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. > 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 <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: Sat, March 15, 2014 5:07 pm > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > 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 [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
