revolution. He lived in New York City during the early American Republic and got involved in Democratic Politics through the Tammany Society. A fervent patriot, he also petitioned Congress to recognize the Americans who died as British prisoners of war in the Prison Ships in Wallabout Bay, Brooklyn. (See my notes on the Martyrs Monument.)[Add your comment!]
Samuel B. Romaine (son of Benjamin)

Dr. Nicholas Romayne (1756-1817)

Dr. Nicholas Romayne of New York. (Draft ) Nicholas was a bit of a troublemaker in the early New York City medical establishment. No children. [Add your comment!]

Rev. Thomas Romeyn (1729-1794)

Offsite: Rev. Thomas Romeyn (1729-1794) compiled by Thomas R. Riley, of Franklin [Lakes?], NJ.

Rev. Dirck Romeyn (1744-1804)

Forthcoming. Rev. Dirck Romeyn was an important Reformed minister in the Hackensack Valley during the Revolution, who later moved to greener pastures in upstate New York, founding Union College in Schenectady. There is also good information about him in Adrian C. Leiby's The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley: The Jersey Dutch and the Neutral Ground 1775-1783 and his complementary volume The United Churches Of Hackensack And Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1822 (River Edge, NJ: Bergen County Historical Society, 1976). (The first volume is still in print as paperback via Rutgers University Press.)

Captain William H. Romaine (1833-1908)

Captain Romaine of the New York 174th Volunteers is someone I researched recently. He is different from the William H. Romaine (son of John above), buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Some Twentieth Century Romaines

I generally avoid including recently living persons to avoid issues, but I have had inquiries about the following Romaines, who were semi-public figures. I know them mostly because of my career in librarianship. (I am not related to either of these individuals.)

Lawrence B. Romaine (1901-1967) wrote an important bibliography A guide to American trade catalogs, 1744-1900 (R. R. Bowker, 1960; reprinted by Martino Publishing), which remains essential to booksellers and librarians. He described 7,000 American trade catalogues and arranged them by industry, with more than 60 different industries represented, covering all aspects of American manufacturing. If you find references to "Romaine ####" or "Not in Romaine," they're talking about L.B. Romaine of Massachusetts. His obituary described him as born in Morristown, NJ, and a "book dealer, author, curator and founder of the Middleboro Historical Museum" Source: Obituary, Taunton (Mass.) Daily Gazette, 29 April 1967. Photocopy provided by Robert W. Romaine (Taunton, Mass.).
Paul Romaine (1906-1986), bookseller of Chicago, was (according to one bookseller source in Chicago) "legendary." He was prosecuted in a notorious 1965-67 Illinois case concerning obscenity, for selling a copy of the eighteenth century novel, by John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, a.k.a., Fanny Hill.

Another Paul Romaine (unrelated) is a jazz drummer. A biographical page is available at JazzArts.org.

Contact Paul W. Romaine.

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