Now sometimes a story from a long time ago bounces back, unannounced with a fascinating new slant.
And this is exactly what has happened with Looking for Robert and Sarah Paton in Southern Cemetery.*
It had always been an odd story, in that it surfaced as a piece of research after my old friend David Harrop showed me a document relating to the burial of Dr Robert Paton in Southern Cemetery in 1912.
Added to which the gravestone was just around the corner from the Remembrance Lodge where David has a displays some of his extensive collection of Post Office memorabilia along with items from both world wars.
I always intended to take the story further but as you do got side tracked and never went back.
But yesterday Victoria got in touch to say she was also doing research on Dr Paton in connection with a court case at which was going to testify, but died suddenly aged just 46 before he could give testimony.
That prompted me to go looking for the family home which was on Rochdale Road which doubled as his surgery.
And as so often happens with research both Victoria and I have gained from sharing information.
I was able to send over Dr Paton's Order for the Burial of the Dead, which included his photograph, along with a picture of the headstone in Southern Cemertery.
In return Victoria was able to provise the address of the family home and in turn I found its exact location using the street directory and an OS map.
Sadly the house vanished a long time ago, although there is another property bearing the same name.
Hers is a much wider piece of research and in the fullness of time I hope she will share it as a blog story.
Location; Southern Cemetery and Rochdale Road.
Pictures; the headstone of Alexander & Sarah Paton from the collection of Andrew Simpson, extracts from
“The Order for the Burial of Dead” of Mr Paton,
*Looking for Robert and Sarah Paton in Southern Cemetery, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=Paton
It had always been an odd story, in that it surfaced as a piece of research after my old friend David Harrop showed me a document relating to the burial of Dr Robert Paton in Southern Cemetery in 1912.
Added to which the gravestone was just around the corner from the Remembrance Lodge where David has a displays some of his extensive collection of Post Office memorabilia along with items from both world wars.
I always intended to take the story further but as you do got side tracked and never went back.
But yesterday Victoria got in touch to say she was also doing research on Dr Paton in connection with a court case at which was going to testify, but died suddenly aged just 46 before he could give testimony.
And as so often happens with research both Victoria and I have gained from sharing information.
I was able to send over Dr Paton's Order for the Burial of the Dead, which included his photograph, along with a picture of the headstone in Southern Cemertery.
In return Victoria was able to provise the address of the family home and in turn I found its exact location using the street directory and an OS map.
Sadly the house vanished a long time ago, although there is another property bearing the same name.
Hers is a much wider piece of research and in the fullness of time I hope she will share it as a blog story.
Location; Southern Cemetery and Rochdale Road.
“The Order for the Burial of Dead” of Mr Paton,
*Looking for Robert and Sarah Paton in Southern Cemetery, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=Paton
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