The maher Surname

maher Name Meaning and History

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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maher Family Facts

Distribution of maher Families in the US in 1920

Number of maher families

494-986

165-493

1-164

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 661 - Messages: 1439

Thread	Author	Replies
Bridget Maher born about 1836	kezza618	0
Robert J. Maher, 80,	KENNELLYMARKA	0
John Maher and Elizabeth Leahy, Templemore, Tipperary	VoluntaryRanger	7
Maher from Huntley, Canada	Sean O'Mara	9
Maher married to Higgins	Donna D'Arcy	2
Maher of Ballinacourty	pwoolf951	0
Maher and Mahon Families from Kilkenny	jwadling1	0
Maher Family	mfarrell47	14
Martin Maher; wife Margaret Maher, born Ireland 1818	rosecolorsunset	0
Maher family of Elmwood, Il.	KS5318	0

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