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Spelling Variations
British Isles
The table below illustrates the amount of spelling variation encountered in the British
Isles. In no way does it illustrate surname distribution e.g. the first reference to
Gomery was found in Eccleshall, Staffordshire in 1336. In total 2103 references to Gomery
have been found, only 50 of these occurred in Staffordshire mainly in the 20th century.
Another example is the spelling variant Gumbrey - 22 have so far been found, the first
in Cornwall in 1592. The 1592 Gumbrey is the only one found in Cornwall, the whole
database contains only 9 references located in Cornwall.
The way a surname is spelt was most often determined by the way the scribe, church
minister, census enumerator etc. wrote it. In times when most people were illiterate they
could not spell their surname for whoever was recording it, nor could they read and
correct what was written. The recorder wrote what he heard, or what he thought he heard,
and adding regional accents to the equation makes for some interesting variations.
The most common spelling in the British Isles is Gummery (3165), followed by Gomery
(2103), then Gumery (1190), which are the three spelling variants found in the UK today.
At the end of the table is an explanation of the county codes used.
Surname |
Date First Encountered |
Place |
County |
Number of Occurrences |
Gumri |
c.1295 |
Worcester |
WOR |
1 |
Gommere |
1300 |
London |
LND |
2 |
Gomery |
1336 |
Eccleshall |
STS |
2103 |
Gomarey |
1532 |
St Gabriel parish, London |
MDX |
1 |
Gumrie |
1544 |
England |
|
4 |
Gomerye |
1559 |
Maresfield |
SSX |
4 |
Gomere |
1571 |
Cripplegate |
LND |
2 |
Gombrye |
1572 |
Lynchmere |
SSX |
2 |
Gomore |
1582 |
London |
LND |
1 |
Gomrie |
1585 |
Burwarton |
SAL |
1 |
Gumbrey |
1592 |
Bodmin |
CON |
22 |
Gumry |
1592 |
Burwarton |
SAL |
130 |
Ghammre |
1593 |
Leamington Hastings |
WAR |
1 |
Goomry |
1604 |
Lamberhurst |
KEN |
1 |
Goomrie |
1605 |
Lamberhurst |
KEN |
1 |
Gumery |
1620 |
Rochford |
WOR |
1190 |
Gummory |
1623 |
Newcrane |
LND |
6 |
Gumbury |
1625 |
Knighton on Teme |
WOR |
20 |
Gumerye |
1630 |
Rochford |
WOR |
1 |
Gumrey |
1650 |
Shelsley Beauchamp |
WOR |
60 |
Gummery |
1654 |
Shelsley Beauchamp |
WOR |
3165 |
Gummerye |
1655 |
Shelsley Beauchamp |
WOR |
1 |
Gombry |
1657 |
Leominster |
HEF |
3 |
Gumbery |
1658 |
Rochford |
WOR |
18 |
Gummry |
1661 |
Rochford |
WOR |
10 |
Gomerie |
1668 |
Rochford |
WOR |
3 |
Gommery |
1671 |
Rochford |
WOR |
133 |
Gumbry |
1673 |
Rochford |
WOR |
94 |
Gommare |
1684 |
Plymouth |
DEV |
1 |
Gomberry |
1687 |
Tenbury |
WOR |
12 |
Gommeree |
1693 |
Rochford |
WOR |
6 |
Gomeree |
1694 |
St Dunstan Stepney |
LND |
1 |
Gummerey |
1695 |
Old Swinford |
WOR |
6 |
Gomary |
1695 |
Worcester |
WOR |
8 |
Gumberye |
1696 |
Rufford |
LAN |
1 |
Gummeree |
1700 |
Rochford |
WOR |
1 |
Gomry |
1708 |
Rochford |
WOR |
19 |
Goombery |
1713 |
Woolhope |
HEF |
2 |
Gombery |
1717 |
Woolhope |
HEF |
7 |
Gummary |
1728 |
St Olave |
LND |
44 |
Goombury |
1728 |
Woolhope |
HEF |
4 |
Gomrey |
1729 |
St Olave Southwark |
SRY |
6 |
Gombury |
1733 |
Woolhope |
HEF |
4 |
Gomoroy |
1733 |
St Mary Newington |
SRY |
1 |
Gumbary |
1735 |
Woolhope |
HEF |
1 |
Gomory |
1736 |
Worcester |
WOR |
7 |
Gumberry |
1742 |
Rufford |
LAN |
11 |
Gommury |
1745 |
Claines |
WOR |
1 |
Gumary |
1758 |
Clapham |
BED |
12 |
Gumbrie |
1760 |
Croston |
LAN |
2 |
Gomerry |
1767 |
Fittlesworth |
SSX |
2 |
Gommory |
1769 |
Lavenham |
SFK |
1 |
Gommary |
1779 |
Penwortham |
LAN |
3 |
Gummerry |
1783 |
Woolhope |
HEF |
2 |
Gumroy |
1784 |
Hughenden |
BKM |
1 |
Gumory |
1787 |
Sollershope |
HEF |
3 |
Gomeroy |
1790 |
Woolhope |
HEF |
3 |
Gommerry |
1810 |
Shoreditch |
MDX |
1 |
Gomorry |
1813 |
Rochester |
KEN |
1 |
Gumbree |
1813 |
Marylebone |
MDX |
1 |
Gumerey |
1822 |
Wigan |
LAN |
1 |
Gamrey |
1824 |
Liverpool |
LAN |
3 |
Gameroy |
1826 |
Liverpool |
LAN |
1 |
Gummeray |
1827 |
Stoke d'Abernon |
SRY |
4 |
Gammery |
1829 |
Liverpool |
LAN |
2 |
Gamure |
1835 |
Upton Bishop |
HEF |
1 |
Gomeary |
1835 |
Fownhope |
HEF |
1 |
Gomerey |
1843 |
Ormskirk |
LAN |
3 |
Gombrey |
1847 |
Brewood |
STS |
1 |
Gummeary |
1849 |
Hereford RD |
HEF |
3 |
Gumere |
1855 |
St Helens |
LAN |
1 |
Gomroy |
1857 |
Ross RD |
HEF |
1 |
Gomaery |
1870 |
Woolhope |
HEF |
1 |
Gummury |
1871 |
Worcester |
WOR |
2 |
Goomery |
1872 |
Warwick RD |
WAR |
1 |
Gamery |
1881 |
Whitchurch |
HEF |
4 |
Gammerry |
1881 |
Nottingham |
NTT |
3 |
Gomray |
1881 |
Ashperton |
HEF |
1 |
Gummerie |
1891 |
St Helens |
LAN |
3 |
Gummereige |
1901 |
Shipley |
YKS |
1 |
Gomree |
1953 |
Dover RD |
KEN |
1 |
Gomori |
1970 |
Cambridge RD |
CAM |
10 |
Total = 82 |
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7204 |
Please note that this is not 7204 individuals that have been recorded, rather 7204
references. For example one person could have a birth or baptism record, a marriage
record, a death or burial record, plus other miscellaneous records like census, directory,
marriage licence, will, etc.
County Codes
Code |
County |
BED |
Bedfordshire |
BKM |
Buckinghamshire |
CAM |
Cambridgeshire |
CON |
Cornwall |
DEV |
Devon |
HEF |
Herefordshire |
KEN |
Kent |
LAN |
Lancashire |
LND |
London |
MDX |
Middlesex |
NTT |
Nottinghamshire |
SAL |
Salop = Shropshire |
SFK |
Suffolk |
SRY |
Surrey |
SSX |
Sussex |
STS |
Staffordshire |
WAR |
Warwickshire |
WOR |
Worcestershire |
YKS |
Yorkshire |
Rest of the World
In the U.S.A. the most common spelling variant is Gummere (one
family descending from an early immigrant from Belgium), followed by Gomery, then Gomory
(Hungarian in origin), Gumery, Gomori (Hungarian) and Gummery.
Surname |
Date First Encountered |
Place |
Country |
Number of Occurrences |
Gomery |
1696 |
Shoals, New Hampshire |
USA |
671 |
Gummere |
c.1696 |
Germantown, Pennsylvania |
USA |
2417 |
Gummery |
1713 |
Philadelphia |
USA |
105 |
Gumery |
1722 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
USA |
150 |
Gumry |
1730 |
Delaware |
USA |
17 |
Gomary |
1738 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
USA |
7 |
Gommry |
1741 |
Chester Co., Pennsylvania |
USA |
3 |
Gommery |
1741 |
Virginia |
USA |
48 |
Gomori |
c.1745 |
|
Hungary |
144 |
Gomory |
1775 |
|
Hungary |
547 |
Gumre |
c.1793 |
Berks, Pennsylvania |
USA |
2 |
Gomore |
1794 |
North Carolina |
USA |
2 |
Gumare |
1827 |
Orange, New York |
USA |
2 |
Gomere |
1829 |
Ohio |
USA |
8 |
Gamry |
1830 |
London, Connecticut |
USA |
1 |
Gomrey |
1830 |
Harrison, Ohio |
USA |
1 |
Gomry |
1830 |
Harrison, Ohio |
USA |
9 |
Gummeree |
1832 |
Ohio |
USA |
2 |
Gommere |
1840 |
Clark, Ohio |
USA |
12 |
Gumere |
1840 |
Haverford, Pennsylvania |
USA |
33 |
Gumore |
1840 |
Delaware, Pennsylvania |
USA |
1 |
Gamere |
1849 |
Clay, Indiana |
USA |
1 |
Gummerie |
1850 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
USA |
9 |
Gumary |
1850 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
USA |
7 |
Gomare |
1854 |
New York |
USA |
2 |
Gommary |
1860 |
Summit, Ohio |
USA |
1 |
Gumaere |
1860 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
USA |
1 |
Gumree |
1860 |
Wabash, Indiana |
USA |
5 |
Gumrie |
1860 |
Fairfield, Ohio |
USA |
9 |
Gumaree |
1861 |
Indiana |
USA |
1 |
Gummereey |
1862 |
|
USA |
1 |
Gummrie |
1870 |
Jefferson, Iowa |
USA |
4 |
Gumray |
1870 |
Champaign, Illinois |
USA |
4 |
Gumrey |
1870 |
Clay, Indiana |
USA |
8 |
Gummerre |
1880 |
Jefferson, Iowa |
USA |
5 |
Gomerie |
1893 |
|
Austria |
1 |
Goemoery |
1897 |
Budapest |
Hungary |
5 |
Gomeri |
1897 |
Rochfalva |
Hungary |
2 |
Gommory |
1900 |
Fairfield, Connecticut |
USA |
1 |
Gomari |
1901 |
N. Kapos |
Hungary |
5 |
Gomoroy |
1905 |
|
Hungary |
1 |
Goomery |
1900 |
Fayette, Pennsylvania |
USA |
7 |
Gomuri |
1901 |
Rochfalva |
Hungary |
1 |
Gamary |
1910 |
Jackson, Ohio |
USA |
18 |
Gamery |
1910 |
Guernsey, Ohio |
USA |
16 |
Gormery |
1910 |
Fayette, Pennsylvania |
USA |
7 |
Gormory |
1910 |
Allegheny, Pennsylvania |
USA |
5 |
Gummeri |
1911 |
|
USA |
1 |
Gomorie |
1912 |
Berks, Pennsylvania |
USA |
1 |
Gammari |
1913 |
Manhattan, New York |
USA |
1 |
Gomeroy |
1930 |
Manhattan, New York |
USA |
4 |
Gomorry |
1930 |
Allegheny, Pennsylvania |
USA |
1 |
Gamory |
1932 |
Manhattan, New York |
USA |
8 |
Goemaere |
1997 |
Marion, Oregon |
USA |
4 |
Total = 55 |
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4329 |
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References:-
GOMERY/GUM(M)ERY One-Name Study database
URL=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gomery/spellvar.html
Last revised: 3 September 2006
© Linda Hansen 2006 |