On the 1850 US census for NYC, Mary appears as an O'Brien with two children in the household of John O'Brien. Also present is a Patrick Gilligan and a Patrick and Mary Kilduff. It is possible that Patrick Gilligan met Mary O'Brien in NYC and married her after she was widowed. Her children appear as Gilligans in the 1860 census.
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