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By Boyce Thompson

Margaret Maguire’s Parents Hated That She Married a Tailor

Though we know very little about the life of my third great grandmother Margaret Maguire (1794-1880), this much has been passed down: Her parents were pretty pissed when she took a tailor, John Robinson, for a first husband in Belfast Northern Ireland. Tailoring may seem like a pretty noble occupation today. But Maguire’s father, a […]

Filed Under: Families, Maguire, Ough, Thompson Tagged With: Hanna Ough, Hazel Plate, John Robinson, Margaret Maguire, Reverand James Bradshaw, William Boyce Thompson, William Thompson

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