Sidney Paterson taxi operator

Sidney Paterson Dec 1947

Parents:

• Birth*: Sidney Paterson taxi operator was born on 16 December 1926 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .¹
• He was the son of John Findlay Paterson baker, restaurenteur and Helen Summerton.
• (Groom) Marriage*: Sidney Paterson taxi operator married Margaret Reoch Duffus, daughter of William Clark Duffus and Mary Ann Donaldson Lawson, on Wednesday, 1 February 1950 at Lochee West Church, Lochee, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .²
• (Deceased) Death*: Sidney Paterson taxi operator died on 23 November 1987 at age 60.¹

• Anecdote*: Sidney never kept in very good health.³
• Anecdote*: One of Sidney Paterson's sons would visit his Aunt Ella when he was on leave.³
• Anecdote: Sidney married Margaret Reoch Duffus (I think aunt of John Duffus) in 1950. They had five children. Sidney won a lottery in Rhodesia and when the family came home, he bought the big house at the top of Tofthill in Lochee. John Duffus talks about staying there with his mother and sister before they moved to their own place. Sidney had Radio Taxis that operated out of Lochee for years. Margaret remembers that Sidney never kept very well and thinks he may have divorced Margaret and married someone else. He died in 2001.⁴

Census & Directory Entries

Resident	1 December 1949	Sidney Paterson taxi operator was listed at the same address as John Findlay Paterson baker, restaurenteur on 1 December 1949 at 62 Liff Road, Lochee, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Ward 3WD, Liff Road, 62, Paterson, John F; Paterson, Sidney; Paterson, Alexander R; Paterson, Annalesie; Voters Roll 1949 Dundee Ward 3WD [Sept 2009].
Principal	between 1954 and 1955	Sidney Paterson taxi operator appeared in a directory of between 1954 and 1955 living at 60a Liff Road, Lochee, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Paterson, Sidney, 60a Liff road, Lochee [Dundee Directory 1954-55 image held Jan 2010].