William Maher

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Biography

William Maher was born in the Australian Capital Territory

William Maher is a member of the Australia Project.

William Maher is a member of the Maher Name Study Project.

William Maher has Irish ancestors.

William Maher has English ancestors.

William Maher has Scottish Ancestors.

William has Scandinavian ancestors.

William Maher has Dutch Ancestry

William is following his father's footsteps as family historian

William was a Bartender.

William was a Manufacturing Plant Worker

William was a Delivery Driver

William was a Machinist

William was a Chain Maker

William Maher is a member of Clan MacGregor.

William is a Friend (Quaker) descendant

Descendant of several Magna Carta Surety barons.

WikiTree Day Attendee: 2022

RootsTech Attendee: 2022, 2023, 2024

William has been a member of the England Project for over 1,000 days

William is the 2nd cousin of Chris Hemsworth.

William is the 10th cousin of Diana (Spencer) Mountbatten-Windsor.

William is the 10th cousin twice removed of Elizabeth Windsor.

William is the 11th cousin thrice removed of Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes.

William is the 18th Grandson of Owain Glyndŵr.

William is the 19th Great Grandson of King Edward III.

William is the 24th Great Grand Nephew of Geoffrey VI d'Anjou.

William is the 25th Great Grandson of Friedrich von Staufen.

William is the 25th Great Grandson of Herina Palaiologina.

William was a Cricket Player at Eltham C.C in Victoria, Australia.

Source-a-Thon 2022 Connect-a-Thon 2023, 2024

William Maher participated with Wizards Of Aus during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 52 previously unsourced profiles.

William Maher reached the Blue Skies milestone by sourcing 50 profiles in the October 2022 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.

William Maher reached the Red Hot Effort milestone by sourcing 100 profiles in the February 2023 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.

William Maher reached the Red Hot Effort milestone by sourcing 100 profiles in the March 2023 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.

William Maher reached the Blue Skies milestone by sourcing 50 profiles in the March 2024 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.

William Maher reached the Red Hot Effort milestone by sourcing 100 profiles in the April 2024 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.

William Maher participated with Wizards of Aus during the 2023 Connect-a-Thon.

William Maher participated with Wizards Of Aus during the 2024 Connect-a-Thon.

William Maher was a RAWKER in the We Will RAWK You Event.

William Maher Guessed the closest total in the April 2024 Connect-a-Thon.

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung & Bunurong peoples of the Kulin nation and pay our respects to elders, past, present and emerging. A connection lasting more than 40,000 years.^[1]

Personal Info

• Born at the Royal Canberra Hospital (1914-1997) in the capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.^[2]
  
• Currently a bachelor, unmarried and without issue. My experience as a genealogist is an Intermediate level. I have been and am currently a volunteer photographer for genealogy website Find A Grave.
  

An avid sports fan, lifelong reader and continual scholar with special interests in Anno Domini history, Anthropology, Royal Pedigrees, Legitimate Individual Heraldry & Traditional Arts (Woodcarving, Classical Painting, Bronze & Marble sculpture & Stained glass artistry).

• Social drinker & non-smoker.^[3]
  

Timeline

• 1975 Born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
• 1975 Lived at Saint Kilda East, Victoria
• 1976 Lived at Greensborough, Victoria
• 1979 Lived at Lower Plenty, Victoria
• 1986 Completed Primary education at Plenty Valley Montessori Primary School Diamond Creek.^[4]
  
• 1992 Completed Secondary education at Eltham High School.^[5]
  
• 1993 & 1995 Studied (BA) at La Trobe University Bundoora campus.^[6]
  
• 2006 to 2009 Lived at Doncaster, Victoria
• 2009 to 2014 Lived at Saint Kilda, Victoria
• 2014 to 2016 Lived at Brunswick West, Victoria
• 2016 to 2018 Lived at Braybrook, Victoria
• 2018 to present Lived at Yarraville, Victoria

Census Details

• I have been alive and recorded in ten Australian Census collections.
• 1976 Census - Saint Kilda East, Victoria, Australia
• 1981 Census - Lower Plenty, Victoria, Australia
• 1986 Census - Lower Plenty, Victoria, Australia
• 1991 Census - Lower Plenty, Victoria, Australia
• 1996 Census - Lower Plenty, Victoria, Australia
• 2001 Census - Lower Plenty, Victoria, Australia
• 2006 Census - Doncaster, Victoria, Australia
• 2011 Census - Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia
• 2016 Census - Braybrook, Victoria, Australia
• 2021 Census - Yarraville, Victoria, Australia

Education & Qualifications

Plenty Valley Montessori Primary School^[7]

Eltham High School^[8]

Certificate 1 of Graphic Design^[9]

Certificate 1 in Vocational Preparation^[10]

Certificate 2 of Multimedia^[11]

Certificates 3 & 4 of Warehousing^[12]

Certificate 4 of Work Health & Safety (WHS)^[13]

Victorian Driver's License (Current)^[14]

Employment

• Companies I have worked for.^[15]
  

1. Montmorency Newsagency
2. Spotless Catering
3. Traffic & Transport Surveys
4. Crown Casino
5. Pinnacle People
6. Statmart
7. Primus Australia
8. Premier Imports
9. Dawn Tools & Vices
10. Tanjant Tool Company
11. Scalzo Food Industries
12. Brand Developers
13. Sprockets Australia
14. Officeworks CFC

Interests

• Life Member of Clan Cian Inc.^[16]
  
• Current Member of Clan Gregor Society (Australia)^[17]
  
• Member of Australian Heraldry Society^[18]
  
• Former member of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Family History Society^[19]
  
• Former member of Essex Society for Family History^[20]
  
• Member of OzSpurs (Melbourne Chapter)
• Member of Melbourne Victory F.C
• Member of PBS 106.7 radio station in Melbourne, Australia
• Member of MainFM 94.9 radio station in Castlemaine, Victoria
• I support Australia in all other sporting codes and cultural vocations.

Supporter of:

1. Australian Men's Cricket team
2. Melbourne Football Club
3. Melbourne Storm
4. Victorian Men's Cricket Team
5. Eltham Panthers C.C
6. Greensborough Hockey club
7. Tottenham Hotspur F.C
8. St. Johnstone F.C
9. Saint Patrick's Athletic FC
10. Cliftonville FC

Sports Participation

• Former player|member of Eltham Rangers Hockey club in Victorian Hockey Association in the junior grades before Eltham Rangers H.C merged with Greensborough Hockey club.^[21]
  

1. Won the U9's North Zone Premiership in first year as a registered player. Played juniors at Greensborough Hockey club between 1988 and 1992.
2. Awarded Boys U17's Best & Fairest Award in winter season 1992.^[22]
   

• Played seniors at Greensborough Hockey club through seasons 1998 - 2010^[23]
  
• Former player| member at Eltham Panthers Cricket club at Eltham, Victoria in the Diamond Valley Cricket Association (D.V.C.A) through seasons 1992 - 2009^[24]
  

1. Member of E Grade Premiership team at Eltham C.C - Season 2002/2003.
2. C Grade Batting Averages Award at Eltham C.C - Season 2005/2006.
3. Five centuries in various grades.^[25][26]
   

• Played Indoor Cricket at Doncaster Action Cricket c. 1993 - 1996 with friends Simon Marks (dec.), Jaun Micheel, Jason "Hendo" Henderson, Tom Langley, Stuart Sharman, Doug Bradley, Rohan McRae, Richie McRae, Jason Clauscen, Shane Yates, Dave Gray, Kris "Kevo" Baker, John "John-boy" Dykers, Scott "Lumo" Lumsden, Brad "Luma" Lumalasi, Sam Borrow, Martin "Choc" Sporys, Chris Glen, Nick Glen, Dave Perry, Mick Whitmore, Kane Hearn, Owen Lock and Christian "Sandzy" Sands
  

1. Won three grade premierships
2. Once Runners-up^[27]
   

• Played Indoor Cricker at Doncaster Action Cricket in 2009 with Eltham Cricket Club teammates Neil Bowden, Darren "Pommie" Ambridge, John Shaw, James "Nurse" Pearsell & Steven "Jacko" , "Action" Jackson et al and were runners up.^[28]
  

Volunteering

• Former volunteer at city of Melbourne radio station PBSFM c. 1991 at the Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda location
  
• Former member of 3182 Beach Patrol c. 2013/2014. Cleaning St. Kilda beaches of rubbish and litter once a month
  
• Active member|volunteer for Find A Grave Inc. Have been participating in adding memorials and taking volunteer photos for approx. six years. Find A Grave profile #49068516
  
• Active participant with Billion Graves since c. 2019. Adding transcriptions of online memorials
  
• Have done a minimal amount of indexing on www.familysearch.org on record sets that I have the ability to transcribe i.e) legible script or handwriting.

Note to self: need to do more of this in future

Music

• William played the clarinet as a youth in Eltham HIgh School Intermediate Band. Conductor Ken Waterworth^[29]
  

1. Enrolled for Grade 2 Clarinet Examination at the Victorian College of Arts in 1987 with a grading of Pass with Honours^[30]
   
2. Enrolled for Grade 3 Clarinet Examination at the Victorian College of Arts in 1990 with a grading of Pass^[31]
3. Taught by Ernie Shade of Rosanna Rd, Rosanna, Victoria.^[32]
   

Musical influences by country (Alphabetical)

• Australia & New Zealand

AC/DC, Amyl and the Sniffers, Anthony Pappa, Archie Roach, Australian Crawl, Bernard Fanning, Christine Anu, Daddy Cool, Diesel, Divinyls, Hoodoo Gurus, Hunters & Collectors, Ian Moss, INXS, James Reyne, Jenny Morris, Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, John Williams, John Williamson, Kylie Minogue, Martin Plaza, Masters Apprentices, Men at Work, Midnight Oil, Models, Mondo Rock, Nick Cave, No More Chilli Jam, Painters & Dockers, Peter Allen, Power Supply, Richard Clapton, Rose Tattoo, Ross Wilson, Rufus du Sol, Bic Runga, Scribe, S.I.C, Skyhooks, Spiderbait, Split Enz, Sticky Fingers, Tamara-Anna Cislowska, The Chats, The Living End, The Presets, The Radiators, The Tesky Brothers, The Waifs, The Wrights, Tumbleweed, Tycho, Warumpi Band, Wildfire Manwurrk, Yothu Yindi, You Am I

• Brazil

Sepultura

• Canada

The Dead South, The Shins

• Europe

Eddie Silverton, Enigma, Paul Van Dyke, Scorpions

• Germany

Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Amadeus von Beethoven, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Gustav Mahler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Greece

Sundayman

• Italy

Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Giaochino Rossini,

• Jamaica

Bob Marley & the Wailers, Damian Marley, Desmond Dekker, Ziggy Marley

• Republic of Ireland

Mary Black, Luka Bloom, Jessica Brett, Luke Kelly, Christy Moore, Sinead O'Connor, The Chieftans, The Corrs, The Cranberries, The Dubliners, The Fureys, The High Kings, The Pogues, The Rising Sons, The Wolfe Tones, Thin Lizzy, U2, Meadhbh Walsh

• Russia

Dmitri Shoshtakovich, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• Sweden

Ace of Base, Europe, Roxette, The Cardigans, The Hives

• Ukraine

Sonya Lifschitz

• United Kingdom

Alison Moyet, Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys, Beatles, Bee Gees, Beth Orton, Billy Idol, Black Sabbath, Blur, Breakbeat Era, Carl Cox, Catatonia, Chemical Brothers, Craig David, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Duran Duran, East-17, EMF, Eric Clapton, Eric Hilton, Eurythmics, Everything But The Girl, Faithless, Fat Boy Slim, Fine Young Cannibals, Fleetwood Mac, FSOL, Gorillaz, Groove Armada, Jamiroquai, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Kate Bush, Liam Gallgher, Led Zeppelin, Madness, Marc Bolan (T Rex), Mark Knopfler, Massive Attack, Michael Kiwanuka, Motorhead, New Order, Nick Kershaw, Oasis, Paul McArtney, Peter Gabriel, Pet Shop Boys, Pink Floyd, Placebo, Propellerheads, Public Image Ltd., Queen, Radiohead, Richard Ashcroft, Roachford, Robbie Williams, Rolling Stones, Roni Size, Royal Blood, Sade, Seal, Sex Pistols, Simple Minds, Simply Red, Sky, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Stereo MC's, Sting, Supergrass, The Animals, The Clash, The Cure, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Kinks, The Police, T-Rex, The 4Skins, The Smiths, The Spencer Davis Group, The Stone Roses, The Verve, The Who, Underworld

• United States of America

Alicia Keys, Anthrax, Audioslave, B. B. King, Beastie Boys, Beck, Big Daddy Kane, Bill Withers, Billy Joel, Billy Ocean, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Boney M, Bush, Busta Rhymes, Chris Cornell, Chris Isaak, Chris Stapleton, Chuck Berry, Collective Soul, Coolio, Counting Crows, Cyndi Lauper, Dead Kennedys, Diana Ross and the Supremes, D.R.I, Duke Ellington, Earl Scruggs, Eminem, Eric B & Rakim, Ernie K Doe, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Frank Sinatra, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Green Day, Guns n Roses, Helmet, Ice Cube, Ice-T, James Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, John Denver, Kings of Leon, Lenny Kravitz, Ludacris, Madonna, Martha and the Vandellas, Metallica, Miles Davis, Missy Elliott, M.O.D, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, No Doubt, N.W.A, Pantera, Patti Smith, Bob Seger, Pete Seeger, Prince, Ramones, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Richie Havens, RUN DMC, Sheryl Crow, Skid Row, Smashing Pumpkins, Snoop Dogg, Soundgarden, Steve Miller Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, Sublime, System of a Down, The Beach Boys, The Cars, The Doors, The Four Tops, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Tom Waits, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Tupac Shakur, Young MC, Weezer, Willow Osborne, Wu Tang Clan, ZZ Top

Literature

Writers whom I respect include:

• Geoffrey Blainey
• Charles Bukowski
• Jonathan Cook
• Alistair Cooke KBE
• Richard Ford
• Gideon Haigh
• Seamus Heaney
• Christopher Hitchens
• Aldous Huxley
• James Joyce
• Maher-1079
• George Orwell
• Orhan Pamuk
• Gad Saad
• W. G. Sebald
• Alison Weir

Favourite Famous Quotes

• Margaret Mead
• Berthold Brecht
• Martin Niemüller
• Rachel Carson
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy X 2
• Bobby Sands
• Carl Sandburg^[33]
  
• C. W. Bardsley^[34]
  
• Thomas Carlyle^[35]
  

Favourite Poetry

• Andrew Marvell - 'To His Coy Mistress'
• Dylan Thomas - 'Do not go gentle into that good night'
• Edgar Allan Poe - 'The Raven'
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 'Kubla Khan'
• William Shakespeare - 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?'

Health & Wellbeing

William has not had many significant health issues in his life to date. The only exceptions are a fractured and dislocated pinkie finger on his left hand from playing cricket at Eltham Cricket Club c. 2006. The only other issue was a fractured left calcaneus which occurred accidentally in 2009 at his home in St Kilda, Victoria^[36]

Family

• Grand-Nephew of Sr. Catherine O'Sullivan O.L.S.H. "Mother Flavia" Christian Missionary and World War Two P.O.W.^[37]
  
• 1st Cousin once removed of Joanne van Os Australian Author & Aunt of Chris Hemsworth
• 1st Cousin once removed of "Maggie" Dent OAM Australian Author & Family Counsellor
• 1st Cousin twice removed of Peter Anderson Stevens DFC and Bar Australian RAAF Pilot & World War Two P.O.W.
• 1st Cousin twice removed of Br. Bede Maher Marist Brother
• 1st Cousin five times removed of Rev. William Rufus Gregg D.D, M.A, Professor Knox College (Canada)
• 1st Cousin ten times removed of William "the Migrant" Gregg
• 2nd Cousin of Indigenous Australian siblings Isabel O'Sullivan & Gerard O'Sullivan^[38]
  
• 2nd Cousin of Australian Film Actor Chris Hemsworth AM
• 2nd Cousin of Australian Television Actor Luke van Os
• 2nd Cousin once removed of Sr. Mary Kavanagh OAM^[39][40]
  
• 2nd Cousin twice removed of Major John Francis Sullivan MC World War Two Army Officer
• 2nd Cousin thrice removed of George Starritt OBE Sheep breeder
• 2nd Cousin four times removed of George Brownell Johnson Royal Worcester Artist^[41]
  
• 3rd Cousin four times removed of Rev. Ezekiel Teaz Presbyterian Minister
• 3rd Cousin four times removed of Sgt. Joseph Teaz World War One Army NCO
  
• 4th Cousin thrice removed of Capt. Homer Nevin Teaz MC World War One Army Officer
• 4th Cousin six times removed of Major Joseph Bartlett "J.B." Teas Mayor of Albia, Monroe County, Iowa

Ancestral Origins

William's paternal ancestry in the direct Maher xy Chromosome lineage is most recently from County Clare in the province of Munster on the west coast of Ireland. In particular, the areas of Kilfenora and Ballyvaughan in north Clare. The town lands of Ballybreen & Ballygoonaun are where my Maher and Slattery lineages hail from. My belief is that the Mahers of County Clare came to be in Clare before the famine; possibly as a result of Oliver Cromwell's invasion of Ireland and dispersal of the native populations to other areas. I have yet to prove this theory^[42]

• Surnames related to me paternally (Alphabetical)

ABRAHAM, ALEXANDER, ALMERSMA, BAIRD, BAITIE, BARNETT|BARNARD|BURNADE|BURNETT, BAVARIDGE, BEIRNE, BERESFORD, BEST, BLACK, BORTHWICK, BOYD, BROUN, BROWNLEE, BRUCE, BYRT, CAMPBELL, CATER, CHAFFEE, CHALMERS, CLARK, CLEARY, CLINE, COEN, CONINCK, CONNAUGHTON, CONWAY, COOKE, CROSLEY, CUNNINGHAM, DEAN|DEANE, DEGRAUW, DE MEPSCHE, DE NEVE, DE SPENS, DICKIE, DOOLAN | DOOLEN, DOUGLAS, DOYLE, DRUMMOND, DUNBAR, DUNDAS, DWYER, DYER, EDMISTONE, EGLINTON, ENTENS, ERSKINE, ESTERBROOK, EVEREDD, FINDLAY|FINLAY, FITZPATRICK, FLEMING, FORBES, FRITTEMA, FRIZZELL, FULLERTON, FURLONG, GAILEY, GARDINE, GAY|GAYLORD, GETTY, GIFFORD, GODDARD, GRAHAM, GRAMAYE, GREGG, HALE, HALLIDAY, HAMILTON, HANAGREVE, HARDING, HARLAW, HARRIS, HARROWER, HAY, HAZLITT, HEGAITE, HEIR, HENDEN, HEPBURN, HOOD, HOOFDELING VAN STEDUM, HOURIGAN, HULL, HUNTER, INDICK, ISAAC, JAMES, JOHNSON, JUWINGA, KATER, KAVANAGH, KAVENEY | KEAVENY, KEEFE, KEITH, KELLY, KENNEDY, KERR, KIRK, KNOX, KOOLS, LAMBERT, LICHTOUN, LINDSAY, LOCKART, LOCKE, LOGAN, LONGMIRE|LONGMUIR, LOVE, LYLE, MACDONALD, MACLAREN|MACLAUREN, MACDOWALL, MACGREGOR, MACLAUGHLAN, MACRUARIDH, MALPAS, MASON, MCCULLOCH, MCDERMOTT, MCDOUGALL, MELLER, MELVING, MENTEITH, MITCHELL, MONTGOMERY, MORROW, MOWBRAY, MUIRHEAD, MULRY, MULVAGH, MURE, NARY, NOBLE, NORTH, O'CONNOR, OMPTEDA, PALMER, PATTERSON, PETTIGREW, PYSING, RITCHIE, RUSSELL, SCRYMGEOUR, SEMPHILL, SETON, SLATTERY, SNELL, SOMERVILLE, STARRETT, STEELE, STEWART, TAYLOR, TAYS | TEAS | TEASE | TEESE | TEYS | TEAZ, THEOBALD|THEOBOLD, TUDOR, TURNBULL, UBBENA, VALOIS, VANCE | VANS, VAN DONIA, VAN DULCK, VAN HARINXMA, VAN INGEN, VAN'T HOF, VAUGHAN, WARD, WARCUP, WARREN, WATT, WHITE, WILCOCK, WILCOX, WILHELMS, WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WOOLNER, WYLIE, YARDE^[43]

• Multiple branches of Surnames

CAMPBELL(3), GRAHAM(3), GREGG(2), HALLIDAY(2), HAMILTON(3), HEPBURN(2), HUNTER(3), KELLY(2), NOBLE(2), SOMERVILLE(2), STEWART (3+), WHITE(2)^[44]

William's maternal ancestry is an admixture of English & Irish. My mother is three quarters English and a quarter Irish. The Johnson family lived in the north of England for several centuries but were originally Johnstons from Dumfriesshire, Scotland who came to England for reasons unknown. The Johnstons & Johnsons settled in Kirklinton area in Cumberland, England. My O'Sullivan lineage hail from County Kerry, Ireland. The townland of Gurrane where they were numerous^[45]

• Surnames related to me maternally (Alphabetical)

ACTON, ADAMS, ADELEM, ALDERSON, ALLICOCKE, ALLEN, ANDERSON, ANDREW|ANDREWS, APPLEBY, APPLEWAITE, ARCHER, ARDEN, ARMSTRONG, ARTHURE, ARUNDEL, ASKE, ASTLEY, ATKINSON, AUCHINLECK, AUDLEY, AUSTIN, BABINGTON, BACON, BAGOT, BAGSHAW, BAKER, BALDWIN, BALFOUR, BARBER, BARDOLPH, BARLOW, BARNES, BARRINGTON, BARTH, BASS, BASSINGBOURNE, BATTELL, BAXTER, BAYNE, BEALY, BEANE, BEAUFORT, BEER, BELFIELD, BELL, BENSTEAD, BERKELEY, BEST, BIRD, BLACKBOURN|BLACKBURN, BLAKIE, BLANCHARD, BLEDLOWE, BLOUNT, BLUNDEN, BOLD, BOLTON, BONNER, BOOTH|BOOTHE, BOURCHIER, BOURKE, BOWEN, BOYD, BRAINE, BRERETON, BREWSTER, BRETT|BRITT, BROCK|BROCKE, BROCKETT, BRODERICK|BRODER, BROFFAN, BROKENSTONE, BROMLEY, BROMWICH, BROUGHTON, BROWN|BROWNE, BRYCE, BURBAGE|BURBIDGE|BURRAGE, BURLEY, BURYMAN, BUSBY, BYE, BYRON, CALLINS, CALTHORPE, CAMP, CAMPBELL, CAREY, CARMICHAEL, CARNABY, CARR, CARRUTHERS, CARTER, CATLEY, CAVALERY|CLAVERLY, CAVE, CECIL, CHAMPERNOUN, CHARLTON|CHARLETON, CHERINGTON, CHENEY, CHICHLEY, CHISHOLME, CRICHTON, CLARKE, CLAXTON, CLAYTON, CLEA, CLIFFEE, CLIFTON, COLBY, CONANT, CONINGSBY, COOK, COOKSON, COMBE|COOMBE, CORBETT, CORLESSE, CORNES, CORNISH, CORNWALL, COTTON, COULSON, CRACKNELL, CRANSTOUN, CRAWLEY, CRIPPE, CRISPIN, CROFT, CROUCHLEY, CROWTHER, CRUSE, CUDDINGTON, CUMMINS, CURRANT, CURTIS, CUTLOVE, DACRES, DAGGER, DALTON|DOLTON, DANVERS, DARCY, DARRELL, DARKING, DAVIES, DAVIS, DAWSON, DAY, DE BEAUCHAMP|BEAUCHAMP, DE BOHUN, DE BOSTOCK|BOSTOCK, DE BURGH|BURGH, DE CHAMPAGNE, DE CRANFIELD, DE CLARE, DE CONWAY, DE COURTNEY, DE DAMPIERRE, DE ESSEX, DE FELCOURT, DE FERRERS|FERRERS, DE FIENNES|FIENNES, DE FULBORNE, DE GIFFARD|GIFFARD|GYFFARD, DE GREY|DE GREYSTOKE, DE HAUGHTON, DE HESTER|HESTER, DE HOLLAND|HOLLAND, DE LA BROOKE|BROOK|BROOKE|BROOKS, DE LA MERE, DE POLE|DE LA POLE, DE LA ROCHE, DE LUDLOW|LUDLOW, DE MALSTON, DE MANDEVILLE, DE MERCAUNT, DE MONTFORT|MONTFORT, DE MORTIMER|MORTIMER, DE PADILLA, DE SAYE, DE SOMERVILLE|SOMERVILLE, DE STANLEY|STANLEY, DE ST. JOHN|ST. JOHN, DE STOKES|STOKES, SWYNNERTON, DE VAUX|VAUX, DE VERE, DE VERNON, DE WEYLAND, DENHAM, DENNON, DEVERAUX, DIGBY, DIXON, DOBINSON, DODD|DODDS, DOUGLAS, DRAKE, DRAYTON, DREW, DRISCOLL, DRUMMOND, DRURY, DUDLEY, DUNNE, DWYER, DYER, EAST, EDEN, EDMUND, EDWARDS, ELLIOT, ELRED, ENGLAND, ENGLEFIELD, ENGLISH, EPES|EPPS, ERRINGTON, ESSEX, ESTERFIELD, EVERTSEN, EXDEN, EXON, EYRE, FARE, FARROW, FEATHERSTONHAUGH, FENTON, FENWICK|FENWICKE, FERRARD, FETTIPLACE, FINN|FLYNN, FIRKIN, FITZGERALD, FITZHERBERT, FITZHUGH, FITZRALPH, FITZWILLIAM, FLAMBARD, FLAVELL, FORBES, FORMAN, FORREST|FORRESTER|FORSTER|FOSTER, FOX, FRANCIS, FRENCH, FREE, FRERE, FROMENT, FRYETH, FUND, GALBREATH, GARBUTT, GARDINER, GARNER, GARNEYS, GARRARD, GERARD, GIBSON, GIFFARD|GIFFORD, GILBERT, GILSON, GODDARD, GOLD, GOODWIN, GOOSE, GORDON, GRAHAM, GRAUNGER, GREEN|GREENE, GREENSTRETT, GREY, GROOM, HAGGARD, HALL, HALLIWELL, HAMIL, HAMLET, HAMILTON, HAMME, HANNUM, HARBY, HARCOURT, HARRINGTON, HARLEY, HARRISON, HARPER, HARVEY, HATCH, HAUNT, HAWDEN, HAWKER, HAWKWOOD, HEADLEY, HEBBORNE, HEFFERNAN, HEMMING, HEPBURN, HEPPELL, HERON, HERVEY, HESTER, HEVENINGHAM, HEYDON, HEYFER, HIBBERD, HIDE|HYDE, HIGGINSON, HILL, HILLER, HILLYARD, HODGES, HODGELY, HOGAN, HOHENSTAUFEN, HOLDENBY, HOME, HOO, HOOD, HOORDE, HOPTON, HORDE, HORTON, HOWARD, HUDSPETH, HULSE, HUNGERFORD, HUNT, HUSON|HUSTON, HUSK|HUST, HUTCHINSON, HYLLIER, HYNXSTEND, HYSLOP, IBBITT, ILETT, INSTONE, IRVING, IRWIN, JACKSON, JARDINE, JAVERS, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, JENNINGS, JERVIS, JESPER, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JOHNSTONE, JONES, JORDAN, KEARIN, KEITH, KELLY, KERR, KING, KYN, LADD, LAIDLER, LAMB, LANDELL, LANDSDAILE|LONSDALE, LANGDON, LANGFORD, LAUDER, LAVENDER, LEADBITTER, LE BOTILER|BOTILER|BUTLER, LE DESPENSER, LE FRAUNCEIS, LEE, LEGGETT, LEGH|LEIGH, LEIGHTON, LEONARD, LE ROUS, LESLIE, LEVENTHORPE, LEWIS, LISLE, LITTLE, LITTLETON|LYTTLETON, LLOYD, LOCKHART, LOCKWOOD, LODGE, LOGGYS, LOGIE, LOKIER, LONGBOTHAM, LOVET, LOWBRIDGE, LOWE, LUCY, LUMBLEY|LUMLEY, LYTTON, MACDONALD, MACKENZIE, MAHONY, MAITLAND, MAINWARING, MAKEPEACE, MALTMAN, MANCHETT, MANN, MANNERS, MANNING, MARBURY, MARSH, MARSHALL, MARTIN|MARTYN, MASON, MATTHEW, MAUGHAN, MAXWELL, MAYLE, MCADAM, MCCARTHY, MEAGHER, MELIOR, MELLUISH, MARBURY|MERBURY, MERRELL, METCALFE, MEVERELL, MIDDLETON, MILDMAY, MILLS, MITCHESON, MONTAGUE, MONTGOMERY, MOOR|MOORE, MORGAN, MORRIS, MORTON, MOWBRAY, MUNDAY, MURCOTT, MURRAY, NASON, NATRUPP, NEEDHAM, NELSON, NETHERWOOD, NEVILLE, NEVINS, NEWMAN, NEWPORT, NEWSOME, NISBET, NORTH, NORMAN, NORRISHE, NORTON, OGLE, O'SULLIVAN, O'NEILL, ORAM, ORDE, ORR, PADLEY, PAKENHAM, PAKINGTON, PALMER, PARKER, PARTICE, PAUL, PEMBERTON, PERSHALL, PEVERELL, PEYTON, PHILLIPS, PICKERING, PIPER, PLANTAGENET, POOLE|POOLEY, POPE, PORT, POTS|POTTS, POWTRELL, PUREFOY, QUARTERMAIN, QUINCY, RADCLIFFE, RAILTON, RAMSAY, READE, READE-SHAW, REDDING, REED, REVELEY, REYNOLDS, RHYS, RICHARDS|RYCARD, RIDLEY, RIGNELL, RIPPON, RISLEY, ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, ROBSON, ROCHES, ROCHESTER, ROGERS, ROPER, ROWLAND, ROWSE, ROYDEN, RUDD, RUDDOCKE, RUSSELL, RUTHERFORD, SALISBURY, SALWAY, SAUNDERS, SAVAGE, SAVORY, SCOTT, SEARLES, SELBY, SENN, SETON, SHAFTO, SHARPER, SHAW, SHELFORD|SHELVESTRODE, SHELL, SHELTON, SHEPARD|SHEPHERD, SHRUBSON, SIMPSON, SINCLAIR, SKINNER, SKIPWITH, SOUTHILL, SKOLDINGE, SLADE, SMITH|SMITHE|SMYTHE, SIDNEY, SMALL, SMALLMAN, SNOWBALL, SOFTLEY, SPROTTE, STAFFORD, STAPILTON, STEBBING, STEPHENSON, STENTON, STEVENS, STEWART, STILL, STIGHULL, STINCOMB, STONEHOUSE, STORDY, STOREY, STRANGEWAYS, SULYARD, SUMAC, SURTEES, SUTHERLAND, SUTTON, SWAN|SWANN, SWAYNE, SWINHOE, SYERS, TALBOT, TAMWORTH, TAYLOR, TEDSTYLL, THEOBY, THIESSELIN, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THROCKMORTON, THRUSTLECOCK, THURGOOD, THURSTON, TIPPING, TIPTOFT, TOBIN, TODD, TOLL, TOPPING, TOUCHET, TRAFFORD, TREWARTHEN-CALDWELL, TRUMPINGTON, TUN, TURNER, TYLSON, TYRRELL, UFFORD, UMFREVILLE, UNTHANK, UPTON, USHER, VAUGHAN, VAN DER WEYDEN, VAN METEREN, VENABLES, VERNON, VON BABENBERG, VON HABSBURG, VON HOHENBERG, VON RAVENSBERG, VON SASCHEN, WALBURTON, WALDEGRAVE, WALDEN, WALKER, WALROND, WALTHAM, WALTKINS, WANLAS, WARD, WARING, WARNCOMBE, WARNER, WATKINS, WATSON, WAUGH, WAYNEMAN, WEAVER, WEBSTER, WEEKES, WESTGARTH, WHITAKER, WHITEHEAD, WHITFIELD, WHITLEY, WHITTINGTON, WIDDRINGTON, WILBURY, WILCOXSON, WILKINSON, WILLINSON, WILLOUGHBY, WILLSON, WILMORE, WILSON, WIMPLE, WINDSOR, WINGFIELD, WOGAN, WOMBWELL, WOOD, WOODRUFF, WRIGHT, WRITTLE, WYATT, YEOMAN, YONGE|YOUNG, ZAVIDICH^[46]

• Multiple branches of Surnames

ALLEN(2), ANDERSON(2), ARMSTRONG(3), BELL(3), BEST(2), BLACKBOURN(2), BROWN|BROWNE(2), CHARLTON(2), CLARKE(2), CONWAY(2), CROWTHER(2), DE BEAUCHAMP|BEAUCHAMP(2), DE ST. JOHN|ST. JOHN(2), DIXON(2), DUDLEY(2), ENGLAND(2), FENWICK|FENWICKE(2), FORSTER(2), FRANCIS(2), GIFFARD(3+), GIFFORD(3+), GRAHAM(4), GREEN(2), HALL(3), HAY(2), HEPBURN(2), JACKSON(2), JARDINE(2), JOHNSON(3), JONES(2), LITTLE(3), MASON(3), MATTHEW(2), MOORE(2), MOWBRAY(2), NEEDHAM(2), NEWMAN(2), OGLE(3), PARKER(2), PEMBERTON(2), PICKERING(2), RAMSAY(2), REYNOLDS(2), ROBERTSON(2), ROBSON(3), ROWLAND(2), SAUNDERS(2), SHAW(2), SIMPSON(2), SINCLAIR(2), SMITH(3), SOMERVILLE(2), STANLEY(2), STEWART(2), SULLIVAN(2), SUTTON(2), TALBOT(2), TAYLOR(2), THOMPSON(2), TODD(2), WATSON(2), WIDDRINGTON(2), WRIGHT(2)^[47]

• Surname Initial letters not proven as direct ancestors in my tree: X

Known Ancestors Matrix

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Ancient History

Reliable history sources have recorded the Mahers as a cadet sept of the O'Carroll clann of Eile and Ormond in central Ireland from ancient times. The name Maher|Meagher is derived from the Gaelic name O'Meachair. This translates as "Hospitable" or "Kindly". The original registered Maher CoA (Coat of Arms) bears the Motto In Periculis Audax.
This translates as Bold in Danger. The Mahers were resident centrally at Ikerrin Barony of County Tipperary, Munster.
The Mahers resisted the Norman invasion in the 12th century and fought valiantly to keep their patrimony when Oliver Cromwell invaded Ireland in August 1649.^[48]
Two of William's lineages are families from County Antrim and County Donegal in Ulster. Specifically; Gregg and Tease lineages whom I descend through my Great Grandmother Mary Jane Gregg and Mary's mother Margaret Jane Tease.^[49]
Both these surnames are found in Ulster c. 16th|17th centuries.^[50]

Royal or Aristocratic Houses Descent

My genealogy research thus far has shown that I am related to several ancient European Royal|Aristocratic Houses. These include: Arpad , Bruce , Capet , de Fiennes , Douglas , Drummond , Hohenzollern , Howard , Huntly/Seton , Keith , Komnenos , Le Botiler , Macgregor , Neville , Oldenburg , Percy , Plantagenet , Valois , Stewart , Visconti^[51]

DNA

• I have been DNA tested at Big-Y 700 level and mtDNA with Family Tree DNA
• Y DNA Haplogroup R-FT154730
• mtDNA Haplogroup K1a10a
• FamilyTreeDNA Kit #385132
• MyHeritage Kit #MH82163H
• GEDMATCH Kit #A292659
• DNA Results linked to William L. Maher Genelaogy^[52]
  

Ethnicities

• 79% Irish
• 8% Scottish
• 7% Norwegian
• 3% Swedish & Danish
• 2% English/North Western Europe
• 1% Basque^[53]
  

Short Term Wikitree Goals

My focus on Wikitree is filling out my tree with verified ancestors. My aim is to have at least 256 ancestors added to the Wikitree Big Tree (eight generations) before 2030. Time permitting, I will attempt to find missing pieces of my family history jigsaw puzzle (presuming I am alive in 2030). In the interim, I will devote time to editing profiles in the groups I am involved with (ANZAC, Euroarista & Australia Projects)

WikiTree Space Pages

• Space:Maher-1078 Select Bibliography
• Space:Maher-1078 WikiTree Relations
• Space:Plenty Valley Montessori Primary School
• Space:Maher-1078 Image repository
  

Advanced Directive | Legacy

In the knowledge that we are all mortal, I hereby request that upon my decease, all my managed profiles of deceased persons including my own profile should be set to full open status. Please add my year of decease. I would welcome any cousin to then become profile manager of any of these profiles. I hereby give permission for all or any of my private profiles to be transferred to any of the following slightly-active WikiTreers related to me, whether or not they are currently on the trusted lists.^[54]

1. Erik Maher
2. Fritz Maher
3. Ron Gragg
4. William Kaveney
5. Roger Denham
6. Gillian Thomas
7. Margaret Haining
   

Research Notes

After checking the WorkSafe Victoria (Services Victoria) website, both my Forklift Licenses (LF & LO) as well as my Construction Industry White Card are no longer valid or have expired.
Maher-1078 04:33, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ wurundjeri.com.au
2. ↑ Australian Capital Territory BDM - Reg. No. #20****** Births
3. ↑ Personal info entered by Maher-1078 at registration
4. ↑ northeastern.vic.edu.au
5. ↑ elthamhs.vic.edu.au
6. ↑ latrobe.edu.au
7. ↑ northeastern.vic.edu.au
8. ↑ Victorian Certificate of Education, Issued December 1992 by Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board vcaa.vic.edu.au
9. ↑ Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) - Collingwood campus 1998
10. ↑ Melbourne Training Options - Eltham 2007
11. ↑ Box Hill Institute of TAFE (Technical and Further Education) - Whitehorse campus 2002-2003
12. ↑ SET Solutions - Brooklyn & Altona 2014
13. ↑ SET Solutions - Brooklyn 2014
14. ↑ Vic Roads
15. ↑ Personal employment history
16. ↑ clancian.com
17. ↑ clangregor.com
18. ↑ heraldryaustralia.org
19. ↑ cfhs.org
20. ↑ esfh.org.uk
21. ↑ Personal history facts
22. ↑ Personal history facts
23. ↑ Personal history facts
24. ↑ Personal history facts
25. ↑ Personal history facts
26. ↑ Daley, Paul, Tons of Runs: The Official Register of Cricket Century-Makers (Glen Waverley: Tons of Runs Pty Ltd., 2011.) p. 534. ISBN 9780646550886
27. ↑ Personal history facts
28. ↑ Personal history facts
29. ↑ Personal history knowledge
30. ↑ See Images for this citation
31. ↑ See Images for this citation
32. ↑ Personal history facts
33. ↑ "When a society or a civilisation perishes, one condition can always be found. They forget where they came from"
34. ↑ Names are enduring-generations come and go-nomenclature is a well, in which, as the fresh water is flowing perennially through, there is left a sediment that clings to the bottom.
35. ↑ "Man is a tool-using animal. Weak in himself and of small stature, he stands on a basis of some half square foot, has to straddle out his legs lest the very winds supplant him. Neverless, he can use tools, devise tools; with these the granite mountain melts into light dust before him; seas are his smooth highway, wind and fire his unwearying steeds. Nowhere do you find him without tools. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all." Thomas Caryle (1795-1881)
36. ↑ Personal history facts
37. ↑ Edwards nee Metcher, Doreen, Woman of Vision - A Life of Sister Catherine O'Sullivan F.D.N.S.C., (Parramatta: 1991, Macarthur Press Pty. Limited)
38. ↑ ancestry.com.au
39. ↑ Kavanagh, Sr. Frances, The Kavanagh Family Tree, (Weribbee: Kavanagh, Sr. Frances, 1990.)
40. ↑ Skelly, Mary B., The Keaveney Family (Strokestown: County Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Limited, 2015.)
41. ↑ Sandon, John, Worcester Porcelain (Oxford: Shire Publications Ltd., 2009), p. 46. (Photo image) ISBN 13-978-0-7478-0914-8
42. ↑ Descendants of Patrick Maher of Clare, Ireland Ahnentafel pedigree collated by Maher-1078 using Family Tree Maker (2019) program, October 2019 at his home in Yarraville, Victoria, Australia.
43. ↑ ancestry.com.au
44. ↑ ancestry.com.au
45. ↑ ancestry.com.au
46. ↑ ancestry.com.au
47. ↑ ancestry.com.au
48. ↑ Ni Mheachair, Gabrielle, O'Meachair - The Story of a Clan, (St. Louis, Ui Cairin Press, 2014.). ISBN 978-0-692-244173
49. ↑ familysearch.org
50. ↑ Hill, Rev. George, An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century, 1608-1620 (Belfast: McCaw, Stevenson & Orr, 1877)
51. ↑ O'Carroll, Chief Eile, Senior Chieftain Fitzpatrick, Liam, A Synopsis of Clan Cian, (Missoula: Clan Cian Inc., 2005).
52. ↑ ancestry.com.au
53. ↑ Updated ancestry.com.au DNA data estimates as of 30 Sep 2023. See Sources section of Maher-1078 Bio
54. ↑ Maher-1078 digital signature this day 22nd September 2023

See also

• https://www.clancian-ocarroll.com
• https://www.clarelibrary.ie
• http://www.donegalgenealogy.com
• https://members.tripod.com/~hal_macgregor
• https://www.geni.com
• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maher/Maher2.html
• https://irelandxo.com
• https://www.myheritage.com
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Carroll
  

• • Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. William Maher, FTDNA kit #385132, and his 2nd cousin 1x removed, Alan Maher, match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 111 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Matthew Maher, the 2x great grandfather of William Maher and great grandfather of Alan Maher. William is the son of Laurence Maher who is the great grandson of the common ancestor Matthew Maher.

• • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between William Maher and Gillian (Cockbill) Mills, his 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are John Gregg and Margaret Tease, the great great grandparents of William Maher and great grandparents of Gillian (Cockbill) Mills. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin once removed, based on sharing 43 cM across 3 segments. William is the son of Laurence Maher who is the great grandson of the common ancestors John Gregg & Margaret Tease.

• • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between William Maher and Andrew Ritson, his 3rd cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are Bartholomew Keaveny and Mary Connaughton, the great great grandparents of both William Maher and Andrew Ritson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousins, based on sharing 100 cM across 3 segments. William is the son of Laurence Maher who is the great grandson of the common ancestors Bartholomew Keaveny & Mary Connaughton.

• • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between William Maher and Denise (Beecham) Cooper, his 3rd cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are John Gregg and Margaret Tease, the great great grandparents of both William Maher and Denise (Beecham) Cooper. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousins, based on sharing 32 cM across 3 segments. William is the son of Laurence Maher who is the great grandson of the common ancestors John Gregg & Margaret Tease.

• • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between William Maher and Michelle Hill, his 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Daniel O'Sullivan and Catherine Finn, the great great grandparents of William Maher and great grandparents of Michelle Hill. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin once removed, based on sharing 45 cM across 3 segments. William is the son of Christine Johnson who is the great granddaughter of the common ancestors Daniel O'Sullivan & Catherine Finn.