Jacki, I found the following in my Portuguese Names and Their Meanings for the name HOMEM.
I hope this helps in your research. Eugenia ===================================== Homem - There is Armorial for the name. Homem, Home - Before 1474, two noblemen, Joao Vaz Corte Real and Alvaro Martins Homem, reached Greenland or Newfoundland which they called Codfish Land (Terra dos Baclhaus). Others had followed by the 1480s. One of them was Fernao Dulm, tried to find the Island of the Seven Cities. Information is from the book: A.H. De Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University Press, 1972, page 221. In Portuguese and Holmes in American as surnames Information is from: Doug da Rocha Holmes, "NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES", OProgresso, Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10. Homem, means "Man". Information is from the Newsletter: Joe Souza, O PROGRESSO, Vol. 15, No. 1, March 1996, NAMING TRADITIONS (PART III), by Doug Da Rocha Holmes, page 9 Homem - change to Forjaz. Homem - Derive from Pereira. Information is from the book: James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 203, 209. Homem - This is a and surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Information is from: BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978, page 27. Homem - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in California. Information is from: Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269. Holmes - Anglicized (English). Homem - Portuguese family name. Homen - Anglicized (English). Homem - Portuguese family name. Information is from: Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 272. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more 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."
