Eric Charles Waller PATON

Born 20 February 1877 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ^[28]
Son of Royal Scottish Academy landscape painter Waller Hugh PATON and Margaret KINLOCH ^[28]
The youngest of seven children, he was born at 7pm at George Square in Edinburgh ^[28]
He had six elder siblings - Walter, Margaret, Kinloch Hubert, Nigel, Aveline, and Agatha ^{[20] [28]}
In 1881 he was living with his parents and the younger three of his siblings at 14 George Square in Edinburgh ^[20]
When he was 14, when the 1891 census was taken, he was a boarder at Saint Salvator's School in Saint Andrews, Fife, Scotland ^[20]
In 1908 he was working as an Artist and living at 18 Parkholme Road in Dalston, London, England ^[403]
Married Johanna Jane WEBB on 13 October 1908 at All Saints Church in Knightsbridge, London, England ^[403]
In 1911 they were living at the seven-room 3 Molyneaux Villas on Melrose Road in Weybridge, Surrey, England ^[20]
They departed from Liverpool, England on the steamship Suevic on 16 November 1911 bound for Albany, Western Australia ^[203]
He gave his occupation as Artist / Painter in England in 1911 but on leaving the country gave his profession as Farmer ^{[20] [203]}
Farmer in Marchagee, Western Australia 1919-1952 ^{[5: 8-May-1952] [50]}
He was appointed a Postal Vote Officer for Marchagee in mid 1916 ^{[10: 2-Jun-1916]}
P6N was his registered horse and cattle firebrand ^{[80: 28-Oct-1925]}
Died 29 April 1952 in Marchagee; buried at Three Springs General Cemetery in Three Springs, Western Australia (Anglican, Plot 92) ^{[5] [24]}


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Thursday 8 May 1952:
Man Found Dead
"Eric Charles Waller Paton, 75 years, widower, farmer of Marchagee, was found dead at his home at East Marchagee, about 2 p.m., on April 29th, by his neighbour Mr O. P. Randell, who immediately informed Constable Varney, of Carnamah, who made the necessary enquiries. Late Mr Paton had a gun shot wound in the head. It is understood that several letters addressed to various people were found near the body. No suspicious circumstances were suspected."


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Thursday 19 June 1952:
Carnamah Inquests
"Mr T. Ansell, R.M., in the Carnamah Court last week, found that Eric Charles Waller Paton, of Marchagee, died at East Marchagee on the 29th April from a bullet wound in the head, self-inflicted, while in a depressed state of mind due to illness."

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