Dummer is a surname of Old English origin. It means those from Dummer, Hampshire.
Notables with this name include Edmund Dummer, several people Elias Dummer (born 1983), Canadian musician Ethel Sturges Dummer (1866–1954), American writer Geoffrey Dummer (1909–2002), British electronics author and consultant George Dummer (1782-1853), American businessman Jeremiah Dummer (silversmith) (1643–1718), American silversmith Jeremiah Dummer (1681–1739), important colonial figure in New England who helped establish Yale College Phineas C. Dummer (1787–1875), sixth mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States Richard Dummer (1589–1679), early settler in New England Richard Arnold Dümmer (1887–1922), South African botanist Shubael Dummer (1636–1692), early settler in New England murdered in Candlemas Massacre at York, Maine in 1692 Thomas Lee Dummer (1712–1765), English Member of Parliament for Southampton (1737–1741) and Newport (Isle of Wight) (1747–1765) Thomas Dummer (1739–1781), English Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) (1765–1768), Yarmouth (1769–1774), Downton (1774), Wendover (1775–1780) and Lymington (1780–1781); son of Thomas Lee Dummer William Dummer, several people
See also Dummer family tree showing the relationships between many of the above
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