When Esther Virginia McMahon was born in 1896, in Marshall, West Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Cox McMahon, was 51 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Alkire, was 44. She married Verne Joseph Bowers on 23 March 1917, in Mahoning, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 1 June 1975, at the age of 79, and was buried in Napa, Napa, California, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Kieran, Maeve, Seamus, Brigid, Connor, Dermot, Eamon, Fergus, Grainne, James Patrick.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mathghamhna, a patronymic from the byname Mathghamhain literally meaning ‘good calf’, a kenning for ‘bear’. This was the name of two (unrelated) chieftain families in counties Clare (Thomond) and Monaghan (the kingdom of Oriel). See also Mahon 1, and Mahoney . In northern Ireland it is sometimes Anglicized as Matthews , since Matha was the Irish form of the Biblical name (see McMath ). In Scotland Matheson was used to translate both of these surnames.
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