William was born on December 9th, 1868 in Paisley.1
Birth Notes
Name: William Whiteford Event Type: Birth Event Date: 9 Dec 1868 Event Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): High Church, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland Gender: Male Father's Name: James Whiteford Mother's Name: Elisabeth Smith
GS Film Number: 352751 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11573-1 System Origin: ODM
Citing this Record "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQYX-PS3 : 12 February 2020), Elisabeth Smith in entry for William Whiteford, 1868.