William Morton Paterson

1892 - 1968  (76 years)

• Name	William Morton Paterson
  Birth	2 Aug 1892	Brantford, Brantford, ONT
  Gender	Male
  Census	1921	Brantford, Brant, ONT ; age 28, born ONT, biscuit manufacturer, parents born ONT/ONT
  Death	9 Nov 1968	Oak Bay, BC
  Person ID	I6190	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
  Last Modified	3 May 2022

  
  

  Father	William F Paterson
  Mother	Helen Young
  Family ID	F1966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Wavertree Harris,   b. 26 Jun 1891, Wavertree, Lancashire, ENG d. 1972 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1912	Hamilton, Wentworth, ONT
  Divorce	1944
  Notes	from Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928 (ancestry.com) Marriage on 14 Nov 1912 in Hamilton, Wentworth, ONT of William Morton Patterson, age 21, occ Traveller, bachelor son of William F Patterson, Manufacturer, and Helen Kemp, to Frances W. Harris, age 21, spinster, dau of Lloyd Harris and Mary Perkins. from Harris Family Geneology - In Memory of Morgan Harris by Maya Harris (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Maya-Harris/index.html) Francis married Wm Morton Paterson who was in the confectionery and biscuit business. They went to New Zealand in 1926 with their two children. In about 1940 Frances and Morton with their daughter Mary and husband Ralph Sketch returned to Canada and settled in Oakville. About 1944 Morton and Frances were divorced.
  Children	+ 1. Mary Frances Paterson,   b. 2 Nov 1915, Brantford, Brant, ONT d. 5 Feb 2009 (Age 93 years) 2. William Lloyd Paterson,   b. 28 Apr 1914, Brantford, Brant, ONT d. 1996, Auckland, NZ (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F1965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2015

  
  

• Notes

  from "British Columbia, Canada, Death Index, 1872-1990" (ancestry.com) William Morton Paterson, age 75, died 9 Nov 1968 in Oak Bay. from "History of the County of Brant" by Douglas Reville, 1920 WILLIAM PATERSON & SON CO., LIMITED: In 1863 Messrs. H. B. Leeming and William Paterson established a wholesale confectionery and cigar manufactory. It was in April of the year named that they occupied the west end of the present buildings on Colborne Street, commencing with the modest number of fifteen hands. In those days the sales were largely made from touring wagons, and in later years Mr. Paterson used to relate that often on Saturdays the help would hang around for their pay until midnight, waiting for one of the wagons to return in order to make up the wage roll. In 1872 Mr. Leeming retired from the firm in order to become Collector of Customs, and from that time until 1894 Mr. Paterson was the sole proprietor. In that year his son, W. F. Paterson, was admitted to partnership under the style of "Wm. Paterson & Son." In 1897 a company was formed called the "William Paterson & Son Co. Limited." Mr. W. F. Paterson was elected the first President and still holds that office. In 1919, after his return from the Front where he had been a member of the Royal Flying Corps, Mr. Morton Paterson, elder son of Mr. W. F. Paterson, was made Vice-President. During the many years that he was member of Parliament Mr. Paterson was much away from home and in the early portion of that period the late Mr. G. S. Winter was manager of the factory. Some years ago the cigar department was given up. As time passed additions had to be made to the original premises in order to accommodate the constantly growing business, and a branch was established in Belleville. The firm do a large domestic and foreign trade in biscuits, chocolates, candies and other confections, and the demand for their goods is constantly expanding.