John Alexander Patterson

Brief Life History of John Alexander

When John Alexander Patterson was born in 1840, in Cumberland, North Carolina, United States, his father, Neil Patterson, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Ann Elizabeth McLean, was 23. He lived in Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States in 1850. He died about 1864, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 25.

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Family Time Line

Neil Patterson
1808–1877
Margaret Ann Elizabeth McLean
1817–1891
Mary Catherine Patterson
1833–1893
Duncan James Patterson
1835–1898
Sarah Jane Patterson
1837–1917
Randall McDonald Patterson
1839–1902
John Alexander Patterson
1840–1864
Neill A Patterson
1843–1864
William Thompson Patterson
1845–1930
Daniel Buie Patterson
1847–1919
Jennet Isabella Patterson
1848–1901
Murdock L. Patterson
1851–1922
Artie A. Patterson
1854–
Flora Eliza Patterson
1856–1952
Martha F. Patterson
1858–1932
Hugh Martin Patterson
1861–1934
Evander Patterson
1862–1950
Harriet Patterson
1865–1875

Sources (4)

  • John A Patterson in household of Neill Patterson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • John A Patterson, "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865"
  • John Patterson in household of Neil Patterson, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (6)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

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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