Photographers  named

Paton

Question

Hugh Paton  -  Edinburgh

James and Hugh Paton  -  Campbeltown

James Paton  -  Dunfermline & Linlithgow

James Paton  -  Edinburgh

James and John Paton  -  Greenock, Renfrewshire

J Paton  -  Glasgow:  Photographic material dealer

James Paton  -  Glasgow:  EPS lecturer

John Naismith Paton  -  Argyll,& Glasgow

Paton & Humphrey  -  Kilmarnock and Campbeltown

Which of the Paton photographers were related to each other?

Answer 1

Thank you to Colleen Harnett, great great great granddaughter of Hugh Paton, who wrote:

Colleen wrote:

"I am almost positive that there is no direct connection between Hugh Paton and Noel Paton.

Hugh is related to a long line of Ayrshire Patons and is directly linked to a Capt John Paton who was executed in Edinburgh in 1684 or so as a covenanter and is honoured in a memorial at Edinburgh's Grassmarket"

Colleen Harnett:  October 26, 2005

Answer 2

Thank you to John Humphrey, Toronto, Ontario, Canada for providing the following answer.

John wrote:

"Re J Paton of Dunfermline and J Paton of Linlithgow West Lothian, it seems that they were:

 (a) one and the same and

(b)  unrelated to:

-  James Paton of Greenock,

-  John Naismith Paton of Glasgow, or

-  Hugh Paton and James Paton of Campbeltown.

John Humphrey, Toronto, Ontario, Canada:  September 6, 2006

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