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Where did the Irish Mahoney family come from? What is the Irish Mahoney family crest and coat of arms? When did the Mahoney family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Mahoney family history?
The many Irish surnames in use today have long rich histories behind them. The name Mahoney originally appeared in Gaelic as O Mathghamhna, which is derived from the word mathghamhan, which means bear. The modern spelling is O Mahúna.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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The spelling of one's surname was not as important as it is today. Names were recorded as they sounded and in many cases, one's surname changed with each listing. As a result, surnames often had many spelling variations. For Mahoney some of these variations included: Mahoney, O'Mahoney, O'Mahony, Mahony and others.First found in County Cork, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mahoney research. Another 313 words(22 lines of text) covering the year 1014 is included under the topic Early Mahoney History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Mahoney. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Irish families fled the English-colonized Ireland in record numbers during the 19th century for North America. Many of those destitute families died from disease during, and even shortly after, the long journey. Although those that immigrated before the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s often were granted a tract of land, those that arrived later were generally accommodated in urban centers or in work camps. Those in the urban centers would labor in the manufacturing sector, whereas those in work camps would to build critical infrastructures such as bridges, canals, roads, and railways. Regardless of when these Irish immigrants came to North America, they were critical for the rapid development of the young nations of the United States and Canada. Early immigration and passenger lists have recorded many early immigrants bearing the name of Mahoney:
Mahoney Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Lawrence Mahoney, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1745
- Mary Mahoney, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1772
- James Mahoney, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1773
- Cornelius Mahoney, who landed in New Jersey in 1775
Mahoney Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Michael Mahoney, who landed in Mobile County, Ala in 1841
- Florence Mahoney, aged 25, landed in Missouri in 1844
- J Mahoney, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
- D Mahoney, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
- Micheal Mahoney, who arrived in Arkansas in 1854
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- Timothy Edward Mahoney (b. 1956), American politician, a U.S. Representative for Florida
- Peter Paul Mahoney (1848-1889), American politician, a U.S. Representative from New York (1885-1889)
- John Christopher Mahoney (1882-1952), Irish-born, American federal judge
- Joan Mahoney (b. 1943), American, legal, Dean of Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan (1998-2003) and Dean of Western New England College School of Law (1994-1996)
- William B. Mahoney (1912-2004), American prize-winning journalist and writer
- Suzanne Marie Mahoney (b. 1946), American actress, birth name of Suzanne Somers
- Mark Mahoney, American Journalist awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
- George Mahoney (b. 1865), fireman first class serving in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery
- Steven W. Mahoney (b. 1947), Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons (1997-2004), and a cabinet minister
- Patrick Morgan Mahoney (b. 1929), Canadian, judge, politician, lawyer and businessman, member of the Canadian House of Commons (1968-1972)
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
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