- Birth*: Mary Findlay Paterson was born on 23 August 1894 at 4 Union Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1894 births in the district of Lochee in the burgh of Dundee, ref 287; Mary Findlay Paterson, 1894 August Twenty-Third 8h 45m am, 4 Union Street Lochee, m, father William Paterson furniture dealer, mother Ann Paterson ms Runciman, 1880 December 24th Dundee, informant Wm Paterson father, registered 1894 September 12 at Lochee J Robertson registrar.1
- She was the daughter of William Paterson powerloom tenter and Ann Runciman yarn winder.
- (Bride) Marriage*: Mary Findlay Paterson married David Ireland Hill, son of Alexander Hill and Agnes Ireland, on 9 April 1926 at 16 Coupar Angus Road, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1926 on the ninth day of April at 16 Coupar Anngus Road after banns according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland; David Ireland Hill assistant jute mill overseer bachelor, 31, 29 High Street Lochee, Alexander [Rankin?] Hill general [dealer?] Agnes Hill ms Ireland; Mary Findlay Paterson furniture shop assistant spinster, 31, 37 High Street Lochee, William Paterson furniture dealer Annie Paterson ms Runciman; Evelyn Gall BD minister St Lukes Parish Church Lochee, John C Smart 37 High Street Lochee, Elizabeth Rankin Hill 39 High Steet Lochee witnesses; 1926 April 13th at Lochee John R Reid registrar.2
- (Deceased) Death*: Mary Findlay Paterson died on 11 November 1944 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , at age 50.3,4
- Occupation*: Mary was furniture shop assistant.5
- (Witness) Marriage: She witnessed the marriage of David Paterson electrical engineer and Elizabeth Moonie Whitton on Friday, 11 December 1914 at St Luke's Manse, Lochee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1914, On the eleventh day of December at St Luke's Manse, Lochee, after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland; signed David Paterson, electrical engineer (corporal (City of Dundee Royal Engineers)), bachelor, aged 24, 37 High Street, Lochee, parents William Paterson, house furnisher, Annie Paterson ms Runciman; signed Elizabeth Whitton, yarn winder, spinster, aged 22, 19 Park Avenue, Dundee, parents David Harris Whitton, stone quarrier, Catherine Whitton ms Johnston; signed Wm May, St Luke's Parish, Lochee, Dundee, signed Robert S Paterson, witness, Mary Paterson, witness; registered 1914 December 14th at Lochee, signed John Robertson Nicoll registrar.6,7,8
- (Witness) Marriage: Mary Findlay Paterson witnessed the marriage of Henry Paterson jute machinery designer and Isabella Mason Swanley on Wednesday, 23 January 1924 at 20 Coupar Angus Road, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1924 on the Twenty-Third day of Januay at 20 Coupar Angus Road, Lochee after banns according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland; Henry Paterson machine fitter widower, 37, 14 Marshall Street Lochee, William Paterson furniture dealer, Annie Paterson ms Runciman; Isabella Mason Swanley spinster, 39, 14 Marshall Street Lochee, Thomas Swanley factory overseer, Isabella Swanley ms Kinnear; signed Richard Gibb minister of Lochee Parish Church, Archibald T Peffers 142 Liff Road Lochee, Mary Paterson 37 High Street Lochee witnesses; 1924 January 25th at Lochee John E Cant assit registrar.9
- Married Name: As of 30 April 1926, her married name was Hill.
- (Witness) Memorial Inscription: Mary Findlay Paterson is commemorated on the headstone erected by Ann Runciman yarn winder in 1927 at Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Inscription reads P; erected by Ann Runciman In loving memory of her husband William Paterson who died 14th October 1924; also their children John, William, Susan and Charles who died in infancy; The above Ann Runciman died 17th October 1932; And their daughter Mary F Paterson wife of David Hill who died 11th November 1944 aged 50 years; their grandson William P Smart who died in infancy; And of her parents James Runciman and Ann Moncrieff; And her brother and sister John and Jean; small stone below To the memory of Our Dear Father and Mother.10
- (Bride) Marriage*: Mary Findlay Paterson married David Ireland Hill, son of Alexander Hill and Agnes Ireland, on 9 April 1926 at 16 Coupar Angus Road, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1926 on the ninth day of April at 16 Coupar Anngus Road after banns according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland; David Ireland Hill assistant jute mill overseer bachelor, 31, 29 High Street Lochee, Alexander [Rankin?] Hill general [dealer?] Agnes Hill ms Ireland; Mary Findlay Paterson furniture shop assistant spinster, 31, 37 High Street Lochee, William Paterson furniture dealer Annie Paterson ms Runciman; Evelyn Gall BD minister St Lukes Parish Church Lochee, John C Smart 37 High Street Lochee, Elizabeth Rankin Hill 39 High Steet Lochee witnesses; 1926 April 13th at Lochee John R Reid registrar.2
- [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), image held, GROS statutory births 282/05 0287, from CPT [May 2009].
- [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), image held, statutory marriages 282/04 0050;1926 marriages in the district of Lochee in the burgh of Dundee; ref 50; [Sept 2009].
- [S21] Headstone Photograph; , from MI, CPT [Sept 2010].
- [S47] Ancestry.com Ancestry Public Member Trees, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;, Ancestry member RWS Miller1 [Jun 2020].
- [S6] CPT handwritten tree [Sept 2010].
- [S25] Unknown author C Turnham, n.pub., n.p., unknown edition (unknown publish date) unknown isbn CPT.
- [S26] Unknown author Robert Whitton, n.pub., n.p., unknown edition (unknown publish date) unknown isbn www.robertwhitton.eu.
- [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, Original document: extracted from the register book of marriages for the district of Lochee in the burgh of Dundee, 14th December 1914 [CPT Sept 2009].
- [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, image held; GROS stautory marriages 282/04 0010; 1924 marriages in the district of Lochee in the burgh of Dundee; [from CPT May 2009].
- [S21] Headstone Photograph; , CPT [Sept 2010].
- [S17] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS 1901 [Aug 2005].
- [S17] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS census 1911 282/05 011/00 004 [Jun 2011].
Mary Findlay Paterson
F, #6348, b. 23 August 1894, d. 11 November 1944
Last Edited: 7 Aug 2022
Parents:
Father*: William Paterson powerloom tenter b. 3 Apr 1860, d. 14 Oct 1927
Mother*: Ann Runciman yarn winder b. 19 Jun 1859, d. 17 Oct 1932
Mother*: Ann Runciman yarn winder b. 19 Jun 1859, d. 17 Oct 1932
Relationship:
1st cousin 3 times removed of Robert Carson 'the Computer Doctor'
Family:
David Ireland Hill b. c 1895
Child:
Alastair Hill+ b. 26 Dec 1926, d. 3 Jan 2012