Patersons of Lanarkshire

[elainemar]

Hi Tom....you may be right .....I guess we were clutching at straws really, its just a shame I was not able get hold of any information about Lachlan being in Borstal......so now there is nothing left for us to delve into........

[Rosinish]

Please don't laugh but.............................

Is it my imagination that there are similarities between this query & another similar topic 
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=709161.new%3btopicseen#new

I don't have time for now to check through it all but things do seem a wee bit strange. No harm in checking out I suppose

Annie

P.S. I have also posted a link on the other page to here

[tidybooks]

Hi ammack,

Not toosureabout the connection, would you like to explain please.

Tom

[Rosinish]

Hi Tom,

As said, no time to go through all facts for now but similarities:

Name John
Disappeared 1950's
Questioning of his surname

Possibly more..............was just a thought meanwhile

Annie

[elainemar]

Hi all...I checked that link.....don't think it refers to our John.....

[elainemar]

Hi all......all I can say now, is, thankyou all so much for your help in my search, which again has proved fruitless........either my grandfather has lied about some family information...or maybe the Paterson link is plausible.........thanmkyou.....

[elainemar]

hi all......we finally chased up the Paterson link, and with the help of people on the SFT site, we are almost certain John Paterson, and my grandfather, are one and the same person. I have information about his descendants, which I am now chasing up...so hope they will get in touch with us....thankyou all.....

[scotmum]

Long post, so apologies if someone has posted this and I missed seeing. Anyhow, a Lachlan McKay alias MacKay, bc1893 in Govan, was sentenced in Jan 1909 to a year in prison for burglary in Liverpool, then at discharge in November 1909 he was going to Nautical School in Heswall, Cheshire.

http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/Heswall/