Local historian and author John Henderson will give a talk about his latest book, “Early McCarthy Families of Co. Androscoggin, Maine,” from 4-5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, in the Androscoggin Community Room at the Auburn Public Library. The talk will focus on the key findings of his original genealogical research assembled in his recently published work. Henderson studied more than 38 families and will discuss origins in Ireland, as well as occupational and settlement patterns in Androscoggin County.
Auburn and Lewiston have a significant Irish heritage: In 1850 nearly one in four people in Lewiston was of Irish descent, and from about 1880 to about 1920 the Irish dominated the social and political scene of the city. Auburn, too, had its Irish community and neighborhoods. “McCarthy” is the most numerous surname in Ireland, and was a leading name in late 19th and early 20th Century Auburn and Lewiston.
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