Article Nº 1808 Family, surname or lineage Vol. II · p. 247
Homem
Entry on the Homem family name in Madeira, tracing it to several early sixteenth-century lines including a son-in-law of Zargo.
This family surname derives from:
- Garcia Homem de Sousa, who married Catarina Gonçalves da Câmara, daughter of Zargo
- Francisco Homem de Gouveia, a fidalgo (nobleman of the lesser nobility) of the household of Manuel I, who lived in Estreito da Calheta (‘the narrows of Calheta’), where he founded an entail (morgado) in 1529
- Francisco Homem d’El-Rei, who lived in Calheta (‘small cove’) at the beginning of the 16th century
- and Rui Fernandes Homem, natural son of Fernão Homem and nephew of the aforementioned Garcia Homem de Sousa.
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