Homer Family History
Homer Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): occupational name for a maker of
helmets, from the adopted Old French term he(a)umier, from
he(a)ume ‘helmet’, of Germanic origin. Compare Helm
2.English: variant of Holmer.Americanized form
of the Greek family name Homiros or one of its patronymic
derivatives (Homirou, Homiridis, etc.). This was not
only the name of the ancient Greek epic poet (classical Greek
Homeros), but was also borne by a martyr venerated in the
Greek Orthodox Church.Slovenian: topographic name for
someone who lived on a hill, from hom (dialect form of
holm ‘hill’, ‘height’) + the German suffix -er denoting
an inhabitant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Homer
Name Distribution of Homer Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Homer families
 448 - 893  150 - 447 |
 1 - 149  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Homer families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Homer census records
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Homer Family Origin
Homer Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Homer Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Homer Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Homer census records
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Military Service by Homer
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