I recently discovered that my Irish "Martin"s were actually "Magher"s until somewhere between 1880 and 1900- forty plus years after arrival in the US. I am trying to research pre-1880 with little success so I decided to post and see if anyone can make conections.
Here goes: Michael Magher (meagher,mahar) b. 1837 or 1839 immigrated from Ireland 1849. Around 1867 he married Pauline (surname unknown) b. 1840 North Carolina. They lived in Baltimore Maryland. They had 8 children:
John b. 1868, Celia b. 1871, Mollie b. 1876, Harry b. 1879, William Bernard b. 1880, Alma b. 1884, Vera b. 1886, Lenora b. 1888.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Michael and Pauline Martin were my grandparents. My father, Harry Martin, was one of their thirteen children. Yes, they did change their name from Meagher to Martin. How are you related? Where do you live?

I have neglected this site for a while. I didn't realize you had responded. I would love to get in touch with you to review some history.
I live in Baltimore. Michael and Pauline were my great-great grandparents.
I do hope to hear from you. I have exhausted all of my sources of information.

Hello. I have been helping my wife trace her ancestors and she is the g-granddaughter of Michael Meagher and Pauline Vick. Her grandmother is Alma Pauline Meagher. I would be interested in conversing with you as I have some data and some pictures to share. I will do a bit more digging in my records to compile this family for you. Let me know if you are interested.