Owner of Long-lost Canal Love-Letters?? (Wright/Paterson)

[anabanana]

interesting "share" from Northern Constabulary has popped up on facebook....

We're trying to locate the owner of a wooden writing box and some love letters which were found at the canal in Inverness and may be of real sentimental value to the owner. We would appreciate it if you could "Share" this page with as many of your friends as possible and help us reunite the items with their rightful owner.

In December, 2011 a wooden writing box/slope was found in the canal, floating in water at Dochgarroch, by Inverness, and handed in as found property to Burnett Road Police Station, Inverness.

Inside the box are letters addressed to Miss S R Paterson, "Bidston", Ross Avenue, Inverness, postmarked Edinburgh, 19th August, 1934. There are a number of love letters and wedding invitations of great sentimental value inside the box and surprisingly, they are very well preserved for having been in the water.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150651191900824&set=a.325238755823.161370.289541280823&type=3&theater

Details I've got so far...

Sarah Rose Paterson (1910-1994) Inverness (daughter of Alexr Rose Paterson & Sarah m.s. Anderson)
she married Robert Wright (1910-2007) in 1934, Inverness.

One son found so far - John Lister Wright (1946-2004) m. Catherine Mackie MacLeod (d. 1989)

One facebook responder found John's death notice:

http://www.thisisannouncements.co.uk/4861304?s_source=clna_zzzz

Can any rootschatters add more info to help solve the mystery, and perhaps return the items back to the family?

[caljam371]

It's on STV news now

[RedMystic]

My fingers are crossed that a Chatter figures this one out.

As I'm a long way from the UK so can't easily follow the story, I hope someone pops back from time to time to let us know if there are any connections made.

Good luck to all who are doing the sleuthing on this one.

[caljam371]

It's on STV news now

They've found their old neighbour.  Confirmed her death from cancer and that he stayed there for another 10 years.   He was principle science teacher at Inverness Royal Academy and they were interested in nature.

[Agneshill]

When I first read the original post my thoughts WERE of my old Science teacher, Bob Wright, in the 1950s Inverness Royal Academy.

Coincidently, for several years I have been pursuing a hobby which necessitates the accurate measuring of chemicals and EVERY time I read off the quantities in the syringe I just cannot get Bob's voice out of my mind saying..."read to the bottom of the meniscus"!!!!

I used to live quite near to his house on Fairfield Road.

[anabanana]

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/highlands-islands/304221-mystery-of-1930s-love-letters-found-floating-on-canal-solved/

doesn't sound like the couple have any living descendants...wonder what will happen to the letters...