Mulvey Family History & Genealogy
Mulvey Last Name History & Origin
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The main branch of the Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh clan has long been important in County Leitrim where it is said that they were a principle name during the famous Pettys census of Ireland in 1659. Sample recordings taken from surviving registers include John Mulvie baptised at Ballingar, County Leitrim, in 1810 (actual date not known), and Patrick Mulvey, aged 21, and a famine emigrant, who sailed aboard the ship "Lawrence of Liverpool" from Belfast Lough for New York on April 17th 1846.
Name Origin
Mulvey is an Irish surname of antiquity. It is said to originate from the pre 10th century Gaelic Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh, "The male descendant of the follower of St. Miadhach". Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh ‘descendant of Maoilmhiadhach’, a personal name meaning ‘honorable chief’.
Spellings & Pronunciations
Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling: Mulvay, Mulve, Mulvee, Mulvey, Mulvy, Mulveagh, Mulvie, and others.
Nationality & Ethnicity
Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh, O Mulmee, Mulvey; 'descendant of Maolmiadhach' (honourable chief); the name of a family of the same stock as the MacRannals and O'Farrells, who were chiefs of Muinntear Chearbhalláin, in Magh Nisi, a district on the east side of the Shannon, in the barony and county of Leitrim, and sometimes of all Muinntear Eolais. The family, which was a distinguished one, is frequently mentioned in the Irish annals, and is still well represented in Co. Leitrim.
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Henry Rushing, Brenda Gobels, Diane Barnett, Rebecca Mahan, Carolyn Raulston, Kay Millspaugh, Connie Milligan, Janet Wathen, Sue McGehee, Ernest Mulvey, Charles Mulvey, Larry Kingston, Cade Wentz, Joe Williams, Donald Porter, Robert McGehee, Edward Jennings, Norman Ellis, Tony Dodson, Bruce Coffee, Gary Brown, Setiva Marie Reemer, Shirley O'Neal, Carolyn Cowsert, James William Hopper, Karen Patton, Suzette Bennett, Johna Rummele, Ralph Mann, Charles Rushing, Terry Raymer, John Sisk, Mike Gott, Jimmy Jones, Larry Schneider, Randy Tite, Glen Syers, Andy Hopson, Gary Emery, Jimmie DeVous, Jimmie Dale, Mike Bramlett, Paul Bishop, Annette Dempsey, Ruth Ann Cremeens, Bonita Carnahan, Joanne Bayer, Diane Galloway, Audry Jennings, Margaret Lackey, Virginia Millspaugh, Kathy Mossman, Pamela Vickery, Jerry Marshall, Leon Raymer, Bruce Raymer, Bruce Murphy, David Harbison, Kenny Roe, Richie Bayer, Gene Sanks, Mike Martin, Bert Wenzel, Ronnie Roe, David Patton, Wayne Pearce, Mike Miles, Roger Mahan, Johnny Gott, Mike Garza, Jackie Kanady, Nicky DeVous, Emanues Ellis, Lonnie Lane, Jimmie Pearee, Charles Dale, Mike Marshall, John Oldham, Xen Austin, Rodney Wenzel, Mike Gross, Keith Murphy, Jimmie Bayer, Debra Rexing, Sandra Patton, Sandra Karns, Linda Hopson, Maureen Patton, Marilyn Martin, Marilyn Millspaugh, Nancy DeVous, Connie Roe, Jonell Coffee, Leslie Mulvey Wayne Rexing, Gregory Moore, Gary Lane, Van Patton, Stephen Raymer, Howard Pierce, Mike Reynolds, Eddie Vickery, Wayne Shann, Luke Glover, Gary Franc, Stephen Wathen, Carolyn Patton, Sue Easton, Vicki Roe, Janet DeVous, Patty Payne, Connie Dempsey, Alice DeVous, Marilyn Roc, Sherry Ellis, Linda Garza, Wanda Gobel, Alunda Austin, Marsha Harrelson, Beverly Womack, Marcia Smith, Myrna Patton, Barbara Moore, Sandra Mahan, Nancy Brooks, Martha Bayer, Marthan Barnett, Lottie Payne, Sharon Patton, Cheryl McMurtry, Mary Langendorfer, Sandra Lane, Linda Lane, Jean Hopson, Joyce Barbre, Ruth Crest, Rosemary Wallace, Eunice Dempsey, Bonnie Emery, Carol Gowdy, Frances Carnahan, Pat Pierce, Melvin Galloway, Brenda Brown, Tommy Milligan, and Brenda Jone.
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