Born
28 Feb 1817 in
Scarfskerry, Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland
Ancestors
Died
16 Apr 1878
at age 61
in
Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland
Profile last modified 19 Dec 2022
| Created 4 Jul 2014
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Biography
Christening
6 Mar 1817 Dunnet. witnesses: Katherine Thomson, Margaret Paterson[1]
Marriage
15 Jan 1847 Canisbay Donald Patterson to Catharine Banks[2]
Census
1851 Post Office and School, Mey, Canisbay age 32, schoolmaster, with wife and children
1861 Mey, Canisbay age 41, schoolmaster and postmaster, with wife and children
1871 Post Office, Mey, Canisbay, age 53, teacher with wife and son
Death
16 Apr 1878 Canisbay age 61[3]
Burial
Dunnett Old churchyard 140
Sources
↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBM6-HRZ : 12 February 2020), Donald Paterson, 1817.
↑ Scotlands People; https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ; Old Parish Registers, Banns and Marriages; 1847; Canisbay 035/ 20 215
↑ Scotlands People; https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ; Statutory Registers-Deaths, 1878; Canisbay 035/11
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