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.
