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Cabinet Print by the Painter and
Photographer
John Naismith Paton
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Photograph by
John Naismith Paton
SUBJECTS: James Paton (the
photographer's father)
holding his grandson, James Stuart Paton
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to Christina Paton,
daughter of the young James Stuart Paton in the photo above,
Photograph taken c.1895.
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James Paton
Photographers |
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Thank you John Humphrey, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
who has been piecing together information about Paton photographers in the
West of Scotland, using the IGI (International Genealogical Index)
on-line.
John writes: |
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"There were apparently two quite
different James Paton photographers in the West of Scotland.
Both James Patons had sons
called John, who became photographers.
They also both had sons called
James who, if they lived, and followed their fathers' trade, may also have
been the J. Paton or James Paton, photographers, at the different
locations/dates you mention"
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James Paton of Renfrew |
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James Paton was born 22 March 1829 at Port
Glasgow, Renfrew, parents John Paton and Mary Taylor. (This fits
with the 1881 Greenock census information).
He married Elizabeth Wilson in Paisley,
Renfrew, 28 Aug 1854 (per the parish register).
They had the following Children
- John Paton
(b. Abbey, Paisley, 2 April 1855)
- David Paton
(b. Abbey, Paisley, 22 Feb 1857)
- James Paton
(b. Abbey, Paisley, 11 July 1857)
- John Paton
(b. Abbey, Paisley, 28 Jan 1862)
- Hugh Wilson Paton
(b. Inverkip, Renfrew, 18 July
1864)
- Agnes Wilson Paton
(b. Inverkip,
Renfrew,14 Oct 1866)
- Mary Taylor Paton
(b. Greenock, Renfrew, 7
April 1869) |
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James Paton of ? Barony
(later Argyll) |
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Married Christina Naismith 24 April 1850
Barony, Lanarkshire (per the parish register).
They had a son John Naismith Paton born 13
October 1860 in Kilmallie, Argyll (per the parish
register).
John was not the oldest son, the other children
recorded in parish registers are as follows
- Christina Paton
(b. Aharacle, Argyll, 5 Feb 1851)
- Margaret
(b. Aharacle, Argyll, 20 Oct
1852)
- James
(b. Kilmallie, Argyll, 12 Aug
1855)
- William
(b. Kilmallie, Argyll 31 Jan 1857)
- Robina
(b. Kilmallie, Argyll, 19 April
1859)
- Marion
(b. Kilmallie, Argyll, 20 July 1862) |
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John Humphrey,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: July 16, 2006 |
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James Paton |
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Thank you to Judy King (nee
Paton), great-granddaughter of Hugh Paton,
who wrote:
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"In the 1891 census James has
moved down the road to 19 Deanside Lane, Glasgow, and was a hammerman.
In 1901 he was living at 45 Shuttle Street, Glasgow, with his wife
and daughters Flora and Mary. He was then a foundry labourer."
I wonder whether James Paton's
connection with the McCualskys is that he married into the family. I
make this supposition, because in the 1901 Census James and Margaret's
daughter Mary has "McL" as her middle name. Knowing the Scottish
tradition of preserving the mother's maiden name as their children's
middle names, this could well stand for McCualsky. It would explain so
many pictures of (presumably) Margaret's relatives, albeit taken by
James's brother Hugh. |
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Judy King (nee Paton): September 24, 2008 |
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