Family of William Hunter PATERSON and Edith JEFFERY

Husband:	William Hunter PATERSON (1846-1925)
Wife:	Edith JEFFERY (1863-1949)
Children:	George PATERSON (1887-1889)
	Nina Edith PATERSON (1889-1966)
	William Jeffery PATERSON (1891-1969)
	Sydney David PATERSON (1893-1954)
	Charles Raff PATERSON (1895-1968)
	Frederick Woolnough PATERSON (1897-1977)
	Alexander Raff PATERSON (1899-1974)
	Kathleen Lillias PATERSON (1901-1981)
	Evelyn Vance PATERSON (1903-1968)
	Gordon Raff PATERSON (1905-1906)
	Madeline Elizabeth May PATERSON (1907-1964)
Marriage	4 Oct 1884	Waverley Stn, St Lawrence, Queensland, Australia1,2
	Married "in the drawing room of the homestead building"

Husband: William Hunter PATERSON

Name:	William Hunter PATERSON
Father:	James [jun.] PATERSON (1808-1881)
Mother:	Janet Wood WATSON (1816-1879)
Birth	14 Jan 1846	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland3,4
	Witnesses: George Watson & William Paterson. Marriage certificate states Helensburgh as birthplace.
Census (1)	30 Mar 1851 (age 5)	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland5
	93, Sauchiehall St Scholar
Census (2)	7 Apr 1861 (age 15)	Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland4
	93, Sauchiehall St Commercial Clerk
Emigration	1862 (age 16)	from Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2
	Arrived at Moreton Bay aboard the Helenslee on 7 Aug . He was sent by his father to stay with his older sister Elizabeth in an attempt to curtail his drinking habits.
Religion		Presbyterian6
Death	2 Oct 1925 (age 79)	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia6
Probate	19 Oct 1926	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia7
	SUPREME COURT MATTERS. The Registrar of the Supreme Court has granted probate of the will of William Hunter Paterson, late of Gladstone, to Edith Paterson, of Gladstone, widow and the sole executrix named in the will.
Burial		Gladstone, Queensland, Australia6
	Gladstone Cemetery

Wife: Edith JEFFERY

Name:	Edith JEFFERY
Father:	George JEFFERY (1839-1921)
Mother:	Tryphena SALTER (1839-1895)
Birth	17 Jul 1863	Ottery St Mary, Devon, England8
Emigration	7 Jan 1883 (age 19)	from Plymouth, Devon, England to Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia2
	Aboard the "Raven's Craig",arriving 18 April 1883
Occupation		Matron; Gladstone, Queensland, Australia2
	General Hospital
Religion		Church of England
Death	24 Mar 1949 (age 85)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia9
	Pearson St, Kangaroo Pt.

Child 1: George PATERSON

Name:	George PATERSON
Birth	1887	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia10
Child Count		0
Death	1889 (as an infant)	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia6

Child 2: Nina Edith PATERSON

Name:	Nina Edith PATERSON
Spouse:	Paddy CARROLL (1886?- )
Birth	18 May 1889	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia6
Child Count		16
Death	12 Mar 1966 (age 76)	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia6,11

Child 3: William Jeffery PATERSON

Child 4: Sydney David PATERSON

Name:	Sydney David PATERSON
Nickname:	Sid
Spouse:	Mary Alice MACDONALD (1900?- )
Birth	Jun 1893	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia10
Child Count		36
Residence	1949 (age 55-56)	Shorncliffe, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia9
Death	20 May 1954 (age 60)	Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia13

Child 5: Charles Raff PATERSON

Child 6: Frederick Woolnough PATERSON

Child 7: Alexander Raff PATERSON

Child 8: Kathleen Lillias PATERSON

Child 9: Evelyn Vance PATERSON

Child 10: Gordon Raff PATERSON

Name:	Gordon Raff PATERSON
Birth	Jun 1905	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia6
Child Count		06
Death	Dec 1906 (as an infant)	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia6

Child 11: Madeline Elizabeth May PATERSON

Note on Husband: William Hunter PATERSON

His early jobs included: Jackerooing at the Boomerang Station near Maryborough in the Gayndah district, and managing Apis Creek cattle station.

In 1865 William began operating as a teamster between Rockhampton and the Peak Downs copper fields. (Alternatively: he ended up with a bullock team ferrying goods from Cooktown to the Palmer and from Rockhampton to the goldfields near there.)

 

In 1875 he returned to Scotland aboard the Lord Warden and came back to Queensland on the Fremantle in 1876.

 

"Despite the town's (Gladstone) reputation for healthiness, Mayor Jason Boles chaired a meeting on 19 January 1887 to consider a hospital. A large and enthusiatic committee was formed and by the following year sufficient money was in hand ($600) to build on the selected site in 1889. Total government expenditure 1889-1890 was $10038. The minutes provide no record of the opening, but presumably this was 1 March 1890. On that day Mr and Mrs (William and Edith) Paterson commenced duties as wardsman and matron."

 

Kathleen Lilias Paterson told the following about her father William:

1. William's wife was a lot younger. Edith was a religious person taking all the children to church every Sunday. William stayed at home believing that the Salvation Army would look after him. While Edith and the children were at church William took advantage of the time to allow the dog and joey into the house.

 

2.When William had deliveries to make to Callopie, west of Gladstone, his sons Charles and Fred were sent along to look after him. William used to open the beer supply on the way and by the time they were returning to Gladstone William was quite under the weather. Charles used to say. "Toss the grog out Fred", but Charles was the one tossed out of the dray to walk home past the cemetery, which in those days was way out in the bush.

 

PATERSON STREET in Gladstone was named after the Paterson Family of W H Paterson.^2,6

Sources [Key: Author, "Title", (Publication data), Where within source, \Repository\]

1	"Marriage Cert. of WH Paterson & Edith".
	\Australian Births Marriages and Deaths\. Web: http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/family-and-community/births-deaths-and-marriages-registries.
2	Ross Fitzgerald, "The People's Champion" (1997 University of Queensland Press).
3	"OPR Glasgow".
	\National Records of Scotland\, HM New Register House, Edinburgh.
4	"1861 Census Britain". 644/06 030/06 002.
5	"1851 Census Britain". 586/24/13.
6	[by a granddaughter of Charles Raff PATERSON (1895-1968)], "J's original GEDCOM" (12 Dec 2003).
7	"Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton" (Queensland). Tuesday 19 October 1926 page 8.
	\Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper.
8	"Free INDEX of Birth Marriages & Deaths of England & Wales". 5b/32 [Certificate unseen].
	\FreeBMD\. Web: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
9	"The Courier-Mail, Brisbane" (Queensland). 25 March 1949. Text From Source: PATERSON, Mrs. Edith.— The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. N. Carroll (Sydney), Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Paterson (Bowen), Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Paterson (Shorncliffe), Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Paterson (Graceville), Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Paterson (Mitchelton), Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Paterson (Gladstone), Mr. and Mrs. Les Smith (Shorncliffe), Mrs. E. Tweed (Kangaroo Pt.), Mr. and Mrs. M. Sammon (Mayne) and Families, are invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved Mother, Mother-in-law, and Grandmother, Mrs. Edith Paterson, of Pearson St., Kangaroo Pt., and formerly of Gladstone, to leave the Funeral Chapel, Wickham Street, Valley, To-morrow (Saturday) Forenoon, at 10 o'clock, for the Crematorium, Mt. Thompson.
	\Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper.
10	Ross Fitzgerald, "The People's Champion" (1997 University of Queensland Press). page 251.
11	"NSW Registry INDEX of BD&M" (New South Wales). 1412/1966 [Certificate unseen].
12	Grahame Walton, "JEFFERY and PERRIMAN GEDCOM" (2003).
	\WWW/JEFFERY & PERRIMAN\. Web: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jeffery&id=I1461.
13	"The Courier-Mail, Brisbane" (Queensland). 21 May 1954. Text From Source: PATERSON. — The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. M. A. Paterson, of Troon., Signal Row, Shorncliffe, ........, and Families are invited to attend the Funeral of her beloved Husband, ...... Sydney David Paterson, to leave the Funeral Parlour, 45 Adelaide St., City, after service, commencing To-morrow (Saturday) Morning, at 10.15 o'clock, for the Crematorium, Mt. Thompson. No flowers by request.
	\Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper.
14	Diane Menghetti, "Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15" (2000, Melbourne University Press, 2000, pp 574-576.).
	Text From Source: Diane Menghetti, 'Paterson, Frederick Woolnough (Fred) (1897 - 1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography,
15	"The Queenslander" (Queensland). 22 Jan 1927. Text From Source: resignation as teacher
	\Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper.
16	[by a grandson of Evelyn Vance PATERSON (1903-1968)], "T G's info" (2013).
17	"Queensland All Indexes" (Australia). B65299. Text From Source: Madaleen