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Descendents of William James Patterson (6 Mar 1812 - 11 Dec 1892)
and Sarah Ann Jane Dibblee (3 May 1820- 8 Nov 1855)

Second Immigrant Generation
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Entry last updated 14 June 2008
Please contact Tim Patterson (tim.patterson@carleton.ca)
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3. James Wesley "Jim" Patterson . Son of William Patterson & Sarah Ann Jane Dibblee. Born 29 Feb 1844 in Harvey. Died 19 May 1918 in Tweedside. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer and carpenter. Jim was also a barn framer and built caskets in an upstairs shop in his Tweedside home. Religion Presbyterian.

In the audio excerpts below Jame's son Hazen Patterson recounts what it was like growing up on the family farm and comments on his father's work as a carpenter. The full interview made by Rev. William Randall is found in the Scrapbook section of this web site.

	Track 1 388 kb, 2:09 min.	Hazen as a boy at home in Tweedside.
	Track 2 468 kb, 2:37 min.	Hazen comments on his father constructing the Presbyterian church in Harvey and on the death of his brother Sterling of appendicitis.

    PANB   #F15552, p. 565: "James Patterson and Mary Swan on Dec 22, 1864 by Samuel Johnson, witnesses William G. Patterson and Isabella Thompson."

Undated and digitally enhanced carte-de-visite image of James Wesley "Jim" Patterson (29 Feb 1844 - 19 May 1918). Source: Hazen Patterson collection, Tweedside. Rephotographed in B&W by Tim Patterson, 1985. Rescanned and digitally enhanced Nov 2006. Hazen Patterson has subsequently passed away and location of original is now unknown. Medium sized pop up image 700 X 1002, 72 dpi, 370 k Full sized pop up image (4X6 crop for printing) 2864 X 4296, 208 dpi, 3,585 k Full sized pop up image (8X10 crop for printing) 3287 X 4109, 208 dpi, 3,595 k

Undated and digitally enhanced carte-de-visite image of James Wesley "Jim" Patterson (29 Feb 1844 - 19 May 1918). Same image as above. Source: Source: Collection of Brian Swan, La Peche, Quebec. Album orginated from his grandmother Ella Jessie Swan (née Thompson) who provided the image identification. Rephotographed by Tim Patterson 9 June 2008. Cropped and contrast adjusted by Tim Patterson 14 Jun 2008. Medium sized pop up image 700 X 1134, 72 dpi, 228 k Full sized pop up image 1257 X 2037, 180 dpi, 1,300 k

 

    Jim and Mary first lived on Hanwell Road, then moved to Tweedside to the farm later known as the Hazen Patterson farm. (For more information on this first family see: Swan Hall, Jocelean, and Swan Crozier, Margaret, 1980. The Swan Family (early 1800's-1980), p 23.)

Undated and digitally enhanced portrait photograph of a middle-aged James Wesley "Jim" Patterson (29 Feb 1844 - 19 May 1918). Source: Hazen Patterson collection, Tweedside. Rephotographed by Tim Patterson, 1985. Rescanned and digitally enhanced Nov 2006. Hazen Patterson has subsequently passed away and location of original is now unknown. Medium sized pop up image 700 X 963, 72 dpi, 317 k Full sized pop up image (4X6 crop for printing) 2885 X 43288, 208 dpi, 3,013 k Full sized pop up image (8X10 crop for printing) 3079 X 3849, 208 dpi, 2,999 k

 

    After the death of his first wife, Mary Swan, Jim married Sarah Ann Brown.   There were four children from the first marriage, and four children from the second marriage. (For more information on this family see: Maxwell, George and Swan, Ida Brown Swan, 1999. George Walter Brown and Alice Eleanor Messer and Descendants, 1834-1999, p. 3).

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Informal photographs of James Patterson taken later in his life most likely on the family farm in Tweedside. Source of both images: Hazen Patterson collection, Tweedside. Rephotographed by Tim Patterson, 1985. Rescanned and digitally enhanced Nov 2006. Hazen Patterson has subsequently passed away and location of original is now unknown.

 

    Copied from newspaper obituary - 1918:
    James Patterson
    Harvey Station, May 21 -- James Patterson, a well known and respected farmer of Tweedside, died at his home there on Sunday morning after an illness of more than a year.   He was the second son of William Patterson, one of the pioneers of Harvey, and was in the seventy-fifth year of his age.   He is survived by four sons and two daughters and also by his wife.   His daughters are Mrs Charles L. Brown, of Manners Sutton and Miss Alice at home.   Two of his sons, Hazen and Carrol, reside at Tweedside, William in Boston, and Abner at Rumford Falls, Me.
    The funeral took place from his late residence at Tweedside yesterday afternoon and was conducted by Rev. Mr Grant of McAdam, in the absence of the pastor, Rev. J. F. McKay, who has gone to New Glasgow, N.S., to attend the funeral of a relative.
   He first married Mary Swan, daughter of James Swan & Jane Moody, 22 Dec 1864 in Harvey Sta., York Co. By Rev. Samuel Johnson . Born 17 Nov 1839 in Northumberland, England. Died 22 Apr 1889. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

    Mary was born in England and came to Canada in 1840 with her parents.

    They had the following children:
12 i. Jane Moody "Janie" Patterson
13 ii. Sarah Ann Jane Dibble "Annie" Patterson
14 iii. John "William" Patterson
15 iv. James "Abner" Patterson

    He second married Sarah Ann "Annie" Brown, daughter of George W. Brown & Alice Eleanor Messer, 22 Jun 1892 in York Co., NB. Born 20 Apr 1862 in Harvey. Died 24 Aug 1945 in Tweedside. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Religion Presbyterian. 

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Undated and informal photographs of Annie Brown Patterson the second wife of James Patterson, both taken later in her life most likely on the family farm in Tweedside. A third image of Annie taken in the early 1920's with her son Carroll Patterson and daughter-in-law Emma Moffitt is found on Patterson Family Page 17. Source of both images: Hazen Patterson collection, Tweedside. Rephotographed by Tim Patterson, 1985. Rescanned and digitally enhanced Nov 2006. Hazen Patterson has subsequently passed away and location of originals are now unknown.

 

Copied from newspaper obituary:
   Death Aged Woman.   Mrs James Patterson, Harvey Station, 82, Had Been Ill Long time.
    Harvey Station, N.B., Aug 30 -- Tweedside lost one of its oldest and most respected residents on Thursday, August 24th, when Mrs James Patterson passed away at the home of her son, Hazen Patterson.   She was 82 years of age and a life long resident of this place.
    Mrs Patterson was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church and was active in the work of the church and community until her health failed.   During an illness of several years she was tenderly and devotedly cared for by her family, particularly by her daughter-in-law, Mrs Hazen Patterson. She leaved to mourn, two sons:   Hazen and Carl Patterson, Tweedside, one daughter, Mrs Alice Lynch, Portland, Me., two sisters, Mrs Ida Burrell, Millinocket, Me., and Mrs Marshall Gass, York Mills, N.B., five brothers, Walter Brown, Boston, Mass., Stephen Brown, Sterling Brown, York Mills, N.B., Charles Brown, Saint John, N.B., and Thomas Brown of Thomaston, N.B.   There are eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

    They had the following children:
16 i. George "Hazen" Patterson
17 ii. Carroll McLean Patterson
18 iii. Thomas "Sterling" Black Patterson
19 iv. Alice Arlene Isabell Patterson

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