Re Holmes and Homem. My uncle, from Teceira, Jacinto Leal daRocha Homem, was the first to immigrate to the US. He served with US forces in World War I, and was active in the American Legion, being Commander of the Oakland chapter.. It was he who changed the name to Holmes, and when the rest of the family came over, including my father Manuel, they all changed to Holmes. Why Holmes I don't know. Why not Man, which is what Homem translates to. The name change was quite gradual. As noted in my book, "Portuguese Pioneers of the Sacramento Area," the Sacramento City Directory for 1908 lists Jacinto R. Homem. The 1909 directory lists Jesse R. Homem. The 1911 directory lists Jesse R. Holmes.
Lionel Rocha Holmes On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 5:46 PM, <p...@dholmes.com> wrote: > HOMEM is common on Pico and Terceira. > HOMEM da COSTA is a common combination. > > I get my name Holmes from Homem. It is commonly misspelled as HOMEN > because when properly pronounced the end has sort of a ENG or EN ending. > Plus, the H is silent, so the whole thing is like OMENG or OMEN. I'm sure > there are variations depending on which island. > > Many named Homem on Faial trace back to Pico. And I believe most from Pico > trace back to Terceira. > > There is a statue for Alvaro Martins Homem (I believe that's his name, but > I'm not looking at any reference) who was one of the original settlers on > Terceira. This is located close to the civil registry in the city of Angra, > Terceira. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname > From: Bryan Rodrigues <bryanj...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, March 15, 2014 5:07 pm > To: azores@googlegroups.com > > My great grandmother who was born in Faial had the surname Homem. I had > never heard the name or met anyone with the name before coming across it in > family records but apparently it's common. There was a family of famous > cartographers in the 1500s with the last name. I wonder if we are > descendants. Lopo Homem and his son Diogo Homem and nephew Andreas Homem > are the most well known of the family. Diogo's work is by far the best of > the age. You can even buy a reproduction of his most famous work, but it > isn't cheap <http://www.moleiro.com/en/maps-atlases/universal-atlas.html>. > Diogo apparently lived a fugitive's life after killing someone in a fight. > He went to England and then eventually to Venice. Other than that it's hard > to find any information on him but the family's maps live on. I don't know > if they lived in the Azores but they were certainly Portuguese. > > On Monday, June 21, 2010 5:38:35 PM UTC-4, Jacki G. wrote: >> >> Has any of you heard of the surname "Homem"? I came accross this name >> in my research of family in Cedros, Faial and I have never heard that name >> before. >> >> Thank you >> >> Jacki >> Pittsburg, California, USA >> Researching: Medeiros, Fernandes, Pacheco, Machado, Perriera, Azevedo, >> Furtado, Rapoza >> Islands: Faial & Sao Miguel >> >> > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
