man‎William Paterson‏‎
Born ‎± 1821 Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Baptised ‎3 Oct 1821 Edzell, Angus, Scotland
Died ‎8 May 1881 Oakey Creek, Queensland, Australia‎, age approximately 60 years
Buried ‎9 May 1881 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Toowoomba Cemetery, Old Presbyterian Section (Section 1), Block 5, Grave 61
Occupation: Before 1881 - Overseer
Religion: Congregational Church
Immigrated (‎1865 Scotland)

Married ‎9 Oct 1855 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, age approximately 34 years High Church (married 25 years) to:

womanElizabeth Jane McCarrol‏, age by marriage approximately 19 years
Born ‎± 1836
Died ‎9 Apr 1918 Queensland, Australia‎, age approximately 82 years
Buried ‎10 Apr 1918 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Toowoomba Cemetery, Old Presbyterian Section (Section 1), Block 5, Allotment 60
Immigrated (‎1865 Scotland)

Children:

1.
womanJane Paterson‏
Born ‎31 Mar 1856 Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Died ‎15 Jul 1932 Queensland, Australia‎, age 76 years

2.
manWilliam McCarroll Paterson‏
Born ‎29 May 1858 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Died ‎14 Jul 1917 Dalby, Queensland, Australia Dalby Hospital‎, age 59 years
Buried ‎15 Jul 1917 Dalby, Queensland, Australia Dalby's Old Cemetery, Section M, Grave 1807
Occupation: 1881 - Labourer At Time Of Marriage, 2 - Butcher, 3 - 1917 - Drover
Religion: Roman Catholic

3.
womanElizabeth Moir Paterson‏
Born ‎29 Jul 1860 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland‎

4.
man‎Charles Paterson‏‎
Born ‎6 Aug 1862 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland High Church
Died ‎4 Sep 1952 Queensland, Australia‎, age 90 years

5.
man‎David McKenn Paterson‏‎
Born ‎5 Jan 1866 Queensland, Australia‎

6.
manJoseph Paterson‏
Born ‎2 Feb 1868 Queensland, Australia
Died ‎4 Aug 1947 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia‎, age 79 years
Buried Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Mt Thompson Crematorium
Source for person: Joseph - same dates as you have. He was cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane.

Fanny - born 13/12/1865 in Gladstone, Qld (parents William Kirkpatrick & Matilda Taylor). Fanny died on the 3/6/1953 and she is also at Mt Thompson.

Joseph & Fanny were married on the 13/11/1888 at Calliope, Qld.

Children of Joseph & Fanny:-
1. Maud - born 30/3/1889, Calliope, Qld (no other information)
2. William - same information that you have.
3. Elizabeth - same information
4. Joseph - same information
5. James - I didn't have his marriage date....thank you.
6. Florence - born 13/7/1899, Qld. Married James William Atwell on the 18/4/1927 in Qld. No death found for Florence yet.
7. Fanny May - born 15/9/1901, Qld. Married Robert Leslie Atwell on the 21/4/1930. Fanny May died in 1986 and was cremated on the 10/12/1986 at Toowoomba.
8. Eva Matilda - born 6/11/1903, Qld. Married Edwin Eric Westaway on the 28/8/1926 in Brisbane, Qld.
‎17 Oct 2003

7.
man‎James Paterson‏‎
Born ‎29 Dec 1869 Queensland, Australia‎

8.
man‎Alexander Paterson‏‎
Born ‎20 Nov 1871 Queensland, Australia
Died ‎8 Feb 1910 Queensland, Australia‎, age 38 years

9.
womanMargaret Ferguson Paterson‏
Born ‎22 Jan 1874 Queensland, Australia
Died ‎2 Jul 1954 Queensland, Australia‎, age 80 years
Buried Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Toowoomba Cemetery, Old Presbyterian Section (Section 1), Block 5, Allotment 60

10.
manJohn Paton Paterson‏
Born ‎7 Mar 1877 Queensland, Australia
Died ‎20 Jan 1951 Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia‎, age 73 years
Buried Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia
Source for person: Hi Colin



I thought I'd sent this message last night but can't find it in my 'sent items' folder so will resend in case.
Just writing to thank you for your Sandercock Family website as it's helped fill in a big gap in my family history on my grandmother's side. I am distantly connected to you through your aunt, Claire Sandercock, who married one of my Paterson relatives. Thomas Skene Paterson was descended from James Paterson; my branch of the family is descended from his brother William.

Some of my relatives have traced our line back to William and his father Alexander but until I saw your site I wasn't aware that William's brother James had also emigrated from Scotland to the Toowoomba district. Nobody in my family knows much about the Patersons at all, probably because my grandmother's father, John Paton Paterson left his three young children in the care of his sister Elizabeth Moir Paterson to raise after his wife died. Elizabeth sent them to boarding school in Brisbane and they spent their holidays with her at Hides Hotel (Cairns) which she owned and ran, so they probably didn't see much of their Toowoomba Paterson relatives. John Paton virtually disappeared after his wife's death. We know he visited his children a few times and that he lived at Hall's Creek for a long time. We also have some war records - his horse was shot from under him at one stage. Rumour is that he had an alcohol problem and that he didn't think much of western civilisation, preferring to live with the Aborigines at Halls Creek - maybe there are lots of Aboriginal Paterson relatives we don't know about!. One of my relatives recently tracked down his death certificate. He died at Sunset, a hospital at Nedlands, north of Perth on 20 Jan 1951, aged 75 and is buried in the Prebyterian Cemetery, Karrakatta, W.A.

I'd love to know more about John Paton's early life and about his Paterson relatives. Is it possible for me to contact Noelinda Lawlor whose email you quote as your main source for the Paterson information on your site?

If you and/or Noelinda would like to know more about John Paton's descendants, please email me or you could look at the 'Hinckfuss' family tree my sister has put on Ancestry.com.

Do you know if there are any Patersons still living in the Toowoomba area? I live in Kingaroy, only an hour and a half hour's drive away, so could easily contact them if any are interested in the family history.

Last time I was in Toowoomba I tried to find William's grave and couldn't, but found the graves of James and his wife Margaret Skene, and next to that the grave of their son David Skene. The inscriptions read:

'Sacred to the memory of JAMES PATERSON, native of Aberdeen, Scotland. Beloved husband of MARGARET SKENE. Died Sept 22 1905, aged 73 years. Blessed are the dead which die in the lord. Also his wife MARGARET SKENE PATERSON native of Aberdeen, Scotland, died June 16, 1923 in her 83rd year.'

'In Sacred Memory of my beloved husband and our father DAVID SKENE PATERSON, died 29th Nov. 1928, aged 58 years. Be still and know that I am God'

I have a couple of photos of the graves and inscriptions I could email if anyone's interested.

Once again, thanks for all your great info.

Regards

Lee Jacobsen
‎21 Oct 2003



Nobody in my family knows much about the Patersons at all, probably because my grandmother's father, John Paton Paterson left his three young children in the care of his sister Elizabeth Moir Paterson to raise after his wife died. Elizabeth sent them to boarding school in Brisbane and they spent their holidays with her at Hides Hotel (Cairns) which she owned and ran, so they probably didn't see much of their Toowoomba Paterson relatives. John Paton virtually disappeared after his wife's death. We know he visited his children a few times and that he lived at Hall's Creek for a long time. We also have some war records - his horse was shot from under him at one stage. Rumour is that he had an alcohol problem and that he didn't think much of western civilisation, preferring to live with the Aborigines at Halls Creek - maybe there are lots of Aboriginal Paterson relatives we don't know about!. One of my relatives recently tracked down his death certificate. He died at Sunset, a hospital at Nedlands, north of Perth on 20 Jan 1951, aged 75 and is buried in the Prebyterian Cemetery, Karrakatta, W.A.


11.
manGeorge Robert Paterson‏
Born ‎± 1879 Queensland, Australia‎

12.
man‎Benjamin Stratton Paterson‏‎
Born ‎29 May 1881 Queensland, Australia‎


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Citation for: Family Page
"Family Page: William Paterson & Elizabeth Jane McCarrol." HuMo-genealogy - Colin Sandercock's Family Tree (http://sandercock.net/family/index.php?page=family&tree_id=2&id=F20&main_person=I75 : accessed 19 April 2024) William Paterson #I25, born ‎± 1821 Brechin, Angus, Scotland

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