Mayor Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1309 people with the Mayor surname? In that year Mayor was ranked number 2320 for popularity in the UK. |
Mayor records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"MAVER, MAYOR, MAWER. From Gaelic moor, a subordinate officer in various capacities, a steward. The Scots pronunciation is Mawr. Mavor is a Speyside surname. Wille Mawar and Johnne Mawar were declared innocent of any part in the detention of King James m in Edinburgh Castle, 1482 (Lennox, n, p. 123). Walter Mawer witnessed a bond of caution in 1564 (ER., xrx, p. 530). John Mawar in Urquhart was warnea to appear before the Lord Regent, 1574, and David Mawer of the Loch (Lochs near Urquhart) was slain by some Inneses, 1576. Thomas Maueris is witness in Aberdeen, 1577 (SCM., n, p. 45), and Mark Mawar was member of Scots parliament for Elgin, 1593 (Hanna, n, p. 505). Michael Mawar was portioner of Urquhart, 1587, and John Mawer was a portioner there, 1595 (SCM., n, p. 129). Alexander Mawer was tenant under the marquis of Huntly, 1600 (ibid., rv, p. 287), and another Alexander Mawer was mair-depute in Aberdeen, 1688 (RFC., 3. ser. xm, p. 263). Mark Mawer of Mawerstoun (the town or tun of the moor) is in record, 1608 (Cawdor, p. 222), and Magister Walter Mawer was heir of Walter Mawer of Mawerstoun in lands in Fife, 1608 (Sc. Ant., vi, p. 40; Retours, Fife, 193). Mark Mavers was prisoner in the tolbooth of Elgin, 1686 (RFC., 3. ser. xn, p. 258), and John Maver of Overmest was indweller in Garmouth, parish of Urquhart, 1697 (Moray). William Maver in Banff (b. 1775) edited an edition of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary in 1809 with several thousand additions. In Anglicized spelling of Gaelic names w was often used for o. English MAWER, from mawer, 'a mower,' is of different origin. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Mayor Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Mayor Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Mayor family tree.
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Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Mayor family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records of the Mayor family.
Research the Mayor surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Mayor Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1373 people with the Mayor surname in the UK? Mayor is now ranked number 2792 for popularity in the UK. |
Mayor Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Mayor surname in the USA? Mayor is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Mayor Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the Mayor family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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