CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameJames PATON [795], Half GG Uncle
Birth PlaceDamhead [Glenfarg], Arngask, Perthshire, Scotland
MemoSource No.33 gave the day & month only but it matches.
Census Date30 Mar 1851 [777] Age: 5
Census PlaceArngask Parish, Kinross-shire, Scotland
MemoDuncrivie
Census Date1861 [914]
Census PlaceDamhead [Glenfarg], Arngask, Fife, Scotland
Census Date3 Apr 1881 [797] Age: 35
Census PlaceSouth Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Memo2 Sunnybank Place
Census Date5 Apr 1891 [798] Age: 45
Census PlaceLasswade, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
MemoRais Building
Census Date31 Mar 1901 [917] Age: 55
Census PlaceLasswade, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
MemoWrights Buildings
Retire DateFeb 1916 [83]
Retire PlaceRoslin Station, Midlothian, Scotland
Death Date9 Feb 1929 [796] Age: 83
Death PlaceRoslin, Midlothian, Scotland
MemoAge 83 per death record.
OccupationStoker (age 27); Railway engine driver [83], [797], [916], [917]
Alt.SpellingJames Patton [777]
FatherJames PATON (-<1875)
MotherJean TAYLOR (ca1821-1904)
Misc. Notes
Retired in 1916 after 49 years of service with the railroad. Wife was alive at time of his retirement. The news clipping states that James was a native of Glenfarg. Handwriting on the original article says “Dad’s stepfather” but I don’t know whose handwriting that is. A different handwriting gives a date of 8-Feb-1916. If this is the date of publication then the retirement ceremony would have been on 1-Feb-1916 (the 8th was a Tuesday and another article on the same page mentions an event on Wednesday, so the Tuesday of the celebration must have been the week before. But if the 8th was the date of the celebration then the date of publication could have been anytime from 10-Feb to 15-Feb-1916) [83]

First clue that James was related to the Winton family was on the chart drawn by Dorothy Blair, though the exact relationship has proven to be a little different from what she believed. [795]

He was listed as “visiting” the family of Hugh Wanton[sic] as of 30-Mar-1851 (the census day). [777] In 1861 he was upgraded from visitor to boarder. [914]

At the time of his marriage to Jessie Brown, his residence was on Sunnybank Place in South Leith. [800]
Spouses
Birth Date1842 [925]
Death Date22 Dec 1877 [925]
Death PlaceEdinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
FatherWilliam ANGUS (-<1875)
MotherCatherine AYSON (->1875)
Marr Date31 Dec 1875 [923]
Marr PlaceEdinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
ChildrenJames (1876-)
Birth Dateca 1854 [797], [798], [800], [917]
Birth PlaceInverness, Scotland
Memoor 1853 based on marriage record
Census Date3 Apr 1881 [797]
Census PlaceSouth Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Memo2 Sunnybank Place
Census Date5 Apr 1891 [798]
Census PlaceLasswade, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
MemoRais Building
Census Date31 Mar 1901 [917]
Census PlaceLasswade, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
MemoWrights Buildings
Death Datebef 1929 [796]
FatherWilliam BROWN (-<1878)
MotherJessie MACKENZIE (~1825-)
Misc. Notes
Gaelic and English speaker. [798], [917]
Marr Date21 Nov 1878 [799], [800]
Marr PlaceMid Calder, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Marr MemoMid Calder appears to be part of present day West Lothian
ChildrenHugh (1879-)
 Jessie (1881-)
 Margaret J. (ca1884-)
 Jane (ca1886-)
 William B. (1890-)
 John Hugh (ca1899-)
Last Modified 30 Aug 2013Created 23 Jun 2022 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 23 Jun 2022
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