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Notes for PETER OMAN:
WFT3:
Barthelemy Oman b:1650-1659
Mathias Oman b: 1640-1649
Paul Oman b: 1650-1659
Marriage CD231: Oman, Andrew 1633-1850 Mass.
OMAN, Peter: Genealogies of Mayflower Families I-III, or Mayflower Source Records
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Ron Clarke, of Columbus, NE, email rc15559@navix.net, writes,
"Some in the family tell the story of Spanish background [for the Omans family] - while leaving Spain they had a shipwreck on the Island of Man - and after a long period there took the name. Sounds wild to me."
Judy Omans emails on July 11, 2000:
"I remember years ago looking up surnames in a referencebook in the main library and Oman meant 'Island Man'. This would fit. "
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TOWN OF ACUSHNET, BRISTOL COUNTY, STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. BY FRANKLYN HOWLAND. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS. 1907. states:
"The early history of the Acushnet tract is so inter-woven with that of the sections that are now New Bedford, Fairhaven and Dartmouth, which were originally included in the so-called "Ancient Cushena," that it was essential some of the history of the early days of the entire "Cushenagg Naighbourhood" should be given herein"
In so giving, research should be done in all of these areas in order to discern the family origins of Peter Oman.
The book also mentions that Henry [Howland]'s son, Zoeth, left Plymouth for Dartmouth for fear of prosecution from being a Quaker.
Perhaps the Omans family did the same. The New England Historical & Genealogical Record, vol. 41, Oct. 1887, p. 381. calls Peter Oman a Quaker when listing his marriage to Susannah Savery. Perhaps the Oman family left Plymouth because of persecution of their Quaker beliefs. Thus Plymouth should also be checked for origins of this family.
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In a message dated 7/11/2000 4:28:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jdomans@g-net.net writes:
<< 1. From: "A Dictionary Of Surnames" by Hanks and Hodges
Oman (the O has two dots over it) Swedish: ornamental name from Sweden.
O (two dots) island (ON ey) + man man (ON maor), is afunny something above the o in maor sometimes adopted as a topographicname by someone who lived on an island.\
Variation: Ohman (same two dots)
cpds (ornamental) : Oberg (island hill); O(h)gren (island branch);Oquist (island twig); Ostrom (island river) o's with dots\
2. From: "New Dictionary of American Family Names" by Elsdon C. Smith
Oman (Swed.) Island, man
3. From: "A Dictionary Of English Surnames" by Reaney and Wilson
Oman, Omond: Leuric Omundi filius c 1095 Bury (sf); John Omond 1327srsf;
Edduard Homondsone 1546 Black (Orkney); Edward Omand or Omandson 1576ib. ON Ha'mundr 'high protector' or 'Amundi 'great-grandfather-protectoe'.An Orkney & Shetland name.
4. From: "A Dictionary Of British Surnames" by P.H. Reaney
Amundr (the same as Amundi etc.)
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Genealogies of Mayflower Families, Pe-W, Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass. (c. 1625-1689), Page 38 as published on Genealogy.com http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=Genealogies-20of-20Mayflower-20Families-2C-20Pe-2DW&IN=002227&PN=38&CD=171 lists the marriage of Peter's daughter Elizabeth to Samuel Perry as such:
Samuel (4) Perry (Ebenezer3, Ezra2, Ezra1) was born in Rochester, Mass., 16 Sept. 1724. He married in Wareham, Mass., 7 Nov. 1748, Elizabeth Oman (Omen, Omens, etc.) (Wareham church records), daughter of Peter and Susannah (Savery) Oman and a first cousin of her husband. Her sister Deborah married Ebenezer4 Perry (q.v)
**This excerpt provides some interesting thoughts. The first is the alternative spellings of Oman. More important is the phrase "first cousin of her husband". Both Perry boys were sons of Judith Savery, the sister of Susannah Savery Omans. So the daughters of Susannah married the sons of Judith (all first cousins).
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New England Ancestors, published by the NEHGS/NewEnglandAncestors.org, Summer 2003, vol.4, no. 3, p. 25 says:
"Dutch, German, and English ministers often spelled names phonetically; all possible spellings must be checked. . . . The name Peter also appeared as Petrus and Pieter."
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1920 U.S. Census - Michigan
1920 U.S. Census • Michigan • Houghton • Hancock • ED# 148
Name:
Cora Omans
Age:
20 years
Estimated birth year:
1899
Birthplace:
Michigan
Race:
White
Home in 1920:
Hancock, Houghton, Michigan
Roll:
T625_768
Page:
7B
ED:
148
Image:
1006
of Norwegian birth!, occupation: servant
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