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Hello there. I've just returned to researching my Family Tree after a break (a fairly common occurrence) and I found your post.
Thomas Patterson and Maria Ferguson were my ggg grandparents. I believe that their daughter Margaret married an O'Brien, their marriage being the first "mixed" marriage in the area. My Patterson farmed on the Lurgan estate and I was luckily enough to visit the Brownlow Mansion in Lurgan earlier this year when I was on holidays from Australia. Thomas Patterson (the son of Thomas and Maria) went to live in Scotland and lived in my hometown of Greenock in Renfrewshire. It is possible therefore that the O'briens did too. We're clearly related and I would love to communicate with you further.
Sheena
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