There is a river in the north of Portugal by the name of Homem in the minho region where many of our ancestors left from to settle the Azores islands.
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:21:13 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: > > It just occurred to me that maybe some named Homem did change it by > translating the name to MANN. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname - HOMEM > From: Lionel Holmes <lionelh...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > Date: Sat, March 15, 2014 8:22 pm > To: azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > > 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 > > > -- 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.
