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c1949 Jean Whaite with Phillip, her mother Elizabeth Aitken, Lilian M Whaite her mother in law , Jennifer Whaite daughter of Harry & Olive Whaite at Mosman

 c1949 Jean Whaite with Phillip, her mother Elizabeth Aitken, Lilian M Whaite her mother in law , Jennifer Whaite daughter of Harry & Olive Whaite at Mosman

AITKEN

This is the tree of Janet Argent Aitken [Whaite 8A.1.2], [4.1.2] and of the following families in greater detail: 1. Paternal Line Trees for Argent and Australian Argents of Argents Hill and 2. Maternal Line Trees for Lewsey and Charles Parker

The generations in all these trees are quite independent and do not follow each other or those of Whaite family

AITKEN TREE

Revised 19 March 2013 from further research by Philip Whaite

 

 

James AITKEN b c 1797 Linlithgow d 2 Sep 1865/0902 Falkirk; Statutory Deaths 479/010153 Cause: (a) Glandular Fever 18 weeks (b) General Dropsy 5 days age 89 years Informant son William; Journeyman Brewer 1841, Corn Merchant 1851, Grain Merchant 1861, Grain Dealer DC [F John Farmer M Margaret Unknown]; Will dated 22 Feb 1865 and witnessed by Robert Henderson and John Lithgow his Clerk both of Falkirk 1866 gave Harriet his Executrix, “liferent” and left equal shares to his 8 living children. Probated 22 Apr 1866 Sheriff Court Stirlingshire SC67/36/31 1866 pp 313-322 with Personal Effects and Effects of 352 pounds 7 shillings and 4 pence. “James Aitken in the Parish of Falkirk & Harriet Ritchie in this parish gave in their names for proclamation on 22nd of November 1828 in order to Marriage and having been regularly proclaimed were married 12th December thereafter" Marriages 664/0060 0158 m 12 Dec 1828.479/12.3364* Falkirk Harriet (Ritchie) b 26 Dec 1807 bp 10 Jan 1808 Bo’ness W Lothian 664/0030.0470 [F Archibald M Elizabeth Miller] d 26 Dec 1878.479/010 p 91.272 Falkirk age 71 years see SF and 1

Both living Census 7 April 1861 at 6 Bank St Falkirk

First Generation

1 Family of James AITKEN and Harriet (Ritchie)

All births Falkirk Scotland

1.Elizabeth b 11 Oct 1829 d 28 Apr 1892 reg 652/0074 p 25.74 Baillieston Glasgow Cause: Gallstones Imframation of Liver 14 days age 62 years Widow of James Robb Ironwork Timekeeper m 26 Oct 1860 Falkirk reg 1860.479/01 p22.44 James ROBB b c 1828 Bannockburn Stirling d 12 June 1873 Royal Infirmary Glasgow reg High Church Glasgow 644/02 p391.1171 Cause: Pleuro Pneumonia age 45 years Informant: Christine Harper occupier at 79 Windmillhill Motherwell [James' usual residence] see SF and 2.1

2.Lillian “Lillias” b 7 Aug 1831 IGI d as Lillias Aitken 17 Oct 1865.664/0036 p 12 Carriden West Lothian, Scotland) Cause: Inflamation age 34 years late of East Bonhard Farm, Borrowstoun Rd Linlithgow Informant husband William m 22 Nov 1857 Falkirk William MILLER bp as Millar 2 Apr 1820 Carriden West Lothian IGI d 16 Jan 1900.485/A0 0019 Lunatic Asylum Larbert Stirling Horse Trader Widower age 79 years Informant attendant from asylum see SF and 2.2

3.John b 14 Feb 1834 bp 23 Feb 1834 Falkirk IGI d 8 Sep 1902/5985; 9-78976 Invercargill NZ Cause: Bronchitis 4 months & Heart Failure bu 11 Sep 1902 Eastern Cem Invercargill age 68 years late of Herbert Street Gladstone Invercargill Surveyor, Old Age Pensioner m 11 Jun 1854 Polmont Stirling Scotland Ann (Johnston) b 24 Apr 1834 bp 10 May 1834.487/0030.0100 Polmont [F John M Margaret Gaff] d 3 May 1876/4770; also June qtr 1876.763 Popotunoa Wairuna Otago NZ Cause: Injury of Spine - Paraplegia 4 days bu Clinton Cemetery age 42 years see 2.3

DC Ann: Informant husband John states m 13 Jun 1854 Redding [south of Polmont and east of Falkirk] reg Falkirk and Ann bp 18 May 1834 Lothian Road Associate Congregation Edinburgh [M Margaret McLay] but no record has been found of this name.

Census 7 April 30 Mar 1851 Roll 1144 Page 14 Line 9: Carriden West Lothian: Glidhill House Blackness; in household of uncle John Ritchie Land Surveyor; Electoral Roll Invercargill: 1882 to 1884 #15 Surveyor

4. Archibald b 4 May bp 22 May 1836.479/01000.0563* Falkirk [F James M Harriet FR 2902] d 30 May 1839.479/00 0531* Falkirk NO ISSUE

5.James ? b as Jane b 4 Aug bp 2 Sept 1838 479/10-12/11/0110.0043 *Falkirk [F James M Harriet FRCH 2V28] [Roy Hardie] Joiner Journeyman 1858 Carpenter d 13 Dec 1926.264* Lorne Hospital Cause: Coronary Thrombosis - instantaneous and senile Myocarditis (months) bu 15 Dec 1926 Block 10/11 Eastern Cem Invercargill m after Banns 9 Oct 1857 479/1.39* rites of United Presb Ch of Scotland Falkirk Stirling (Witnesses: James White G.Mc?Lauglin) Elizabeth Christie (Walker) Residence Grahamston bp 25 June 1837.479.0110.00008 Falkirk [F James M Elizabeth Hudson FRCH 2V26] d 5 May 1918.91* Ness St Appleby Invercargill NZ Cause: Senile decay, Myocardial failure for many weeks bu 7 May 1918 Block 10/11 Eastern Cem Invercargill age 80 yrs late of Ellis Road see SF and 2.4

Both plus dau Elizabeth arrived Sep 1858 Melbourne Vic on "Sardinian" [Unassissted Fiche 151 p 1].

No record to date of arrival in NZ after Harriet’s birth 1860 in Victoria until James’s birth 1862 in NZ

6.Isabella b 11 Feb bp 21 Feb 1841 479/0110.0116* [F James M Harriet FRCH 2V29] Cs 1861 living 6 Bank St Falkirk d 17 Apr 1917.479/00 p 72.215 Grahams Road Falkirk Cause: Cardiac Disease Informant son Thomas m 6 Jun 1862 Falkirk IGI Colin MORRISON bp 22 May 1836 Falkirk IGI d 27 Dec 1885.479/01;116.347 Falkirk Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia 9 days age 49 years Informant son William see SF and 2.5

7. Thomas b 8 June bp 20 June 1843 Falkirk d 2 Dec 1912.248* at 54 Dalrymple St Invercargill NZ at home of sister in law Mrs Agnes Aitken bu 4 Dec 1912 Block 10/11 Eastern Cem Invercargill age 63 yrs brother of James Aitken Strathearn Sth Invercargill never married arrived NZ c 1864 NO ISSUE

8.Adam b 10 Sep bp 28 Sep 1845 IGI d 15 Dec 1909/8029 at George Street Port Chalmers Otago Cause: Malignant Disease of Stomach 3 years, General Wasting and Syncope bu 1909 New Cem Port Chalmers Storekeeper arrived NZ c 1865 m 30 June 1882/1876 Bannockburn Otago NZ Amelia Jane (Angel) b Sep qtr 1861 Shoreditch 1c.103 England d 21 Oct at 345 Elles Road Invercargill 1935/24485 Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage and Arteriosclerosis bu 22 Oct 1935 Grave 885 Block 8/207 Eastern Cem Invercargill with father Charles; arrived NZ c 1866 see SF and 2.6

Electoral Roll Invercargill NZ 1914 at 54 Dalrymple Road: #34 Amelia Aitken Widow, # 35 Harriet Aitken ? daughter

9. Harriet b 13 Apr bp 26 Apr 1847 IGI d pre 30 March 1851 Census NO ISSUE

10. William b 10 Nov bp 24 Nov 1849 479/0110.0441*Falkirk [F James M Harriet Rickie FR 3152] d post 1878 not yet found; witness death mother 1878; m 13 Mar 1874 Hutchestontown Glasgow 644/10.0093 Mary (Muirhead) b c 1850 d 14 June 1910 Bute Street Falkirk 479/00.0257 Cause: Angina Pectoria and congestion of Lung age 60 years Widow of William Aitken Grain Dealer Informant James brother living Russell Street Woollen Weaver 1781, Flesher Storekeeper 1881 NO ISSUE see SF

Census 2 April 1871 479/01003/01037 Falkirk: at 104 Bank St: Harriet Aitken Head 64 widow, William son 27 Merchant, Thornton Sharp 26 Domestic Servant, Harriet Robb grand dau 6/16 [should be 10], Mary Robb grand dau 8

 

Land Titles:Transfers of Title to Section 4 Block VI Township of Strathearn NZ 16/263:13 Dec 1879/2254 from William John Moffett to James Aitken; 21 Oct 1921/49241 James Aitken to John Warden

Details of this family have been updated from Roy Hardie in Hardie/Campbell website

 

Second Generation

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Second Generation

2.1 ex 1.1 Family of Elizabeth (Aitken) and James ROBB

All events in Scotland

1.Harriet Ritchie b 2 Mar 1861.479/01.0068 Banks St Falkirk home of James Aitken; Census 1871 with Aitken grandmother at 104 Banks St Falkirk

2.Mary b 6 Mar 1863 St. Ninians IGI; Census 1871 with Aitken grandmother at 104 Banks St Falkirk

3.Lillias b 15 Jul 1865 Hutchesontown Glasgow m 1886 Hutchesontown Alexander MCQUEEN b c 1864 Islay Argyll Scotland [Census 1891] see 3.1

4. Elisa b 23 Oct 1867 Hutchesontown IGI

5.Margaret b 7 Nov 1869 Hutchesontown IGI

Census 2 Apr 1871 644/100006/10018 Sched 97 Glasgow: at 92 Wellington Street: James Robb Head 43 labourer in Coalworks, Elizabeth wife 42, Lillias 5 Scholar, Elisa 2, Margaret 1

Harriet 10 & Mary 8 were with Grandmother Harriet in Falkirk

Census 3 Apr 1881 Roll 1881-243 Ed 34 p4 Line 17 Hutchesontown Glasgow: at 100 South Wellington Street:? James Robb, Elizabeth Robb, Eliza Robb 13, Lillias Robb 15, Margaret Robb 11 also Peter Cameron 45 and James Campbell 23.

Census 5 Apr 1891 Roll 1891-227 Ed2 626/A1004/A1024 Sched 93 Line 4 Cadder: at 10 Cawder Gardens living with her daughter Lillias and her husband Alexander McQueen: Elizabeth Robb 61 mother in law

2.2 ex 1.2 Family of Lillian (Aitken) and William MILLER

1.Margaret b 1 Oct 1859 Linlithgow West Lothian Scotland

2.David b 4 Feb 1861 Carriden West Lothian

Census 3 April 1881 Coatbridge, Lanarkshire Browns Land Manse Street, David age 20, an apprentice Engine fitter, lived with John Fraser, an Engine fitter, and his wife Jane.

Census 7 Apr 1861 ED 1 Roll 1861-120 p 14 Line 3 Carriden West Lothian: at East Bonham (farm House) William Miller 41 Farmer & Horse Dealer owns 108 Acres, Lilias Aitken Miller 28, Margaret Miller 1, David Miller 2 Mo also 5 employees :2 Man 1 Boys 2 Women: William Gentleman 23 Ploughman, Mary Morrison 23 dairy maid & possibly a relation of Colin Morrison, Daniel McArthur 17 Ploughman, Mary Ann Bowie 15 servant, John Hunter 13 Farm Boy

Census 2 Apr 1871 ED 1 Roll 1871-182 p 1 Carriden West Lothian: at East Bonham Farm: William Horse Dealer and Farmer, David son 11 Scholar, Margaret dau 10 Scholar Employees:Mary Morrison 32 General Servant (Domestic), Robert Watson 20 Farm Servant, James Brown 18 Farm Servant, John Cairns 13 Farm Servant

Census 4 Mar 1881 ED 5 Roll 1881-133 p 4 Line 14 Dunipace Stirling: at Torwood Village: William age 61 Retired Farmer Boarder in household of John & Helen Anderson and family

Census 4 Mar 1881 ED 2 Roll 1881-266 p 22 Line 22 Old Monkland Coatbridge Lanark: at Browns Land Manse Street: David Miller age 20 in household of John Fraser Engine fitter and wife Jane

Census 5 Apr 1891 ED 3 Roll 1891-154 p 23 St. Ninians Stirling: at Sunnyside: William 71 Lodger & Former Horse Dealer in household of Christina Watson 45, Jemima Watson 22

2.3 ex 1.3 Family of John AITKEN and Amy (Johnston)

1.Female b c 1854 living age 48 years 1902 [DC father] - no record in Scotland

2.James Falkirk b 9 May 1856 Falkirk Scotland d 13 Jul 1937/29566 at 93 Clyde Street Invercargill NZ Cause: Sudden Cardiac Failure; Myocardial Degeneration bu 15 Jul 1937 Eastern Cemetery MI 3522 Block 28/28 age 81 years m 8 Aug 1876.2168 Emily Amelia (Marmion) b c 1858 d as Amelia Esther 22 June 1935 /18047 reg June qtr 1935.1970 Invercargill age 77 years see 3.2

3.Harriet Ritchie b 21 Nov 1857 Polmont Stirling Scotland [IGI] d 26 Aug 1927/8964;Sep qtr 1927.1966 Invercargill NZ age 69 years never married NO ISSUE

4.Ann Elizabeth b 9 Nov 1859 Linlithgow West Lothian Scotland d as Mary A E 25 Oct 1948/22292 age 80 years m 7 Feb 1877/30 William PETTIGREW see 3.3

5.John Clement b 1864/45 Invercargill d 16 May 1911/5262; June qtr 1911.1469 Mt Benger Otago age 47 years

6.Thomas b as Aitkin 1866/65 (also no.1105 Invercargill d 7 Aug 1934 at 17 Ramrig Street Invercargill reg 1934/8725 Cause: Cholaemia; Cerrhosis of Liver 2 years bu 9 Aug 1934 Eastern Cemetery age 68 years Labourer m 18 Dec 1889/3429 Isabella Noble (Morton) b c 1861 Cavan Ireland [F David M Elizabeth Noble] d 3 Feb 1949 at 17 Ramrig Street Invercargill reg 1949/18345 Cause: Chronic Bronchitis 10 years, Tic Touloureux 30 years, Senility bu Invercargill age 88 years emigrated to New Zealand c 1869 see 3.4

Parents and children 1 to 4 left Glasgow Scotland on “Silistria” 25 Jul 1860 and arrived Otago New Zealand 25 October 1860

 

2.4 ex 1.5 Family of James AITKEN and Elizabeth Christie (Walker)

1.Elizabeth Agnes b as Elizabeth 6 Feb 1858 reg 479/01.39 Grahamston Falkirk Scotland d as Marks 30 Apr 1924/4619 Invercargill NZ age 66 years m (1) 21 Jan 1876.0670 Greenhills NZ George CLARK b 10 Aug 1852 Par Monzievaird and Strowan Perth Scotland d 26 Apr 1893 Waikato NZ 1893/2203;1893.617 Hamilton North age 40 years bu 28 Apr 1893 Invercargill see SF and 3.5. Elizabeth Clark m (2) 1 Jan 1903/1855 Invercargill John Lewis MARKS Tailor

2.Harriet Lillias b as Harriett 3 Apr 1860.11423* entry 790 Broadford reg Collingwood Vic Informant mother living Lower Barkly St Carlton Vic d as Alderson 3 Feb 1931/2312 Orepuki NZ age 70 years m (1) 9 June 1879/1638; 1879.1660 InvercargillJames Hair YOUNG b 26 Dec 1838 bp 6 Jan 1839 Douglas Lanarkshire Scotland d 26 Feb 1899 Orepuki NZ [nearest 1899/7534 as J Hall age 54 years] bu Orepuki Cem age 60 years see SF and 3.6. Harriet Lillias Young m (2) 1903/4714 David ALDERSON b c 1857 County Durham England d 21 May 1936/25409 Orepuki NZ age 81 years arrived NZ 1877 on “Western Monarch” ? NO ISSUE

3.James b 11 June 1862.543.156 Invercargill NZ 1912 living 54 Dalrymple St Invercargill 1926 living 262 Ness St Invercargill d 18 Jul 1948.228* at 31 Elles Rd Invercargill Cause: Coronary Thrombosis Instantaneous, Senile Myocarditis Months bu 19 Jul 1948 Eastern Cem Invercargill Block 15/57 MI 1544 age 86 years Cab Proprietor 1910, Storeman - Grocer pre 1948 Retired Grocer m 10 Apr 1884.1817 house of A McKellar Esk St Invercargill Agnes (McAlister) known as McAllister b 5 Sep 1861 Campbelltown Argyleshire Scotland d 22 May 1935/18023 age 73 years bu 25 May 1935 Eastern Cem Invercargill 15/57 Block MI 1554 Headstone reads "In fond remembrance of Mary McAlister, native of Campbelltown, Argyleshire wife of John V Barrie, died 3 January 1891 age 33 years; also Agnes McAlister wife of James Aitken died 22 May 1935 aged 73 years; and her husband James Aitken died 18 July 1948 aged 86 years. At rest." see SF and 3.7

4.Lily b c 23 Sep 1865 Toi Tois [Fortrose] Pupil Sth School Invercargill 1879.67 d as Lilas 23 May 1882.43* Strathearn Invercargill Cause: Phthisis Pulmonalis 3 months; age 16 years 8 months [Southland Times 24 May 1882 page 2] bu as Lily 25 May 1882 Block Eastern Cem Invercargill Block 10/11 NO ISSUE

5.Thomas Hudson b 4 Dec 1867.1343* Greenhills Invercargill ? Pupil South School Invercargill 1879.34 d 26 Mar 1935.4739* State Hospital & Men's Home Liverpool NSW Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis late of Bankstown Mun widow Mary lived 76 Turvey St Revesby bu 27 Mar 1935 Presbyterian Cem Rookwood NSW Foundry Foreman,Iron Moulder, Brass Founder 1922 NSW came to Sydney pre 1915 m (1) 18 Dec 1889.3506 Ellis Road Primitive Meth Ch Invercargill (Witnesses: John Buchanan Hay, Minnie Campbell) Emily Beatrice (Hart) b 9 Aug 1864/2561; 1864/910045321 entry 599 Invercargill Tailoress d 13 Nov 1907/8750-9-78976 entry 1083 Hereford St Linwood near Christchurch bu 16 Nov 1907 Meth Cem Linwood see SF and 3.8 . T H Aitken age 45 Iron Moulder m (2) 14 Apr 1913.3546 entry 58 *Methodist Parsonage Sydenham Christchurch NZ (Witnesses: Elizabeth Ruth Argent Christchurch, James H Aitken Addington Moulder) Maud (Scott) nee Truman widowed 12 Oct 1902 age 36 b as Trueman 1876 folio 2388 Rangiora Canterbury NZ d c 29 Dec 1924.18492* Opawa Heath St Randwick NSW Cause: Suicide bu 30 Dec 1924 Presb Cem Rookwood NO ISSUE came to Aust c 1913 Informant son Robert C Scott. see SF. T H Aitken Residence Revesby m (3) 1 Sep 1933.12815* Congreg Woollahra NSW Mary (McBride) Residence Melbourne Vic widow b as M Wilson Walker 12 June BB 1869 Milton Glasgow Lanarckshire Scotland IGI d as Mary Wilson 27 Apr 1954.8593* Salvation Army Eventide Home 75 Shaftsbury Road Burwood Cause: Senility age 84 years crem 29 Apr 1954 Rookwood Crem Informant Myrtle C Palmer no relation Eventide Home; left London 13 Mar 1923 for Melbourne on “Hobsons Bay” . Said to be third cousin of T H Aitken through Walker connection [PW] NO ISSUE see SF. Mary Wilson Walker Residence 29 Simpson Street, Glasgow m (1) after Banns 25 Dec 1915 reg 644/14.0205.1915 p 103#205 at 1/2 Montgomrie Street Established Church of Scotland Glasgow (Witnesses: Frank Russell, Nellie Keatings) Thomas MCBRIDE as McBryde [DC 1954 NSW] Residence 109 Glebe Street Dairykeeper ? b 23 Sep [BB] 1850 Ireland d 3 Jan 1923 at 21 Simpson St Glasgow Scotland 644/130008 1923 p3# 7 Cause: Bronchitis, BronchoPneumonia 6 days age 72 years Night Watchman] ENTER NO ISSUE see SF. Thomas McBride m (1) 29 Nov 1879 Kilbirnie Elizabeth (Pollock) see SF 2.4.5.3 McBride

6.Catherine Clark b 9 May 1870.97* Greenhills reg pupil South Sch Invercargill 1879.72 d 1947/27247 bu 15 Nov 1947 age 77 years Eastern Cem Invercargill Block 19/15 late of Rangiora North Canterbury m 1892.1916* residence James Aitken Strathearn reg Invercargill (Witnesses: James Walker Aitken Railway Porter, Mary Lewis) William LEWIS b 19 Feb 1869 Tredegar Monmouth Wales ? reg Mar qtr 1869 Bedewelty 11a.116 d 8 Aug 1948/20265 reg Sep qtr 1948.3756 Rangiora NZ age 79 years bu 11 Aug 1948 Eastern Cem Invercargill Block 19/15 see SF and 3.9

7.John Walker b as Aiken 16 Jul 1872 folio 1676 Campbelltown and 123* Greenhills; pupil South Sch Invercargill 1879.217 d 17 Nov 1952.437* at 160 Forth St Invercargill Cause: Hypestatic Congestion of Lungs Degenerative heart failure 6 months bu 19 Nov 1952 Eastern Cem Invercargill Block 27/182 MI 3303 Retired Railway Guard m 27 Mar 1895. 115* ;1895/3774 at house of Alexander Calder Presb (Witnesses: Arthur John Pope Wool Classer Invercargill Mary Anderson Calder Thornbury) Isabella Lindsay (Calder) b 24 Dec 1875 Riverton reg 1876/6348 d 16 Oct 1935.265* also 1935/4466 reg Dec qtr 1935. 4115 at 160 Forth St Invercargill Gastric Haemorrhage 26 hours Carcinoma of Liver 3 Months Carcinoma of Stomach 2 years age 59 years bu 18 Oct 1935 Eastern Cem Invercargill Block 27/182 MI 3303 see SF and 3.10

8.Robert b 11 Sep 1875.166* Greenhills reg Campbelltown Pupil Sth Invercargill School 1885.269 d 5 Dec1961.513* at 36 Compton St Invercargill Cause: Senile Mycardial Degeneration weeks bu 7 Dec 1961 Eastern Cem Invercargill RSA 2/178 MI 12843 "Tpr R. Aitken 5th Contingent" Retired Butcher, Ex Serviceman, Cabman m 20 Nov 1907.7988* residence of William Lewis Grace St Appleby Invercargill (Witnesses: Donald McKerchar Traveller Invercargill, Jane Hudson Buxton Home Duties Invercargill) Beatrice (Watt) bNEW 28 Jul 1889/11291; reg Sep qtr 1889.3243;188 Wallace Riverton d 21 Nov 1979/47526;1979.22433 at 36 Lauder Crescent Invercargill Cause: Sudden Cardiac Insuffiency, Mycardial Infarction 2 months ago, Valvulon Disease, Ruptured Valves 15 years, Fracture Hip 2 years bu 23 Nov 1979 Eastern Cem Invercargill Block 38/260 MI 7236 with son Victor/MI 5337.34/613 late of Invercargill see SF and 3.11

9.Jane Hudson “Jean, Jeannie” b 21 Jan 1879.96* also 956 Invercargill; Pupil Sth Invercargill

School 1890.1828* d 28 Feb 1965/26125; folio 1068.86 Queenstown Otago age 86 years; witness marr 1889 brother Robert 8 above; m 23 June 1897.2323* Prim Meth Ch Strathearn (Witnesses: James Aitken Carpenter Invercargill, Simpson Buxton Brick & Tile Maker Forest Hill) Thomas Ward BUXTON b 31 Dec 1869/1657 Makarewa Southland d 12 May 59 Purchase Street 1951/23441; reg June qtr 1951.2178; Christchurch no. 666 Cause: Myocardial Degeneration (years), Arteriosclerosis (years), Senility crem 15 May 1951 Christchurch age 81 years bu 15 May 1951 Bromley Christchurch Brickmaker, Retired Gardener see SF and 3.12

James Aitken 21, Elizabeth 22 and Elizabeth 1 arrived Sep 1858 Melbourne Vic on "Sardinian" but had moved to NZ before birth of James in 1862.

NZ Electoral Rolls 1900 Invercargill : Strathearn: at Elles Road Aitken James #24 Carpenter,

Elizabeth #19 wife; 1905 South Invercargill Strathearn St Elizabeth Aitken #29 wife; Strathearn Elles Road James Aitken Carpenter #34

 

2.5 ex 1.6 Family of Isabella (Aitken) and Colin MORRISON

All born Falkirk Scotland most IGI

1.William b 16 Oct 1863

2. James b 20 Jan 1865.479/010 p 10.30

3.Harriet b 2 Oct 1866

4.Colin b 12 Sep 1868

5.John b 15 Oct 1870

6.Robert b 2 Dec 1872

7. Thomas b 18 Apr 1874; Informant then of Grahams Road Falkirk death 1917 mother

8. Bell b 4 Jan 1879/479/010 p 6.17

9. Agnes b 25 Jun 1879.479/010 p 014.310

Census 2 Apr 1871 479/01011/01001 page 1 # 3 Falkirk: at No. 1 North and of East side of Bainford: Colin Morrison 33 Blacksmith, Isabella 29 wife, William 7 Scholar, James 6 Scholar, Harriet 4, Colin 2, John 5 months in house of father William Morrison

Census 3 Apr 1881 ED 11 Roll 1881-134 p 30 Lines 3-13 Falkirk: at 13 Persia Row: Colin (as Colm) Morrison 43 Blacksmith Isabella, 39 wife, William son 17 Smith, James 16 son Smith, Harriet 14 dau, Colin 13 son Baker, John 11 son Scholar, Thomas 8 son Scholar, Bell 4 dau, Agnes 1 dau, Thomas Howden 22 Clerk at Ironworks.

Son Robert not present but with Janet & John Campbell in Polmont.

 

2.6 ex 1.8 Family of Adam AITKEN and Amelia Jane (Angel)

1.Margaret b 15 Oct 1883/15557 reg Dec qtr 1883.4362 Cromwell Otago - could have married

2.James b 6 Aug 1885/13585; Mar qtr 1885. 3310 Cromwell d 20 June 1955/34763; folio 2558 Alexandria Otago bu 23 June Invercargill m 18 Dec 1907/8061 Arrowtown Jessie Eliza (Reid) b 30 Jul Kawarau Bridge Central Otago 1883/13351 reg Sep qtr 1883.3222 Arrowtown d as J Eliza 15 May 1962/24005 Christchurch age 78 years bu 17 May 1962 Christchurch see SF and 3.13

3.Harriet b 1893/4753 Cromwell reg Mar qtr 1893.869 Cromwell d as H Ritchie 1956/30926 age 63 years; folio 3850 Tauranga