James Wallace Paton

Born: Dec Q 1873, Islington, London, England
Marriage (1): Clarice Challinor Platt on 25 Jul 1900 in St. Thomas' Church, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Died: 13 Jun 1948, Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa aged 74
Buried: Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Clarice Challinor Platt

Wallace Keith Paton

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12115-104309-19?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PR4:n1858956300
He was 28 when he married on 25 Jul 1900.

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=James+Wallace&gsfn_x=NIC&gsln=Paton&gsln_x=XO&msbdy=1873&msbdy_x=1&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&msbdp=1&cp=11&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=26820482&recoff=7+8+9&db=FreeBMDBirth&indiv=1

bullet Death Notes:

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 166/1951
PART 1
DESCRIPTION PATON, CLARICE CHALLINOR. BORN IN DURBAN, NATAL. PRSP. PATON, JAMES WALLACE. EST. NO. 2084/1948. DECEASED ES
STARTING 19500000
ENDING 19530000

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT Genealogical Society of SA, Peter Holden DESCRIPTION Paton, JW - Gravestone.
STARTING 0000
ENDING 19480613
REMARKS St. Thomas's Cemetery, Durban, Natal. Compiler: T Jansen, 1988.
SUMMARY + James Wallace Paton. Died 13-06-1948. Husband of Clarice Paton.

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 00
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 2084/1948
PART 1
DESCRIPTION PATON, JAMES WALLACE. S/SP PATON, CLARICE CHALLENOR (BORN PLATT).
STARTING 19480000
ENDING 19500000

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 166/1951
PART 1
DESCRIPTION PATON, CLARICE CHALLINOR. BORN IN DURBAN, NATAL. PRSP. PATON, JAMES WALLACE. EST. NO. 2084/1948. DECEASED ES
STARTING 19500000
ENDING 19530000

• Occupation. Architect.

Practised in Durban from about 1905, Paton became one of the leading architects and artists in Natal. Paton was born in London and came to Natal as a child in 1885. He was articled to W STREET-WILSON in Durban about 1890 and became a partner in the business c1905/06 (cf STREET-WILSON & PATON). He continued to run the practice under the same style following Street-Wilson's death (1928) until 1936 when CSM TAYLOR joined the practice (cf. PATON & TAYLOR). The firm continued under this style until 1945. A note in the RIBA biography file for J Wallace Paton, written by CSM Taylor, said the firm had been Street-Wilson & Paton from 1900 until 1928. Paton was also an artist. He had studied art under a Belgian artist, one Emmerich, and in 1905 he and CW METHVEN founded the Natal Society of Artists; according to Taylor, Paton was 'regarded as one of South Africa's leading painters ... perhaps his great admirer was Gwelo Goodman' (CSM Taylor. RIBA biog file). Berman (1983:320) notes that Paton's style had affinities with that of Goodman. Paton exhibited several works at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, in 1924, along with other South African artist-architects such as WM TIMLIN and HLG PILKINGTON. In 1943 he served as consultant on the new Durban railway station (see also GE LE SUEUR), a project later abandoned. Paton seems to have retired in 1945. After his death in 1948 the practice was continued by Taylor and became PATON, TAYLOR, WILLIES & BENNET.

Paton was closely concerned with the practice of architecture in Natal and like many of his contemporaries was concerned about the question of a South African style of architecture. He was quoted (AB&E Dec 1927:18) as having said in an interview with a Durban afternoon paper that such a style 'would be the result of gentle evolution' given the varying climatic conditions throughout the country.

Vice-President NIA 1926; President NPIA in 1927; mem of advisory committee for Art, appointed by the Municipality of Durban c1920 (?); FRIBA Durban 1906; ISAA 1927. (Berman 1983; Brown 1969; Fransen 1982; FRIBA nom papers (1906), gone astray; Hillebrand 1975; Hillebrand 1986; ISAA mem list; Jeppe 1964; NAD MSCE 2084/1948; Street-Wilson's FRIBA nom papers; RIBA biog file, note by CSM Taylor; SAAR Nov 1948:324, obit)

http://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/archframes.php?archid=1238

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12115-110859-99?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PR4:n1858956300

• Ancestors. His father may be James Paton

• Children. They only had one child.
http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1726978

• General Comment. Copy of his mother in law - Trena Vosper Platt nee Henry's death notice dd 4 Sep 1920 in RAB's possession.

• General Comment. Copy of his father in law - Edward Ashworth Platt's Death Notice dd 26 Jun 1937 in RAB's possesion.

James married Clarice Challinor Platt, daughter of Edward Ashworth Platt and Petrena Vosper Henry, on 25 Jul 1900 in St. Thomas' Church, Durban, Natal, South Africa. (Clarice Challinor Platt was born Cal 11 Dec 1870 in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, died on 11 Dec 1950 in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa and was buried in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KDCL-N15

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12115-104309-19?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PR4:n1858956300
Witnesses:-
E.A. Platt her father.
James Paton
D.I. Butcher

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