Robert Sinclair Paterson

Robert Sinclair Paterson 1914

Paterson Family 1914 L-R: Madeleine, Ann Runciman, David, Harry, William, Robert S, Jane Ann, Mary Findlay

1920s India; L-R brothers David Paterson, Bert (RS) Paterson, Harry (Henry) Paterson

Electric Lights Company, City of Dundee (Fortress) Royal Engineers

Parents:

• Birth*: Robert Sinclair Paterson was born on 8 August 1893 at 4 Union Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1893 births in the district of Lochee in the burgh of Dundee, ref 262; Robert Sinclair Paterson, 1893 August Eighth 3h 0m pm, 4 Union Street Lochee, m, father William Paterson furniture dealer, mother Ann Paterson ms Runciman, 1880 December 24th Dundee, informant Wm Paterson father, registered 1899 [sic] August 28 at Lochee J Robertson registrar.¹
• He was the son of William Paterson powerloom tenter and Ann Runciman yarn winder.
• (Groom) Marriage*: Robert Sinclair Paterson married Margaret Rae Kinnear, daughter of William Fyffe Kinnear printers reader & newspaper reporter and Jane McCraw, on 21 December 1923 at St Andrews, Bombay, India, .²
• (Informant) Death*: Robert Sinclair Paterson registered the death of Robert Sinclair Paterson on 9 June 1970 at Royal Infirmary, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; cancer.^3,4,5
• Obituary: The obituary of Robert Sinclair Paterson was was published on 10 June 1970. Mr Robert S. Paterson dead: Mr Robert S. Paterson, 3a Norwood Terrace, Dundee, died last night in Dundee Royal Infirmary.
  Until his retiral a few years ago, Mr Paterson owned R. Kilpatrick & Co., Ltd., the electrical contracting and refrigeration firm at 5 Albert Square.
  For 19 years until 1939 he was with the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation. He became the corporation's sales manager.
  Before going to India he worked with Dundee Corporation.
  When he returned to Dundee Mr Paterson became general manager of R. Kilpatrick & Co. He took over the business in 1953.
  Mr Paterson was an A.M.I.E.E.
  Junior Footballer
  Before he went to India he played football for Arnot as a junior and turned out a few times for Dundee F.C. He also played football in Calcutta.
  During the first world war he was C.Q.M.S. with the City of Dundee Royal Engineers and was decorated.
  Mr Paterson was a member of Balgay Bowling Club. A past-president of the club, he was also a past-president of the ex-presidents' association.
  Mr Paterson, who was a Rotarian, was a member of St John's (Cross) Church.
  He is survived by his wife and his son and daughter.
  His son is Mr Ian Paterson the well-known singer and actor, and his daughter Margaret is the wife of Dr G.W. Johnston, Aberdeen.⁴
  [memo : A.M.I.E.E. = Associate Member of Institution of Electricial Engineers. C.Q.M.S. = Company Quartermaster Sergeant]

• Name Variation: As of circa 1914, Robert Sinclair Paterson was also known as Bert.
• (Witness) Marriage: He witnessed the marriage of David Paterson electrical engineer and Elizabeth Moonie Whitton yarn winder 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
• Business-Owner*: Robert Sinclair Paterson was owners of the business Kilpatrick & Co Ltd, Electrical Engineers and Contractors circa 1945 at 5 Albert Square, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .
  

  

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household	31 March 1901	They was listed as a member of the household of William Paterson powerloom tenter and Ann Runciman yarn winder in the 1901 census at 178 High Street, Lochee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Robert Paterson, son, 7, scholar, Lochee; William Paterson, head, mar, 40, cabinet maker, Montrose; Annie Paterson, wife, mar, 41, Rait Perthshire.9
Member of Household	31 March 1911	They was listed as a member of the household of William Paterson powerloom tenter and Ann Runciman yarn winder in the 1911 census at Benvie Place, 37 High Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Robert Patterson, son, 18, single, engineer draughtsman at iron works, worker, b Forfarshire Lochee; William Patterson, head, 51, married, furniture broker, working on own account, b Forfarshire Montrose; Ann, wife, 51, married 30 years, 10 children born, 6 still living, b Perthshire Raitt; 3 rooms with windows, 6 people in household.10

Military Service

• Military Service*: Robert Sinclair Paterson served with the Royal Engineers Electric Lights Company, City of Dundee (Fortress) in August 1914.¹¹
• Military Service: Robert Sinclair Paterson served with the Royal Engineers Electric Lights Company, City of Dundee (Fortress) in 1919 was demobbed.¹¹