April 3rd

On this day in 1899 Joseph Bruce Paterson was born.  He is your first cousin 2X removed.  Most of the information I have about him came via Texas!!  You may remember "Andy in Texas" who went over to Aberdeenshire to follow up on her husband's family.  Unfortunately, due to some sloppy research she and her husband met members of my family!  So Joseph is the son of Joseph Paterson and Elspet Christie.  Elspet is a sister of grandma's dad.  Joseph the dad was a farm servant/ploughman in Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire.  Joseph the son was the thrid child of eleven children.  There seems to be an indication that Joseph's nickname was "Dovie".  Can't imagine why unless he kept doves.

And the next event on this day is a death due to a war - the second so far for this blog.  On April 3rd 1945 Alan Fisken was killed.  He was 31 years old.  Alan is your first cousin 2X removed.  Your great great grandfather William Fisken is his grandfather.   Before the war Alan was married with a son.  The family lived in Northwich in Cheshire, England.  He was a public works general foreman and a reinforced concrete specialist.  At the time of his death they lived in Ealing, Middlesex which is near London.  He was a volunteer flying officer with squadron 190 of the Royal Air Force.  He is Remembered with Honour on panel 266 at the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey England near where in 1215 the Magna Carta was sealed by King John.