Which of the Paton photographers were related
to each other?
Answer 1
Thank you to Colleen Harnett, great great great
granddaughter of Hugh Paton, who wrote:
Colleen wrote:
"I am almost positive that there is no direct
connection between
Hugh Paton
and Noel Paton.
Hugh is related to a long line of Ayrshire
Patons and is directly linked to a Capt John Paton who was executed in
Edinburgh in 1684 or so as a covenanter and is honoured in a memorial at
Edinburgh's Grassmarket"
Colleen Harnett: October 26, 2005
Answer 2
Thank you to John Humphrey, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada for providing the following answer.
John wrote:
"Re J Paton
of Dunfermline and
J Patonof Linlithgow West
Lothian, it seems that they were:
(a) one and the same and
(b) unrelated to:
-
James Paton
of Greenock,
-
John Naismith Paton
of Glasgow, or
- Hugh
Paton
andJames
Patonof
Campbeltown.
John Humphrey, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: September
6, 2006