Mystery of the Grieving Patton Heiress

[KarenM]

I was trying to find the family on the 1851 Census but.....

For Ramsay Township the manuscript census returns for this sub-district/division no longer exist

Of course 

K

[liverpool annie]

I found this .... any good ?

Paton & Baldwins Ltd, worsted spinners
J & J Baldwin & Partners (Formerly known as)
John Paton, Son & Co (Formerly known as)
GB/NNAF/C195538   (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B34824)

c1830-1999: records
Repository
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale
Record Reference
WYAS2745

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=B34824

[Siamese Girl]

Any knitters of a certain age out there will be very familiar with Paton & Baldwins - they were the knitting wool spinners and the name still lives on today  http://archive.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/2001/9/24/159098.html

Carole

[dollylee]

I have found someone researching the Paton family from Paisley (including a Janet) on Curious Fox.

Will send them an email.

dollylee

[karenlee]

Morning All


Scotlandspeople has 11 Janet PATON births between 1810 and 1813....... no credits left so have not looked yet............will wait and see if we contact anyone useful before I go any further with this link.

Not heard back from BCGS yet, but it's early days yet.

So it looks like George might have survived his trip to Canada, well spotted KarenM... interested to see if it was in fact the sister who was ill.

I  will get back to digging up what I can about this family.

Cheers
Karenlee

[Lumber-Jack]

I have found  at Grosse Isle, Thomas Patton age 1 died at sea on Pursuit 1847, and William John Patton age 3 died at sea on the Sobraon....both while emigrating to Canada. An issue is to narrow down the date of the Beaton's emigration. For a start it must be after July 1839, their marriage date. That rules out my previous Mary Paton hypothesis as she died in June 1839. I wonder if John went ahead and Janet followed  in 1847 with the children using her maiden name? My current bet is now on Thomas Patton as Janet's dead son as he would have been small enough to keep in her arms for the remainder of the voyage.....but there is no record of a memorial at Grosse Isle, the Patton spelling is wrong and why would she not use her married  name of Beaton? I feel sad just writing this. Lumber-Jack

[liverpool annie]

I feel sad too Jack !

The thoughts of her holding the child all that time ... worried in case somebody guessed ... tears my heart out .. God love her !

You know if she was illiterate  ( just because she came from a wealthy family doesn't mean she could read ! ) she wouldn't have known she was travelling under that name ... ( if you ever get her marriage certificate ... you'll see if she made her mark !) she was probably asked her maiden name also when she boarded !

Annie

[liverpool annie]

I think I maybe getting confused ... but I found this and thought I'd better post ... just in case !! 
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

Name - Janet Patton
Gender - Female
Age 45
Birthplace - Scotland
Province - Canada East (Quebec)
District - Deux Montagnes County
District Number - 33
Sub-District - Lachûte
Sub-District Number - 527
Page - 57

Thomas Patton 57 Farmer
Thomas Patton 21 Labourer
Margaret Patton 1

[Lumber-Jack]

Thanks Annie.....not our Janet as we have a marriage record of her to John Beaton and have found them farming in Ontario. But it is always useful to keep information like this just in case and to eliminate candidates under other circumstances such as travel. Lumber-Jack