When Thomas J Ahern was born on 19 March 1871, in County Cork, Ireland, his father, Timothy Ahern, was 27 and his mother, Johanna Barry, was 17. He married Ann Marie Linehan on 29 April 1900, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Boston Ward 11, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1910. He died on 31 August 1941, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish John Patrick, Liam, Aileen, Brendan, Brigid.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEachthighearna ‘descendant of Eachthighearna’, a personal name meaning ‘lord of horses’, from each ‘horse’ + tighearna ‘master, lord’. In Ireland, the name is most common in the southwest. Compare Hearn .
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