Thomas Paton
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Thomas Laird Paton (1855 - 1909)

Thomas Laird "Tom" Paton
Born in Montréal, Bas-Canadamap
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Died at age 53 in Lasalle, Québec, Canadamap
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A pioneer goaltender in organized hockey who was goaltender for the 1st Stanley Cup Champion Team - 1893 Montreal Hockey Club and an amateur athletic proponent and leader

Thomas Laird Paton was born in 1855. [1] His parents are Laird Paton and Anne Scott. He was an outstanding amateur athlete in lacrosse and hockey. He served as goaltender for the Montreal Hockey Club who led his team to six straight league championships from 1888 to 1893. In 1893, his team won the the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup and received what is now known as Stanley Cup. The team was the 1st Stanley Cup Champion Team - 1893 Montreal Hockey Club.[2] He was a founding member of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (MAAA) and the the chair of the charitable committee of the St Andrew’s Society .

He died in 1909. [3]

Sources

  1. 1901 Census: "1901 Census of Canada"
    Year: 1901; Census Place: Montréal (City/Cité) Saint-Antoine (Ward/Quartier), Montréal (City/Cité), Quebec; Page: 8; Family No: 61
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8826 #14355277 (accessed 18 September 2022)
    Thos L Puton (45), married, Mfe Agent, head of household in Quebec. Born in Québec.
  2. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tom-paton
  3. Canada, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2012 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 60527, Find A Grave: Memorial #108229745.
  • Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2008 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 1091 Note: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
  • Canada, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2021 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 62227 Note: See newspaper information provided with each entry.

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