Seeking Paterson Patterson Descendants

This year we are commemorating the Scottish people who settled in Aldborough Township (now West Elgin) in and before 1819.  Some arrived on the ships the Hope and Harmony in 1819, some in 1818 on the Mars and others before came from New York State.  Some then moved on to Dunwich Township and surrounding areas.

On June 22-23, 2019 at the Landing of the Settlers living history event we hope you will join us to celebrate these people and their contributions to our community.  As a descendant we are hoping you can provide us with genealogy and family history before the event.  

519-762-3072  info@backuspagehouse.ca

PATERSON/PATTERSON

Duncan Paterson 1788-1872  m.  Sarah Leitch      , in 1815 at North Knapdale Argyll 

settled Conc 13 L17 NE

buried Blacks Cemetery

Archibald Paterson 1789-1873  m.  Sarah  __________1795-1879

settled Conc 13 L19 NW

Donald Paterson  1790-1861   m.  Sarah Paterson 1798-1874, in 1817 at North Knapdale

settled Conc 13 L20 NW

There is also-

Donald Paterson 1776-1866  m.  Lily McKay 1785-1872  , a native of Argyllshire Scotland in Patterson Cemetery on Pioneer Line

Hugh Paterson 1777-1834  m.  Isabella McGugan 1779-1861

Seeking Descendants of 1809 Dunwich Settlers

We will be celebrating the 210th anniversary of the 1809 Irish settlers arriving in Dunwich Township.  The adults were given land grants along Lakeview Line, south of Wallacetown.  If you are a descendant, we are hoping you will join us June 22-23 at Backus-Page House Museum for the event, plus we are looking for the loan of artefacts, photographs, genealogy research and help with the Irish settler table in the genealogy building at the event.  Please contact Angela Bobier info@backuspagehouse.ca  519-762-3072

Original Irish Families of Dunwich Township arriving in 1809

13 settlers

1 Mary (Patterson) Storey 1758 – 1842   widow

                2 Walter Storey 1783 - 1831 married Mary Currie – no children

                3 Anne Storey 1791 – 1857 married Stephen Backus

                4 Sarah Storey 1792 - 1838 married Captain Benjamin Willson               

5 Leslie Patterson 1751 - 1852 married 6 Lydia Backus 1782 - 1870

                7 Joseph Patterson 1807 - 1882

                8 Walter Patterson 1808 - 1890

9 John Pearce 1777 - 1850 married 10 Frances Patterson 1774 - 1850

                11 William Pearce 1805 – 1890 married Anne Moorhouse

                12 Leslie Pearce 1807 – 1871 married Jane Donaldson Barber

                13 Catherine Pearce 1809 – 1850 married William Moorhouse

Is This Old Lady Crane?

Can anyone help Sandra Sales identify the woman in these photographs?  

"These are photos of a woman that our family lore says is “Old Lady Crane” - or Mary (Willson) Crane. Mary Crane was the daughter of Captain Gilman Willson of Port Talbot, who was a captain alongside Leslie Patterson in the War of 1812. Mary Willson was married to Peter Crane, the son of Thomas Talbot’s helper, George Crane, and his wife Isabella Finlay. Mary (Willson) Crane lived from April 14, 1814 to March 23, 1892. She is buried in the Tyrconnell United Church Cemetery.

The woman in this photo is dressed in the traditional mourning garb of the late 1870s and 1880s and wears a wedding ring. Mary Crane’s husband, Peter, died in 1882. Mary spent her final years in the house she and her husband built in 1861 on Concession 9, Lot 6, south half. Her son Benjamin Crane had taken over the farm by the time she died.

Because only family lore identifies this woman, I would like to see if there is any other labelled copies of this photo around. Or I would like to get the photo out to people who might be interested in this family.  

Sandra Sales"

Comments and photos can be sent to info@backuspagehouse.ca and I will forward on to Sandra.