Obituary - Kenneth Henson PATON

I found this article recently - Kenneth H. Paton was the son of George & Amelia Paton.
George was the son of Samuel & Isabella Batton. Samuel was the brother of our relative Andrew Batton. Samuel registers his fathers death in September 1872 as Samuel Batton and then marries Isabella Anderson in April 1877 - his marriage certificate is Samuel PATON.
He has 2 sons that he registers as PATON - George Crawford Paton and David Paton. George would have been named after our main patriach GEORGE BATTON and David was Isabella's fathers name.

COOPERSTOWN — Services for Kenneth Henson Paton are scheduled for 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 22, 2000, at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Springfield Center, with the Rev. Persis Willams, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Lakewood Cemetery in the spring.

Mr. Paton died Friday, March 17, 2000, after a brief illness.
He was born Oct. 17, 1911, in Flushing, the son of George Crawford and Amelia Ann Gordon Paton.
He attended Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and New York University. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and was honorably discharged in 1953, having attained the rank of lieutenant.
He married Mary Hyde Clarke on April 28, 1938. She died in November 1981.
He was a coffee economist and consultant. With his brother Gordon, he founded George Gordon Paton and Co., a coffee trade journal, the predecessor of Coffee Publications Inc. He served as co-editor and then editor until his retirement in the mid-70s.
After his retirement, he maintained residences on Lake Otsego and on Hilton Head Island, S.C., with golf and travel occupying his time. He moved to Ardmore, Okla., in 1996.

He was preceded in death by his loving wife, his parents, one sister and four brothers.
Mr. Paton is survived by two sisters, Muriel P. Hallock and Lorraine Hughes, both of Florida; three daughters, Barbara von Briesen of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Patricia Jurey of Ardmore, Okla., and Susan Liu of Hong Kong. Survivors also include seven grandchildren, Katherine S. Addleman of Aurora, Colo., Robert M. Smith Jr. of Bartlesville, Okla., Diana S. Walters of Coppell, Texas, Jennifer Soor of Framingham, Mass., Frederica Goodman of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Mark von Briesen of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and Liane Liu of Hong Kong; and seven great-grandchildren, Abigail and Bethany Smith, Elizabeth and Virginia Addleman and Angela, Mitchell and Conner Walters.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to The Discretionary Fund at St. Mary's Church, Springfield Center, N.Y. 13468.
Arrangements are under the direction of Tillapaugh Funeral Home, Cooperstown and Milford.

Maggie Batton - my great grandmother & Isabella Batton

For most of you looking at my blog page, the grand old lady above was your grandmother Margaret McCurdie Batton who was married to George Batton.

Thanks to Bill Strachan for sending me this photo of my great grandmother.



He also came across this photo below - Isabella Batton age 69 years. It looks like a very old photograph and so far the only person I can think it might be is:
Isabella Anderson who married Samuel Batton, brother of Andrew Batton (our relative).
Samuel and Isabella lived in Glasgow in the 1870's until they moved to Manhattan, New York. They show as Paton on the marriage certificate and 1881 census in Scotland.
On the US Census of 1900 they show as Samuel and Bella Batton. My thoughts are it could be her. But open to suggestions of another Isabella Batton......

I did put on the blog recently a marriage certificate for an Isabella Batton, who was the daughter of George Batton, and grand-daughter John and Jessie Batton. Isabella shows as 5 years old on the 1910 census for US so for her to be 69 the photo would have been taken in the 1970's - I think this photo is more representative of the 1920's.....

BATTON PHOTOGRAPHS

A BIG, BIG THANK YOU TO MY MUM'S COUSIN ANDREW BATTON FOR SENDING THESE FAMILY PHOTOS. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW ALIKE MY MUM AND LILY BATTON ARE IN THE PHOTO BELOW.

PHOTO BELOW:
ANDREW, LILY AND GEORGE BATTON (MY GRANDFATHER) - CHILDREN OF GEORGE BATTON SNR AND MAGGIE MCCURDIE BATTON.



PHOTO BELOW:
WAS TAKEN AT THEIR MOTHER'S FUNERAL IN OCTOBER 1959
L TO R - MAGGIE, GEORGE, MAY, LILY, ANDREW AND CISSIE BATTON




PHOTO BELOW :
BACK ROW L to R - MAGGIE (WIFE OF ANDREW BATTON SNR), GRANNIE MAGGIE MCCURDIE BATTON, CISSIE BATTON
FRONT ROW L to R - NELLIE, LILY AND MAGGIE BATTON (WIFE OF BILL STRACHAN)




PHOTO BELOW:
TAKEN AT PICNIC UP THE BURNAWN IN GALSTON. APPROX 1946......
BACK ROW RIGHT IS GEORGE MAIR, NELLIE'S SON.
THIRD FROM RIGHT IS JOHNNY BATTON, SON OF MAGGIE & ANDREW BATTON SNR, 2ND FROM LEFT IS ISOBEL PATON, LILY BATTON'S DAUGHTER (AND I'M SURE ISOBEL WAS MY MUM'S BEST MAID IN 1963), 4TH FROM LEFT IS MARGARET BATTON, DAUGHTER OF MAGGIE & ANDREW BATTON
EXTREME RIGHT IS POSSIBLY MARGARET STRACHAN , DAUGHTER OF MAGGIE BATTON & BILL STRACHAN
THE WEE HANDSOME GUY AT THE FRONT MIDDLE WITH THE WHITE SHIRT IS ANDREW BATTON JNR, WHO KINDLY SENT THE PHOTOS TO ME FOR SCANNING..... AND THESE ARE HIS WORDS, NOT MINE!





COME ON THE REST OF YOU... START SENDING MY YOUR OLD PHOTOS.