Robert James Patterson

[1] He was born in Whitecross, County Armagh and was brought up by his Aunt (Helena Reid) and Uncle (Rev.

[2] Rev Patterson read Law, gaining his LLB at Trinity College Dublin.

The movement attracted a large number of followers in Ireland and Great Britain.

As the Catch-My-Pal movement grew, and Patterson's book 'The Happy Art of Catching Men: A story of Good Samaritanship' was published in 1914, his travel schedule became extensive, travelling over 21,000 miles in just one year around the USA and Canada.

[1] Rev Patterson died at home in Belfast in October 1930 from a heart condition, surviving his two sons, and three and half years before the birth of his first grandchild.