1. The family left Lithuania at the end of the 19th and during early 20th centuries. Towns of Plunge (Plungyan) and (?)Kuliai [ at least a town with a name sounding like "coolie"].
2. Some went to South Africa and may well have changed the name JAMI to YAMEY.
3. A branch of our family in the USA has the name JAMI which may be the original form of spelling.
4. Neither YAMEY nor JAMI is a typical lithuanian name.
5. Pronunciation of YAMEY varies: yammy, yar-me, yay-me. I use the latter!
6. If anyone knows anything else, please let me know and share it on this site.

Solomon (Solly) Yamey

Arrived in South Africa from Lithuania (Plunge) c1899. His Letters of Naturalization dated 5th Dec 1902 (at Moorreesburg) state that he had been "in the Colony" for 2 years and 6 months and give his occupation as "storekeeper". On arrival in SA he woked as an itinerant salesman. He became partner in a genral retailing store in Springs (Namaqualand). In about 1920 Solly settled in Tulbagh wher he started the retail business known as S.Yamey & Co. He married Leah Halperin and they had a family.

 

Max Yamey

Son of Moses Jami (Kiulia, Lith.) and Dora Peisel arrived in South Africa (date unknown) and worked with Simon Horwitz (married to Frieda Halperin) in Merriman in the Karoo.  Horwitz had a retail business as well as a hotel and farm in this town. Later Max Yamey and Issie Jami set up ageneral retail business in Wolsely where Max raised his family with his wife Vittie Feldman.

Isadore Yamey (? Jami)

Born Kul (?Kuliai) Lithuania 1903 arrived  S.A. aged 21 on SS Gascon on 20th Oct. 1924 , going to his uncle S.Yamey in Tulbagh. (excerpt from arrival record in South Africa)