Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname - HOMEM

2014-03-16 Thread Antonio Faria
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

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname - HOMEM

2014-03-16 Thread Antonio Faria
I have done some research and the surname Homem comes from the river Homem and it was a Pereira that took on that surname so it appears that the Homem's were originally Pereira. On Saturday, March 15, 2014 6:46:24 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: HOMEM is common on Pico and Terceira.

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname - HOMEM

2014-03-15 Thread pico
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

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname - HOMEM

2014-03-15 Thread pico
It just occurred to me that maybe some named Homem did change it by translating the name to MANN.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com Original Message Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname - HOMEM From