Hamer Name Study

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About the Hamer Name Study Project

The Hamer Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Hamer name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Hamer name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual team studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Hamers), by time period (18th Century Hamers), or by topic (Hamer DNA, Hamer Occupations, Hamer Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

How to Join

To join the Hamer Name Study, first start out by browsing our current teams to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!

If a team does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Name for assistance.

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Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

Teams

Membership

• Example: Name - I am interested in the Hamers of Europe during the 18th Century. I am hoping that this research will help me break down one of my brick walls!

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

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To add your ancestor to this study, include the following category to the Biography section of his or her profile:

Hamer Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Hamer, from Old English hamor ‘rock’, ‘crag’.English: possibly a metonymic occupational name for a smith or for a maker or seller of hammers, Middle English hamer (Old English hamor), or a habitational name for someone living at an inn or shop distinguished by the sign of a hammer.Dutch: from hamer ‘hammer’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of hammers or a user of a hammer, for example a blacksmith.Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German: variant spelling of Hammer.Slovenian: variant spelling of German Hammer.

• William (Shanley) Hamer (1852 - 1939) was born as William Shanley but when his family moved from Ireland to Australia, he changed his name to Hamer.

Sources

• Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press