Maher Family History
Maher Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meachair ‘descendant
of Meachar’, a personal name meaning ‘kindly’, ‘fine’,
‘majestic’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Maher
Name Distribution of Maher Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Maher families
 310 - 617  104 - 309 |
 1 - 103  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Maher families
|
8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Maher census records
You can see how Maher families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
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Maher Family Origin
Maher Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Maher families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Maher Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Maher families immigrated
to Australia.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Maher Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Maher census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Maher ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Maher
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