PREFACE—1942
The writer has spent a great deal of time during the past 25 years working upon the genealogy of the Homer family as an avocation. A great many textbooks, family records, town records, and other pamphlets and documents have been studied, gathering material on this subject. In producing a work of this kind, it is necessary to follow every available avenue for information and material. It seems proper that the writer disclose to the reader, at least in a general way, the source of the facts presented, particularly where it is plain that a large portion of the material could not be within the personal knowledge of the writer. This work is presented with the full realization that it is not the most scholarly and exhaustive work that could be done upon this subject, especially with respect to the tracing of the remote ancestry and origin of the name and family. There are other references ‘that may be resorted to for more detailed study of chat phase of this subject; however, it was thought fit to include a general idea of that part of the subject before the presentation of the actual history of Russell King Horner and his family.
In order to complete an entirely authoritative work, it would be necessary to make reference by footnote or otherwise to the exact sources of all material. This would be, a tremendous and a tedious task, and would add nothing of interest for the average reader. Suffice it to say here that the writer has studied the available records in the public libraries of Salt Lake City, Utah, and of Los Angeles, California, and of the Genealogical Library of the L.D.S. Church. This work is the writer’s best judgment and conclusions arrived at from her study of all of these sources. Of particular value have been the diary of my brother, William H. Homer, which he kept religiously most of his life, the papers and letters of my father, Russell King Homer, and of his oldest son, Edmund Homer. The following sources have also been resorted to:
Burk’s Landed Gentry.
King’s Chapel Burying Ground by Bridgeman.
History of Cape Cod by Freeman.
History of Brimfied, Massachusetts, Hyde Savage’s Genealogical District. Homer Family by B. Dixon Homer[1].
The Homer genealogy and coat-of-arms found in memorials of the dead in Boston; to the Parish registers of New England; also to the Parish and Civil registers of the following English towns: London, Leeds, and Bradford; and of the following shires: Stafford, York, Somerset, Dorset, Warwick, Worcester, and Suffolk.
Surname Book and Racial History by Susie Young Gates.
Family Names by Gould.
The histories of father’s children included herein were in most instances submitted by one or more of their own children.
It is hoped that this book will be but the cornerstone of a complete and permanent record of the achievements and history of the Homer family. All members of the family have been invited to contribute something for this history but only a few have done so.
[1] Should be B. Homer Dixon
Russell King Homer's History 