William Elder Paterson marine engineer

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• Birth*: William Elder Paterson marine engineer was born on 24 January 1909 at 9 Kirkgate, Cupar, Fife, Scotland, ; 1909 births in the district of Cupar in the county of Fife, ref 10; William Elder Paterson, 1909 January Twenty-fourth 9h 0m pm 9 Kirkgate Cupar; male; parenst John Findlay Paterson baker's vanman and Helen Paterson ms Summerton m 1904 December 29th Dundee; infromant John indlay Paterson father presenr; registered 1909 February 8th at Cupar Alex M Maclachlan assist registrar, initialled CW (Chas Welch registrar.)^1,2,3
• He was the son of John Findlay Paterson baker, restaurenteur and Helen Summerton.
• (Groom) Marriage*: William Elder Paterson marine engineer married Margaret Burke Kilhooley on Saturday, 23 January 1937 at 60 Liff Road, Lochee, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; 1937 on the twenty-third day of January at 60 Liff Road Lochee after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland; William Elder Paterson marine engineer, aged 27, 60 Liff Road Lochee, John Findlay Paterson baker, Helen Haughton Paterson ms Summerton; Maggie Burke Kilhooley, spool winder spinster, aged 25, 275 Hawkhill Dundee, William Kilhooley general labourer, Jessie Kirlhooley ms Beattie (dec); signed William Bodia minister of St Lukes Lochee, Alex Paterson 60 Liff Road Lochee, Helen Paterson 60 Liff Road Lochee witnesses, 1937 February 1st at Lochee John E Cant asst registrar.⁴
• (Deceased) Death*: William Elder Paterson marine engineer died circa 1953 had cancer.⁵
• (Erector) Memorial Inscription*: A Headstone was erected by William Elder Paterson marine engineer on 29 October 1948 at Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, . Inscription reads Erected by William Paterson in loving memory of his dear wife Margaret Kilhooley who died 28th October 1948 aged 32 years; Also his mother Helen Summerton Paterson who died 14th January 1949 aged 67 years; And his younger brother Edward who died in infancy 7th March 1925; Edward Summerton Paterson 1937-2004.⁶
  

  Dundee Balgay Cemetery - William Paterson & Margaret Kilhooley

• Address*: As of circa 1930, William Elder Paterson marine engineer lived at Zimbabwe, ; from conversation with Margaret N M Dickson (granddaughter of John Paterson (39.))
• (Witness) Death: He registered the death of Margaret Burke Kilhooley on 28 October 1943 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; at birth of child.⁷
• Anecdote*: William was an upholsterer and made two chairs for Margaret when she married in 1947. He married Margaret Kilhooley in about 1933. They had two sons and then Margaret died after giving birth to their daughter Yvonne in 1943. Yvonne was adopted by her Aunt Cissie and presumably went to Rhodesia with her. William also went to Rhodesia at some point after his wife died and may have taken his sons with him. William died fairly young of cancer in about 1953, but this was in Dundee. The two sons, Edward (who is buried in Balgay Cemetery) and Ronald are reputed to have been horse-racing jockeys – we can’t believe that this would be something they were exposed to in Lochee, so wonder if they were in Rhodesia too. But there is a confirmation of the jockey thing in the Courier in August 1956 –
  “Wrong Jockey - Right Horse
  When Mr and Mrs Patterson, 9, Findcastle Place, Dundee visited Brighton they went to the races.. The attraction was their son, Ronnie due to ride his second mount of the season. Its name was Grand Reject. They weren't the only Dundonians interested. Many punters in Lochee backed Grand Reject because of its Dundee jockey.
  But the horse's name was significant. At the weigh-in Dundee's only jockey was rejected. He was four pounds over weight. The race was given to substitute jockey Paul Tulk. The two most disappointed people in Brighton were Mum and Dad Patterson, but not the Lochee punters, Paul the substitute, rode so well that Grande Reject was first past the post by four lengths. And the odds were 5-1. [August 1956 - Bygone News - Dundee City Council (drawn from local papers of the time); Sept 2009]⁸

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household	2 April 1911	They was listed as a member of the household of John Findlay Paterson baker, restaurenteur and Helen Summerton in the 1911 census at 12 Marybank Lane, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . William Patterson, son, 2, b Cupar Fife; John Patterson, head, 28, yarn warehouseman in the jute industry, worker, b Lochee; Ellen, wife, 29, married 6 years, 3 children, 3 living; 1 room with windows; 5 people living in the household.9
Principal	between 1949 and 1950	William Elder Paterson marine engineer appeared in a directory of between 1949 and 1950 living at 183 South road, Lochee, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Paterson, William, 183 South Road, Lochee.10