Last update: 19th June 2017
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| Husband: | Robert Henry PATERSON (1855-1881) | |
| Wife: | Neilina DICKSON (1859-1918) | |
| Marriage | 25 Feb 1880 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia1 |
| Grange Hill, Victoria Park | ||
Robert Henry PATERSON, c. 1864, age 9
Possibly Harry in 1862, aged 7?
Tombstone at Rockhampton Cemetery
| Name: | Robert Henry PATERSON2 | |
| Nickname: | Harry | |
| Father: | James [jun.] PATERSON (1808-1881) | |
| Mother: | Janet Wood WATSON (1816-1879) | |
| Birth | 23 Mar 1855 | Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland3,4 |
| Possibly named after father's half brother who died in 1838. Death certificate [incorrectly] states Helensburgh as birthplace. | ||
| Census (1) | 7 Apr 1861 (age 6) | Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland3 |
| Main St Scholar; with 3 siblings |
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| Census (2) | 2 Apr 1871 (age 16) | Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland5 |
| 93, Sauchiehall St Scholar |
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| Occupation (1) | btw 1876 and 1879 (age 20-24) | Lecturer in Botany; Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland6 |
| Anderson's College [part-time, whilst a student at Glasgow University] |
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| Graduation | 1878 (age 22-23) | University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland7 |
| Emigration | May 1879 (cal) (age 24) | from Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland to Queensland, Australia8 |
| Occupation (2) | 1880 (age 24-25) | Surgeon; Queensland, Australia1,9 |
| Pt Curtis and Leichardt Hospital Formerly (Professor)Lecturer of Botany, Andersons College, Glasgow and curator of Hunterian (medical) Museum at Glasgow. |
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| Residence | btw 1880 and 1881 (age 24-26) | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia10 |
| Quay Street | ||
| Child Count | 0 | |
| Court Case | 30 Nov 1880 (age 25) | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia11 |
| The Criminal sitting of the criminal court opened on Friday. Dr Paterson committed for embezzling £19 of hospital money was aquitted. The jury took only five minutes to consider their verdict which was received with applause and cheering. // Rockhampton. Mr Real declined to proceed with the second charge against Dr Paterson and the judge directed the jury to acquit the accused. This being the last case on the list the sittings closed. |
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| Death | 1 Nov 1881 (age 26) | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia8 |
| Cause: Convulsions | ||
| Burial | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia12 | |
| Rockhampton Cemetery Sacred to The Loving Memory of Robert H. Paterson M.D. F.L.S. Born 25th March 1855 Died 1st November 1881 Fondest Son of the Late James Paterson M.D. 6 WINDSOR PLACE GLASGOW |
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| Name: | Neilina DICKSON | |
| Father: | Neil DICKSON (1825- ) | |
| Mother: | Catherine HOOD (1830?- ) | |
| Birth | 25 Nov 1859 | Row, Dunbartonshire, Scotland13 |
| 5th daughter | ||
| Death | 1918 (age 50) | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland14 |
| 1 | "The Brisbane Courier" (Queensland). 27 Feb 1880 - Marriage notice. Text From Source: PATERSON - DICKSON. - On the 25th February, at Grange-hill, the residence of Alexander Raff, by the Rev.Colin M'Culloch, Dr R. H. Paterson, Port Curtis and Leichhardt Hospital (late Professor of Botany, Anderson's College, Glasgow), to Neilina Dickson, fifth daughter of the late Neil Dickson, Helensburgh, N B. |
| \Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper. | |
| 2 | Kathleen Lilias PATERSON (1901-1981), "Inscription on back of 1863 family photo". |
| 3 | "1861 Census Britain". 900/00 008/00 007. |
| 4 | Church of J.C. of Latter Day Saints, "International Genealogical INDEX ®" (© 1980, 2002). Batch #: C119271; [Original record unseen]. |
| \Family History Library\, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA. Web: http://familysearch.org/search. | |
| 5 | "1871 Census Britain". 644/06/026/000/019. |
| 6 | Prof. Alexander Humboldt Sexton, "The First Technical College ...'The Andersonian'...1796-1894" (1894 GB 249 OM/158/1). |
| \University of Strathclyde Archives\, Andersonian Library, Curran Building, Glasgow, Scotland. | |
| 7 | "Roll of Graduates, University of Glasgow". |
| Text From Source: (1)James Paterson [Scotus] M.D. 1818 (2)James Paterson C.M. 1834; M.D. 1836 (3)15677 JACOBUS Paterson "Fil. nat. max. Jacobi Medici Glasguensis", M.A. 1855. (i.e. eldest son of Dr James Paterson of Glasgow) " Probationer, Church of Scotland, Kirn, by Greenock " [Register of General Council, 1859-60]. Elected one of the Masters of the Oundle Grammar School, Northamptonshire, 1862. Thereafter (1) Minister of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Ipswich, Queensland, (2) Clergyman at West Kempsey, New South Wales, 1883. (Brother of 16178). (4)16178 GEORGIUS Watson Paterson "Fil. nat. sec. Jacobi, Medici apud Glasguam", [Matric. Alb 1852] M.A. 1857 (i.e. second son of Dr James Paterson near Glasgow) M.A. 1857. Student of Theology in the University of Glasgow, 1857-58. Gained, in 1859, a Ceylon Writership offered by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (Rector of the University, 1856-59) for competition among students, the first ever offered to a Scottish University. Thereupon entered the Ceylon Civil Service. (Brother of 15677). (5)Charles Alfred Paterson M.A. 1877; LL.B. 1878 (6)Robert Henry Paterson MB CM 1878; Professor [actually Lecturer - he was still a student] of Botany in Anderson's College; F.L.S. |
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| \University of Glasgow Archive Service\, Glasgow, Scotland. Web: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/. | |
| 8 | "Death certificate of Robert Henry Paterson". |
| \Australian Births Marriages and Deaths\. Web: http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/family-and-community/births-deaths-and-marriages-registries. | |
| 9 | [by a great granddaughter of Elizabeth Millar PATERSON (1832-1901)], "L's letter & email" (1997 & 2008). |
| 10 | "Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton" (Queensland). Thurs 3 Nov 1881; page 3. |
| \Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper. | |
| 11 | "The Brisbane Courier" (Queensland). 30 Nov 1880 & 1 Dec 1880. |
| \Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper. | |
| 12 | [by a granddaughter of Charles Raff PATERSON (1895-1968)], "J's information" (2005). |
| 13 | Church of J.C. of Latter Day Saints, "International Genealogical INDEX ®" (© 1980, 2002). Batch #:C115031 [Original record unseen]. |
| \Family History Library\, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA. Web: http://familysearch.org/search. | |
| 14 | "Scottish BMD INDEX of Statutory Register" (1855-). [Register unseen]. |
| \National Archives of Scotland\, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Web: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.aspx. |
James Paterson, (1789-1866), Army Surgeon, Edinburgh, Scotland.