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Record #23486
Name :
: Hugh George PATON (1893 - 1916)
  aka : Private Paton, Patton


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1893

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 25 Jul 1916   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Lanark, Glasgow
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialBelgium, Zillebeke
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 22 Sep 1903
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Pomeranian

Placement Family
: Lumgair
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Quarrier's Orphan Homes of Scotland

Agency
: Quarriers
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Hugh George Paton.

A likely 1901 Scottish Census record places 9 year old Hugh Paton, born of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, as a ward of the Kilmacolm Orphanage at the Bridge Of Weir, Renfrewshire, Kilmalcolm, Scotland.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: PATON
Given Name: Hugh
Age: 11
Sex: M
Ship: Pomeranian
Year of Arrival: 1903
Departure Port: Glasgow
Departure Date: 1903-09-12
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1903-09-22
Destination: Brockville, Ontario
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-482
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1911 Canadian Census records place Hugh Patton as a Domestic in the household of Louisa and Robert Wallace Lumgair in Lot 50, Selkirk, Kildonan east of Red River, Manitoba. Hugh is listed only as 24 years of age, from Scotland having immigrated in 1902.

20 Aug 1913 Marriage records for Bedford, Lanark, Ontario states that Hugh Paton wed Ida May Bain. Hugh's parents are listed as Margaret and James Paton, he states he was born in Belvidere, Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a labourer in Smith Falls, Ontario.

Attestation papers were signed 22 Jul 1915 in Barriefield Camp, Ontario. Hugh George Paton was born in 1893 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was a labourer by trade. His Next of Kin was his Wife, Ida May Paton of Crow Lake, Ontario, Canada. He had previous Military experience with C. Co 47th Regt. 5' 2 1/2" in height with blue eyes and black hair, he had half a finger nail missing on his second finger, right hand, and a small birth mark on the left side of his chest. His religion was listed as Presbyterian.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he was previously reported Missing after a Mine Explosion while on duty in a sap at Zillebeke, West Flanders, Belgium, but later reported Killed in Action. His Next of Kin confirms his wife, Ida Mae Bain Paton, and that she remarried and her surname was Cota. His body was not recovered, his name is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.

Citations for Service: Victory Medal, British Victory Medal, British War Medal.

Ida Bain Cota remarried to Wilbert Marshall Cota of Ontario, Canada. The pair had one daughter. Ida is buried with Marshall in Parham Village Cemetery, Parham, Frontenac, Ontario.

Find A Grave Memorial# 12045043 
ContributorsCreated : 2014-01-09 11:14:16 / From original database

Last Updated : 2014-01-09 11:14:50 /

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