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


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

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

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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3076 ABERCROMBIE, William1855SCT, LKS, Glasgow Aug 1872 : St. Andrew CAN Unknown  
6389 ADAMSON, Christina Alison1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
9872 ADAMSON, James Balfour1892SCT, LKS, Glasgow May 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
3147 ADIE, Gregor McGregor1880SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1894 : Buenos Ayrean CAN Quarriers  
5358 AITKEN, Lawrence Gray1909SCT, LKS, Glasgow Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
3156 AITON, William Lyle1888SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
5679 ALCORN, Agnes Maxwell1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1913 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
5680 ALCORN, Margaret-Ann Irwin1897SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1910 : Southwark CAN Quarriers  
10339 ALEXANDER, Beatrice Carlisle1889SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
3917 ALEXANDER, Janet Murray1896SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1906 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
27541 ANDERSON, Alexander1873SCT, LKS, Glasgow 1881 : Manitoban CAN Marchmont Homes   
10486 ANDERSON, Ernest Adolphus1904SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Quarriers  
13168 ANDERSON, George Bennie1901SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
27542 ANDERSON, James1875SCT, LKS, Glasgow 1881 : Manitoban CAN Marchmont Homes   
13169 ANDERSON, Mary Gordon Inglis1899SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
2959 ANGUS, Alexander1899SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
13295 ANGUS, Margaret1893SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
17093 ARMOUR, Andrew 1891SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN MacPherson Homes  
17094 ARMOUR, Margaret Fleming1887SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN MacPherson Homes  
3641 BAXTER, Agnes1891SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
3642 BAXTER, Elizabeth1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
3640 BAXTER, Esther1893SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
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4347 BIRCHALL, Maggie1897SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1908 : Ionian CAN Quarriers  
4346 BIRCHALL, Mary Ellen1898SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1908 : Ionian CAN Quarriers  
4348 BIRCHALL, Sarah1901SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1908 : Ionian CAN Quarriers  
13155 BLACK, Aitken1895SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
22224 BLACK, Annie1900SCT, LKS, Glasgow May 1888 : Corean CAN Quarriers  
13157 BLACK, Isabella1898SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers tlupinski  
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