72900: Alexander Paterson
Alexander Paterson was born in 1855, the son of John Paterson and Christina Munro of Taigh a’ Chiobair, Borve. For a while he appears to have worked as a cattleherd at Newton Farm. By 1881 he had returned to Berneray to live in a newly built house at Pol an Oir.
Alexander worked as a carpenter, notably on the Golden Eagle. In 1890 he married Ann MacLeod of Sandhill, with whom he was to have five children. In 1900 he was lotted a new croft at 15 Borve, to which the family moved.
Details
- Record Type:
- Person
- Date Of Birth:
- 1855
- Date of Death:
- 1 Jan 1942
- Gender:
- Male
- Brothers Keeper Reference:
- CEBH 319
- Occupation:
- Crofter; Cattleherd; Joiner
- Record Maintained by:
- CEBH