Gomery

Gomery

Gomery is a rare surname found mainly in the United Kingdom, France and North America. In some cases Gomery has arisen by a process of aphaeresis, where the Mont- has gradually been lost from the surname Montgomery, but this is not thought to be the main origin [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gomery/origin.html] of the surname.

In England in the 18th century it was concentrated in the county of Worcestershire, and was often misspelt as Gumery or Gummery. By the time of the 1881 census of England and Wales it was still concentrated in the Midlands region, but had spread to other industrial centres in the country [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gomery/1881.html] . In the 1881 census of England and Wales there were 75 people recorded with the surname Gomery. In 2002 there were 152 persons with the surname Gomery in England and Wales, making it the 25,427th most common surname.

As a Placename

* Gomery village in southern Belgium, in the province of Luxembourg and the region of Ardennes. The seat of the de Gerlache de Gomery family.

ome People with the Surname Gomery

* Adrien Victor Joseph Baron de Gerlache de Gomery (1866-1934) a Belgian naval officer who lead the first Antarctic expedition to concentrate on scientific observation from 1897 to 1899. Sailing with him as mate on the "Belgica" was Roald Amundsen, who on a subsequent expedtition of his own was the first to reach the South Pole. The "Belgica" was trapped in the pack ice of the Antarctic for 13 months and became the first vessel to winter in the Antarctic. Adrien Baron de Gerlache de Gomery assisted the English explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in planning his Antarctic crossing of 1914 to 1917.

* John H. Gomery, Canadian High Court judge in charge of the Gomery Commission.

* Percy Gomery (1881-1960) author and novelist. Wrote "A Motor Scamper 'Cross Canada" in 1922, and "Hot and Cold Laid On: Burrowing in Britain" in 1946.

* Robert Gomery (c1778-1853) an actor and singer in early 19th century London. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gomery/robgom.html]

Gomery may also refer to:

*The Canadian Sponsorship scandal and the investigation by the Gomery Commission.

External links

* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gomery/index.html Gomery genealogy, family history and one-name study] . What is a one-name study?


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