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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a Germanic personal name composed of magan ‘might’ or māg ‘kinsman’ + māri, mēri ‘famous’.
  • Johan Philip and Johannes Magemer settled in Berks Co., PA, in 1744.

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