William Paterson

Willie Paterson 1945

Parents:

• Birth*: William Paterson was born on 28 March 1918 at Springs, Gauteng, South Africa, .^1,2
• He was the son of Henry Paterson jute machinery designer and Jessie Doig Swanley.
• (Deceased) Death*: William Paterson died in 1972.²

• (Witness) Passenger List: He was mentioned on a passenger list with Henry Paterson jute machinery designer and Isabella Kinnear Paterson and Thomas Renwick Swanley Paterson on the Balmoral Ship Castle Line on 12 October 1919 at from Natal, Southampton, Hampshire, England, . Henry Paterson, fitter, 33, from South Africa to Scotland;
  Ella Paterson, 6;
  Renwick Paterson, 3;
  William Paterson, 1.³
• (Informant) Death: William Paterson registered the death of Henry Paterson jute machinery designer on 27 January 1970 at Royal Infirmary, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Henry Paterson, jute mill manager (retired), widower, DoB 20 Nov 1886, age 83 years; spouses 1) Jessie Swanley 2) Isabella Mason Swanley; died 1970 January twenty-seventh 0345 hours Royal Infirmary Dundee, ur 75 Tullidef Road Lochee; father William Paterson furniture dealer (dec), mother Annie Paterson ms Runciman (dec); cause 1a) congestive cardiac failure 1b) myocardial infarction 1c) coronary artery thrombosis as cert by A M M Shepherd MBChB; informant William Paterson son; registered 1970 January 27th ... ... registrar.⁴

Military Service

• Military Service*: William Paterson served with the Black Watch between 1939 and 1945 in India.⁵