My Tams forebears were potters - and until very recently there was still a Tams Pottery at Stokes on Trent in Stafforshire. I have been told that variations of the name include Tams, Thames, Thom. --- Tony & Julie Howell <tjhowell1@comcast.net> wrote: > if the "a" in TAMS is pronounced with a long-a > sound, then we might have something. hope so. > there is some research data that a few of our > THAMESes were living in Buxton, which is not > far from Burslem, in the mid to late 1500s. > > Julie Thames Howell > Jax, Fla > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Emaress Nova > To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:43 PM > Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Roll Call - surname > THAMES > > > is TAMS perhaps a variant of your THAMES? My > forebears on mother's side were Tams from > Burslem, England. > --- Tony & Julie Howell > <tjhowell1@comcast.net> > wrote: > > researching THAMES. > > > > Julie Thames Howell > > Jacksonville, Florida > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > billion > > online genealogy records, go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved > product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

do you know how the "a" in Tams was pronounced? while Tams may be of English origin Thom is, i believe, German. Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: Emaress Nova To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Roll Call - surname THAMES My Tams forebears were potters - and until very recently there was still a Tams Pottery at Stokes on Trent in Stafforshire. I have been told that variations of the name include Tams, Thames, Thom. --- Tony & Julie Howell <tjhowell1@comcast.net> wrote: > if the "a" in TAMS is pronounced with a long-a > sound, then we might have something. hope so. > there is some research data that a few of our > THAMESes were living in Buxton, which is not > far from Burslem, in the mid to late 1500s. > > Julie Thames Howell > Jax, Fla > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Emaress Nova > To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:43 PM > Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Roll Call - surname > THAMES > > > is TAMS perhaps a variant of your THAMES? My > forebears on mother's side were Tams from > Burslem, England. > --- Tony & Julie Howell > <tjhowell1@comcast.net> > wrote: > > researching THAMES. > > > > Julie Thames Howell > > Jacksonville, Florida > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > billion > > online genealogy records, go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved > product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Tams is this country is pronounced to rhyme with jams. No idea how pronounced in merry olde England. most likely the a is as a in father. I found some Thoms in England too and conversely found some Tams in Germany. Remember the brits are as much a polyglot people as we are. The royal family in England is from Germany. --- Tony & Julie Howell <tjhowell1@comcast.net> wrote: > do you know how the "a" in Tams was pronounced? > > > while Tams may be of English origin Thom is, i > believe, German. > > Julie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Emaress Nova > To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 8:27 PM > Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Roll Call - surname > THAMES > > > My Tams forebears were potters - and until > very > recently there was still a Tams Pottery at > Stokes > on Trent in Stafforshire. I have been told > that > variations of the name include Tams, Thames, > Thom. > --- Tony & Julie Howell > <tjhowell1@comcast.net> > wrote: > > if the "a" in TAMS is pronounced with a > long-a > > sound, then we might have something. hope > so. > > there is some research data that a few of > our > > THAMESes were living in Buxton, which is > not > > far from Burslem, in the mid to late 1500s. > > > > Julie Thames Howell > > Jax, Fla > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Emaress Nova > > To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:43 PM > > Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Roll Call - > surname > > THAMES > > > > > > is TAMS perhaps a variant of your THAMES? > My > > forebears on mother's side were Tams from > > Burslem, England. > > --- Tony & Julie Howell > > <tjhowell1@comcast.net> > > wrote: > > > researching THAMES. > > > > > > Julie Thames Howell > > > Jacksonville, Florida > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > > billion > > > online genealogy records, go to: > > > > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved > > product search > > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > > billion online genealogy records, go to: > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > billion > > online genealogy records, go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved > product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com