PATTERSON Scotland to South Australia

[joanofacre]

Hi Pollypatto,

Great to hear from you and a belated Happy New Year to you also! Sorry to take so long to reply but I am not getting much time on the computer due to the Christmas and great gardening weather. Thank you for your information. Yes, Alexander Patterson is George Patterson's father and George Junior's Grandfather.

This is my partners family, he is a great great grandson of Alexander & Jane's via George's younger brother William. I started this research to pen down a brief family history for both him and for his father, and used the original family history book as the basis for much of the research. Considering very little was available online back when it was written the authors did an amazing job.

I can not take all the credit for all the research as there has been input from many of the branches of your tree including; ancestors of Jane's sister and brother-in-law Isabella Ross and Archibald Simpson, the Anderson family- one of the families who arrived from Scotland with them on the Asia, the Brookes family in Sydney and Canada who are relations of William's wife Philadelphia Brookes, and not forgetting the Lyons & Hill family's.

Are you related to George senior and if so do you happen to know if part of land which is now Monarto Zoo may have been also owned by him ? I saw something about ruins of a  barn in the zoo grounds having been built by a George Patterson, but I can't seem to find the reference again.

Kind regards

Joanofacre

[pollypatto]

Hi Joan,
Thanks for your reply I haven't had much time on the computer either between work, Christmas and three children. I am George Junior's great granddaughter, Harold George's granddaughter and Dean Robert's daughter if that makes any sense to you. My Dad, Dean said that the barn in the grounds of Monarto Zoo was built by George Junior and used to be part of his farm "Banner Rest". He looked in the family bible and it only goes back as far as George Snr and Janet ( Jessie ) Lyons. He is going to ask his older brother Ralph about Alexander and if he has a birthdate in his records. So we shall have to cross our fingers he will have the answer you need. I will let you know what we find out and get back to you.
Regards Paula Patterson.

[joanofacre]

Hi Paula,

Sorry I am the bearer of the sad news that Bill Patterson passed away on Wednesday morning. George senior would have been Bill's Great Uncle, as he was the grandson of George's youngest brother William. Bill farmed at Tarnmar near Eudunda until the early 1970's when he moved his family to Murray Bridge.

The funeral will be held in Murray Bridge on Friday 14th of February, and I think details will be in the Advertiser on Saturday and Tuesday.

Kind regards Michelle