The origins of the names are unclear, as both may be either Spanish words (rama for "branch" and mara for "sea") or Biblical references (rama for Ramah, the biblical town of Benjamin in ancient Israel, and mara for Marah, named in the biblical Book of Exodus as the place where Moses sweetened the bitter waters for the Israelites.
Henry Bird Steinhauer (born in the Rama Indian settlement, Lake Simcoe, Ontario, in 1804; died at Whitefish Lake, Northwest Territory, Canada, 29 December 1885) was a Canadian clergyman.