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Offline Monivea

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mara family mountwilson ballymacwillian
« on: Sunday 25 July 10 10:55 BST (UK) »
hello, any one looking up the mara family from mountwilson? my great grandfather andrew mara grew up there.he was born around 1888 to john and margaret mara. he had 8 siblings mary, willie, john, thomas, james, patrick and i think the other was daniel who lived with his grandad also in mountwilson according to the 1901 census. any information on the family or area would be much appreciated. thanks a million :)

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Re: mara family mountwilson ballymacwillian
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 29 July 10 22:11 BST (UK) »
RIP.ie
has an O Mara from Mountwilson, Edenderry,
Have a look and see if the family is related.

For  the origin of it's name we must look to Thomas Wilson, a Quaker, of Mount Wilson, near Edenderry.