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
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
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
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? :o
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
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
:)
I wonder whose child Winifred Bateman is? She may have been a second cousin, not a first cousin.
Danchaslyn :D