Person Record

Metadata

Name

Paterson, James

Other Names

James Paterson Sr.

Born

1821

Birthplace

Paisley, Scotland

Deceased

June 1, 1886

Deceased

Wiarton, Ontario

Children

James Jr.

Occupation

James Paterson Sr. was born ca. 1820 in Paisley, Scotland and was employed as an apothecary and chemist at Apothecaries Hall in Glasgow before coming to Canada in 1857 and settling in Toronto. Here he worked as a chemist at the Lyman Elliot Co. In 1861 they moved to the Wiarton area settling on land in Keppel township, on the County line of Grey and Bruce where he and his family farmed. In 1869 he opened Wiarton's first drug store on the south-west corner of George and Gould Streets and continued to work the farm. Paterson operated the drug store in Wiarton until around 1881 when his son James Jr. came into the business.

Places

Toronto, Ontario
Keppel Township, Grey County, Ontario
Wiarton, Ontario

Sources

Sources:

Scott, Helen M. "Old Timers' Tales: A History of Stokes Bay and Area (Bruce Peninsula)." Lindsay Township: Hall Printing, 1989. Print.

James Paterson Household, 1871 Census of Canada, Amabel, North Bruce. ancestry.ca

James Paterson, Ontario death registration 002074 (1886), Wiarton, Bruce County

"Wiarton's Oldest Businessman Died on Tuesday". The Wiarton Echo, December 30, 1937.

"Paterson Drug Store". The Bruce County Historical Society Yearbook 1979. pp.23