John Paterson

Abt 1826 - 1902  (76 years)

• Name	John Paterson
  Birth	Abt 1826	Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotand
  	Aged 45 in 1881 census = b1836 Married 1854 aged 28 = b1826
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Apr 1902	Brackenrigg, Peebles, Peebleshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I501593	First tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Adam Paterson,   b. 1795, Carnwarth, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 18 Sep 1885 (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Russell,   b. 1798, Carnwarth, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 24 Jan 1881 (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F60741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Watson,   b. Abt 1833   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1854
  	Married 18 ???Dec 1854
  Children	1. Adam Paterson,   b. 20 Oct 1857   d. Yes, date unknown   2. James Paterson,   b. 18 Dec 1858   d. Yes, date unknown   3. William Paterson,   b. 5 Mar 1860   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John Paterson,   b. 1862   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Alexander J.B. Paterson,   b. 1866   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary D. Paterson,   b. 21 Aug 1866   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Jemima Watson Paterson,   b. 23 May 1868, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland d. Bef Dec 1968 (Age 100 years)   8. James B. Paterson,   b. 20 Jan 1870   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Agnes Paterson,   b. 20 Mar 1873   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Thomas Paterson,   b. 6 Jan 1875   d. Yes, date unknown   11. James Paterson,   b. 20 Jan 1876   d. 1 Sep 1885 (Age 9 years)   12. Jean Paterson,   b. 16 May 1876   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F60735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Postmaster in Innerleithen In the late eighteen hundreds the Post Office occupied what is now the Whistle Stop Café in Innerleithen High Street. The Postmaster was James Paterson, originally from Carnwath in Lanarkshire, who lived in the commodious dwelling upstairs – he needed a large house for his wife, Agnes, their four sons and four daughters, ranging in ages from 28 years down to 10 years, and a live-in domestic servant. The 1891 Census Return shows that two of the daughters were employed as telegraphists. There were frequent despatches during the day for letters and parcels, local and farther afield. Two deliveries on working days and one on Sundays were carried out, with the local mail despatch times set to allow same day delivery. Junk mail was unheard of but occasionally the odd weird letter passed through the system.