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Down / Re: Hugh Paterson
« on: Monday 13 October 08 23:20 BST (UK)  »
Dear Jim

I have downloaded www.combefronline.org history section. Phew! what an amazing collection of date. At Last I know the exact location of the townland of Ballyhenry. I found pp 57 - 67 particularly interesting as there are several McMillen's mentioned there. One Robert McMillan was significant as I know that my great-grandmother had a brother namely, Robert McMillan who was known to the family as 'rich uncle Robert' because he had a boot and shoe business in Nottingham. I have a picture of him taken with my grandfather (his nephew namely Robert McMillan Paterson. The Robert McMillan who appears on your history section may well have been a relative - who knows?

Your site is extremely interesting and I will take time to study it in detail.

Meantime, if any in your history society think they can help me then they are free to contact me at my personal e-mail address: Moderator comment: email address removed to prevent spam and other abuses, Please use the PM system to exchange such info

Meantime, thanks again!

Bob

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Down / Re: Hugh Paterson
« on: Monday 13 October 08 22:48 BST (UK)  »
Dear Jim!

Good to hear from you. Could this be the breakthrough I have been looking for all these years. Any further help you can give will be greatly appreciated. Meantime, will do as you say and download your historical index to Comber area on www.comberonline.org

Thanks again for getting in touch. Meantime I have sent an e-mail to the Newtownards Chronicle with attachment of two pictures of Hugh Paterson and his wife taken in the 1880s. If you live in the vicinity of Newtownards then you might read something in the Chronicle.

Meantime, many thanks for getting in touch.

Robert Paterson Currie

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Down / Re: McDowall
« on: Tuesday 04 July 06 10:13 BST (UK)  »
Although I cannot be sure, I believe it to have been in the early 1900s. Sadly, I once possessed a photograph of Aggie and her spouse but foolishly destroyed it long ago. Are you a McDowall?

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Antrim / William Paterson
« on: Thursday 26 January 06 22:13 GMT (UK)  »
Does anyone out there have the family tree of William Paterson born County Down in the 18th century. He was taken to America as a child together with his siblings when the family emigrated to the then British colony. In manhood the said William was a lawyer and a member of the American Senate who assisted in the framing of the American Constitution.  William Paterson's services to the new American government were duly recognized by their naming the the town of Paterson, New Jersey in his honour. If anyone has the family tree of the said William Paterson I would be greatly indebted to them if they were able to provide me a copy.

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Down / Re: James McDowell or Patterson
« on: Sunday 20 November 05 15:48 GMT (UK)  »
Hi There!

All I know is that the Agnes or Aggie McDowall or M'Dole on my family tree gave birth to eleven sets of twins - not all of which survived. I once possessed a photograph of Aggie and her husband (whose name I do not know) but foolishly destroyed it years ago. I don't quite know where she fits in to my Paterson/McMillan or Mullen Irish connections. My great grandfather was namely, Hugh Paterson of Ballyhenry (Weaver) bor 1825. I wonder if any of this helps you.

Robert Paterson Currie

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Down / Re: McMillan
« on: Thursday 07 July 05 14:41 BST (UK)  »
I regret to say that there can be no connection as siblings with Robert McMillan since his mother was namely Agnes: nee Crawford. Thanks for getting in touch.
The thing is, however, there could be family connections somewhat wider on the line. I have a photograph of the said Robert with my grandfather (his namesake). He did so well in business in Nottingham that he was known widely throughou the family folklore as 'rich uncle Robert'. Note he married late in life a Miss Dent of the Glove Manufacturer family namely Dent's Gloves - so we know where the money went eh!

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Down / Re: James McDowell or Patterson
« on: Wednesday 06 July 05 14:24 BST (UK)  »
In case it is of any interest: Alexander Titteringtonborn Kilwarlin 24 April, 1810 married Anne Jane Bell. The said Alexander died 22 May, 1890. There were three children of the union namely William John born 23 March 1839, Jemima 6 April 1842, Edward Knox 27 July, 1844. The said Alexander is interred at Kilwalin Moravian Church Cemetery ocated between Hillsborough and Moira with two of his issue namely William John and Edward Knox. Alexander's wife namely, Anne Jane nee Bell is buried with Jemima in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh. The family address at the time of the births mentioned above was Bow Street, Lisburn.

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Down / McDowall
« on: Wednesday 06 July 05 14:14 BST (UK)  »
In my family history folklore the name Aggie or Agnes McDowall is especially remembered for the fact that she gave birth to no less than eleven (11) sets of twins not all of which survived. However this is such a birth record as would make her remembered in Irish circles in the parish of Newtownards. Her maiden surname may have been Paterson perhaps even McMillan for these are the others names which feature in my Ulster Scots ancestry. If anyone out there has any information about Aggie McDowall please contact me. I once possessed a photo of Aggie and her husband - alas no more.

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Down / Re: James McDowell or Patterson
« on: Wednesday 06 July 05 13:56 BST (UK)  »
This association of McDowell and or Patterson intrigues me. My Irish descendants were from Newtonards in County Down Gt.Gt.Grandfather William Paterson. My Gt.Grandfather Hugh Paterson from Ballyhenry in the parish of Newtownards was born in 1825 and came to Glasgow in the 1840s ( a handloom weaver who set himself up in business with a Beaming Shop in the east-end of the city. As for McDowall. My mother spoke much of an Aggie or Agnes McDowall - believe it or not she gave birth to eleven sets of twins (that must be a record) although not all survived. I once possessed a photograph of she and her husband but sadly missing from my archive now. I expect you know that the town of Paterson, New Jersey was named in honour of a William Paterson who came to the USA as a child with his parents. He was a clever lad who became a lawyer and a senator and had something to do with the framing of the constitution of the USA which is why he was honoured in that way. I have reason to believe that my Gt.Gt. Grandfather is of that bloodline but have never been able to prove. The Mormon Temple Library in Arizona will confirm the details of William Paterson and his claim to fame through his activities in the US government and the naming of the town Paterson in his honour.


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