Mcmahon Family History
Mcmahon Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mathghamhna, a
patronymic from the byname Mathghamhain meaning ‘good
calf’. This was the name of two (unrelated) chieftain families in
counties Clare and Monaghan. In northern Ireland it is sometimes
Anglicized as Matthews, since Matha was the Irish form
of the Biblical name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Mcmahon
Name Distribution of Mcmahon Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mcmahon families
 270 - 537  91 - 269 |
 1 - 90  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mcmahon families
|
431 - 860 144 - 430 |
1 - 143 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Mcmahon census records
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Mcmahon Family Origin
Mcmahon Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Mcmahon Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Mcmahon Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Mcmahon census records
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Military Service by Mcmahon
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