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.