William Ferguson Patterson

Brief Life History of William Ferguson

When William Ferguson Patterson was born on 21 March 1836, in Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Paterson, was 34 and his mother, Ann Lindsay, was 38.

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Family Time Line

John Paterson
1801–1856
Ann Lindsay
1797–1838
John Paterson
1832–
Andrew Lindsay Patterson
1834–1922
William Ferguson Patterson
1836–
Ann Paterson
1838–1916

Sources (2)

  • William Ferguson Patterson, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • William Ferguson Patterson, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

World Events (8)

1838 · Jenners Department Store Opens its doors

Jenners was founded by Charles Jenner as a department store for the community. The original building was destroyed by a fire in 1892 but, with a new design in mind, the store was reopened in 1895 with new features. It was named Harrods of the North after it was given Royal Warrant in 1911 and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II on its 150th anniversary. It was sold to the House of Fraser in 2005, which in 2008, made much needed improvements to the store.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1868 · The Representation of the people (Scotland) Act 1868

The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 was passed by Parliament and allowed for the creation of seven additional Scottish seats in the House of Commons. Along with the seats, Two University constituencies were created. These each returned one member to Parliament.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern English: variant of Patrickson ‘son of Patrick ’, which was either shortened to Patrison and metathesized to Patterson, or shortened from Paterickson to Patterson.

Irish: in Ulster, this name is of English or Scottish origin, but in County Galway, it was also taken by bearers of the Gaelic name Ó Caisín ‘descendant of the little curly-headed one’ (from Gaelic casín ‘curly’), which is usually Anglicized as Cussane. In addition to the confusion between Irish Gaelic casín ‘curly’ and cosán ‘path’, there has also been an erroneous assumption that the English name Patterson is somehow derived from the English word path.

English: 19th-century variant of Patteson, a shortened form of Pattinson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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