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- from "British Columbia, Canada, Death Index, 1872-1990" (ancestry.com)
William Morton Paterson, age 75, died 9 Nov 1968 in Oak Bay.
- from "History of the County of Brant" by Douglas Reville, 1920
WILLIAM PATERSON & SON CO., LIMITED: In 1863 Messrs. H. B. Leeming and William Paterson established a wholesale confectionery and cigar manufactory. It was in April of the year named that they occupied the west end of the present buildings on Colborne Street, commencing with the modest number of fifteen hands. In those days the sales were largely made from touring wagons, and in later years Mr. Paterson used to relate that often on Saturdays the help would hang around for their pay until midnight, waiting for one of the wagons to return in order to make up the wage roll. In 1872 Mr. Leeming retired from the firm in order to become Collector of Customs, and from that time until 1894 Mr. Paterson was the sole proprietor. In that year his son, W. F. Paterson, was admitted to partnership under the style of "Wm. Paterson & Son." In 1897 a company was formed called the "William Paterson & Son Co. Limited." Mr. W. F. Paterson was elected the first President and still holds that office. In 1919, after his return from the Front where he had been a member of the Royal Flying Corps, Mr. Morton Paterson, elder son of Mr. W. F. Paterson, was made Vice-President. During the many years that he was member of Parliament Mr. Paterson was much away from home and in the early portion of that period the late Mr. G. S. Winter was manager of the factory. Some years ago the cigar department was given up. As time passed additions had to be made to the original premises in order to accommodate the constantly growing business, and a branch was established in Belleville. The firm do a large domestic and foreign trade in biscuits, chocolates, candies and other confections, and the demand for their goods is constantly expanding.
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1892 - 1968 (76 years)