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Topic: AITKEN family, West Linton, Peeblesshire (Read 2309 times)
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mrs a
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hi pal,
1851 census- scotston gartyhead, newlands
john...lodger...age 26
1841 census- tofts, kirkurd
william...age 55...carpenter
jane...age 45
john...age 15
john aitken was christened on the 30th april 1826 in kirkurd
son of william aitken & jean veitch
Joe
Tofts is a house on the A721 at the entrance to Nethererurd Farm. The following map shows the location
Avril
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.do
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Danchaslyn
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Hi Mrs A
Hello Avril
Thank you so much for your info on Netherud Farm and the surroundings, it is heartwarming to imagine an area, where one's family used to live.
One day soon I hope to trek around and see these places for myself, and its thanks to you, for bringing it to life and right up into modern times. 
Some of the Aitken family used to live at 9 Deanfoot Rd, West Linton (1901 Census) and I emailed a bookshop I found online in that road, but no response. Was wondering if No 9 still exists and what it is to-day? 
Many thanks again
Danchaslyn
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SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
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margmo1
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hi danchaslyn
in the 1950's / early 60's - there was a drapers shop in deanfoot road owned by Polly McPherson. when she died it became a grocery shop and then a book shop.
i have some very old post cards of deanfoot road. please pm me if you would like copies.
regards
margaret
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Danchaslyn
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hi danchaslyn
in the 1950's / early 60's - there was a drapers shop in deanfoot road owned by Polly McPherson. when she died it became a grocery shop and then a book shop.
i have some very old post cards of deanfoot road. please pm me if you would like copies.
regards
margaret
Hello margmo1 Margaret
Thank you SO much, what a lovely offer, how amazing that there was a drapers shop at 9 Deansfoot Road, West Linton, right up until the 1960's! Grace Aitken, b.1831 was a Draper and her daughter, Elizabeth, b. 1865 was a Draper's Asst.
I wonder in which year Polly McPherson acquired the shop, of if she perhaps was a relative?
They and their husband/father are on 1901 Census living at 9 Deansfoot Rd, so I presume this was the shop as well?
Thanks again and I will PM you
Cheers
Danchaslyn
Cheers
Danchaslyn
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WALSH, India and England
SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
BATEMAN, Island of St Helena, U.S.A.
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Danchaslyn
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Hi mrs a
Avril
hi pal,
1851 census- scotston gartyhead, newlands
john...lodger...age 26
1841 census- tofts, kirkurd
william...age 55...carpenter
jane...age 45
john...age 15
john aitken was christened on the 30th april 1826 in kirkurd
son of william aitken & jean veitch
Joe
Tofts is a house on the A721 at the entrance to Nethererurd Farm. The following map shows the location Avril http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.do
Wonder if you perhaps would know how close Kirkurd, and West Linton are to Torphichen, which I believe is on the B792?
Cheers
Danchaslyn
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SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
BATEMAN, Island of St Helena, U.S.A.
YUILL, U.S.A.
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mrs a
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it's about 35 miles to West Linton which would take just under an hour. Kirkurd is approx 5 miles further.
If youlook up one of the travel guides such as www.theaa.com you'll get accurate travel details
Avril
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Danchaslyn
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Hello Mrs A Avril
Thanks so much for telling me the distances, much appreciated. Also, how far would Falkirk be from Torphichen?
I'm sorry to be a pain, but my 'dial up' internet doesn't allow me to down loadmaps! Live far to remotely and in the wilderness, and also, sorry not to reply sooner, been busy, heartachingly, searching for one of our small dogs, lost in the forest. 
Thanks again, Avril
Cheers
Danchaslyn
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SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
BATEMAN, Island of St Helena, U.S.A.
YUILL, U.S.A.
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mrs a
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have sent you a personal message with directions to both places. Hope youfind your wee dog.
Avril
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Danchaslyn
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Joekar
Hi Joe
hi pal, can i tell you that john ellis aitken returned to the uk. on the 29/2/1936 he arrived in liverpool, he was aged 40, a banker and was married to norah and had a child elizabeth. he was going to hunting, St.ives noarah was aged 36 and elizabeth was aged 5. Can you perhaps tell me please, if on this trip, John Ellis and Norah Jean Aitken had their son, Robert Tennant Aitken, possibly five years older than their daughter, Elizabeth Aitken (5), with them?  Also, might this trip have been their final return from India, to live in the UK? Or, Joe, do you perhaps know, which trip it is, that they were going on, after arrival in the UK, to settle in Scotland, and where in Scotland? Cheers Danchaslyn Joe |
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WALSH, India and England
SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
BATEMAN, Island of St Helena, U.S.A.
YUILL, U.S.A.
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Danchaslyn
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Joekar ................Hi Joe
Sorry, I got my posting to you muddled up in the quote.........................! 
Please search near the end of the last posting's quote, for what I wrote to you. 
Many thanks
Danchaslyn
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SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
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Danchaslyn
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Hi JOEKAR Also meant to say, that during other reading this morning, I discovered that Baptists are known, or, were known as 'non-conformists', and baptism, christening etc records, might be kept separately? Rev Thomas Aitken most certainly was a Baptist, don't know if his siblings, or parents were? Could this possibly be a reason why its difficult to trace his marriage to Edith Mary Short of King's Lynn, Norfolk? Cheers Danchaslyn Hello All Have now discovered that the Rev Thomas Aitken, only met and married Edith Mary Short, on the Island of St Helena!  Her parents and family, the Short Family, living on the Island of St Helena, where Edith Mary Short was born prob 1875-1890? Can anyone please tell me a birth date for Edith Mary Short? Can anyone please tell me more about the Short Family, all I know is that they were 'ex-Yorkshire' ? Cheers Danchaslyn |
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SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
BATEMAN, Island of St Helena, U.S.A.
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Danchaslyn
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As per kind information of weech...........
From passenger lists, Lady Caroline Aitken (as a widow) returned to England aboard the "City of Shimla", 1936 and her place of abode, was given as Arden House, West Byflet, Surrey, England. 
Mamakaz in particular, you searched long and hard, for which I'm so grateful for details as to where Lady Aitken returned to, in England to live, and here, at last, is the answer!
Cheers
Danchaslyn
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SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
BATEMAN, Island of St Helena, U.S.A.
YUILL, U.S.A.
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Danchaslyn
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As per kind info from "weech"..........
Cutting from the Times of India, undated:
FASHIONABLE BOMBAY WEDDING
The wedding of the week in Bombay has been at Malabar Hill, of Marjorie Grace Aitken, daughter of Lady Aitken and the late Sir Robert Aitken, to Lieutenant Charles Elliot Bleck, of the 2nd Sherwood Forresters.
Her wedding dress is then described and mention made of the wedding taking place at the All Saints Church.
Cheers
Danchaslyn
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SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
BATEMAN, Island of St Helena, U.S.A.
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Danchaslyn
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Have traced Thomas Aitken, b.4/4/1871, third son of John & Grace Aitken of Kirkurd, to the Island of St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, as from Sept, 1896 - March, 1897.
Here, he was a single man, and a missionary for the Baptist Union Church.
The last trace I have of him in Scotland, UK, is as a Boarder, working as a Joiner, during the 1891 Census, in the home of Janet Steele, Cambusmethan, Wishaw, Lanarkshire.
I have tried repeatedly, without success to find out from several different 'branches' of the Baptist Union Church, where, exactly in Scotland, or anywhere else in the UK, for that matter, Thomas, might have been a member of a Baptist Church congregation, and where it was that he would have trained/recruited to be a missionary.
Any info on Thomas would be greatly appreciated, as would contact details possibly for the Baptist Church in Wishaw to-day?
Also, any info on Janet Steele? I've searched IGI for her, without success??
Cheers
Danchaslyn
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SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
BATEMAN, Island of St Helena, U.S.A.
YUILL, U.S.A.
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LIPTROT, various counties of England
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Danchaslyn
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Hello
Also searching for Richard Aitken, b 12/5/1874, Kirkurd, Peebles-Shire, youngest son of John and Grace Aitken.
Last known trace of him, was working with his eldest brother, Robert Aitken, at Royal Bank of Scotland, as a Bankers Clerk, in 1891, whilst living at home still.
Robert left for India in 1895, and Thomas Aitken, for St.Vincent, Cape Verde Islands in 1897.
As Richard Aitken, their middle brother is no longer at the family address in the Scottish Census of 1901, we don't know what happened to him?
Any help and info would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Danchaslyn
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SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
BATEMAN, Island of St Helena, U.S.A.
YUILL, U.S.A.
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