Surname Adame

[RGVgal]

Hi,

I'm trying to figure what region of the DR the surname Adame (was my maiden name) comes from. I'm orginally from Santiago, but I wonder if this surname is popular in other parts of the country?

 

[Hillbilly]

Your surname was butchered by some idiot in the Registro Civil. It is supposed to be Adames, and it is from Saman?. It can be traced back to the 1825 immigration of freed slaves that were brought to the island by the Haitian government of Boyer.

It is a highly respected last name. A former Santiago archbishop was Roque Adames, and there are many successful professional people with that last name.

There is a full column of Adames in the phone book in Santiago..

HB

 

[Chirimoya]

Would it have been 'Adams' originally?

 

[Keith R]

There were quite a few Adames in and around Duverge, Independencia province. Most have moved to SD over the last couple of decades, though.

 

[RGVgal]

Thanks for your responses. I don't think it was Adams.

Wow, so you think it should have been Adames? That's very interesting.

I have met one other person with the surname Adame, but he is of Mexican decent.

 

[margaret]

Geneology is one of my hobbies. Just out of curiosity I logged into my ancestry.com account and searched the name Adame. We had several in Canada back in the 1800s, also in the USA, many in England and Wales. According to Ancestry.com, Adame is Spanish Basque form for the original Hebrew name for the first man Adam (made from earth). In English, we use Adam, Adams, Adamson, Irish and Scottish McAdam etc.

I found a record for a young woman listed on a ship's manifest, who was born in Semana and immigrated to the New York in 1927.

Name: Rebecca E Adame
Arrival Date: 19 Apr 1927
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1908
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Dominican Ports & Turks Islands
Ethnicity/Race*/Nationality: West Indian (Native American)
Ship Name: Huron
Search Ship Database: Search the Huron in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Puerto Rico
Line: 2
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_4040
Birth Location: Puerto Rico
Birth Location Other: samane

 

[catcherintherye]

I found this link to a similar inquiry.

Adames of Dominican Republic - Adames - Family History & Genealogy Message Board - Ancestry.com

 

[Hillbilly]

Like I said, Saman?....same as Hamiltons, Coplins, Van der Horst, Green, Shepard and a host of others. All are "good people"

HB