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Person
Paterson, William S., 1841-1907
1841-1907
William Stieven Paterson of Montreal and Lac Ouimet, Quebec, and the maternal grandfather of William Bruce Ross, Douglas Allen Ross, Dorothy Jean Ross and Alison Ross, was born in Scotland in 1841. He emigrated with his family to Canada in 1842. He had several children including Edward Russell Paterson and Kate Elizabeth Ross (nee Paterson). In 1871 he took a trip through Civil War country in the Southern United States and also traveled to Cuba.