This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Murphy, Meagher, Carr Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4NB.2ACI/58 Message Board Post: Any records on Meaghers making it to Minnesota? My grandmother Mary Helen was a Meagher, born in 1902 in Mankato Mn. She claims Thomas Francis Meagher was her GG Uncle if I remember correctly. I have the novel titled "Meagher of the Sword" as well as a copy of his memoirs published in the mid-late 1800's. There are other Meagher's in Minnesota and we have met but havn't really discussed the the family tree so to speak. I do know in Waterford they have errected a large Statue of Thomas Francis Meagher and he is considered Ireland's Thomas Jefferson. He is mentioned as well and quoted in the famous "Nine Famous Irishman" story which explains how he made it out of the penal colonies (Australia) and over to America. Great Story. I anxiously anticpate any response. Thanks.