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mather Name Meaning and History

  1. occupational name for a mower or reaper of grass or hay, Old English m?ðere. Compare Mead, Mower. Hay was formerly of great importance, not only as feed for animals in winter but also for bedding.
  2. in southern Lancashire, where it has long been a common surname, it is probably a relatively late development of Madder (see Mader).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of mather Families in the US in 1920
Number of mather families
 108-213
 37-107		 1-36
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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