When James O'Meara was born on 6 February 1874, his father, Patrick Meara, was 32 and his mother, Catherine Mainey, was 31. He had at least 1 daughter with Catherine Bannon. He died on 21 March 1961, at the age of 87, and was buried in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia.
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Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.
Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
First Federal election.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Maeve, Dermot, Liam, Patrick Do, Patrick James.
Irish (Tipperary): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meadhra ‘descendant of Meadhair’ a personal name derived from meadhair ‘mirth’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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