May Aitken Kemp

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• _UID: 3B8148C86A5941DF9A4FD4F0E24EEA9309FD
• Occupation: 16 May 1945; childrens nurse
• Residence: 16 May 1945, 3 Stanmore Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Notes:

Her occupation was Domestic Servant. At one time she was a Nanny for a Doctor. She eventually married a Country Policeman and they lived in Sloan Street, Leith, above the fish and chip shop that was near the corner of Lorne and Sloan Streets.

May married Neil McArthur on 16 May 1945 in Registry Office, Pollock, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Neil (son of John McArthur and Melinda Ferguson) was born in 1901; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: AB28115B2B864CA788F880AE6A44CD1B27C9
• Residence: 1871, Greens Cottages Causewayend, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Occupation: 1881; Apprentice Grocer
• Residence: 1881, Hilldowntree, Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire, Scotland
• Occupation: 9 Apr 1902; Fruit Salesman
• Residence: 9 Apr 1902, 12 Gibbs Entry, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Occupation: 13 Jul 1918; fruit salesman
• Residence: 13 Jul 1918, 356 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Occupation: 16 May 1945; motor lorry driver
• Occupation: 14 Feb 1979; carter (deceased)

Notes:

When Peter married, Marion Aitken, he was a widower

(Medical):Peter was a widower when he married Marion Aitken

Peter married Marion Aitken on 9 Apr 1902 in 35 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland. Marion (daughter of John Aitken and Sarah Barton) was born on 8 Aug 1881 in Clifton Cottage, Boswell Road., Wardie, Leith, Scotland; died on 2 Oct 1933 in Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D60DFCC0F51D46E58533270F7B50D2B71E28
• Residence: 1891, 10 Summerfield, Leith, Mid Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 1901; waitress (restaurant)
• Residence: 1901, 29 James St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Residence: 9 Apr 1902, 29 James St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Residence: 2 Oct 1933, 8 Buchanan Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

Notes:

Name: Marion Aitken
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 8 Aug 1881
Birth Place: North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Father: John Aitken
Mother: Sarah Baxter Aitken
FHL Film Number: 232688
Reference ID: v 692-1 p 183

Marion died at the Western General Hospital but had been in Seafield Poorhouse some time before she died of diabetes.

Thomas Kemp was the informant on the death of his mother, Marion Aitken, in 1933

Notes:

Married:
The marriage between Peter W Kemp andMarion Aitken was a civil marriage made "by declaration, in front of Janet Hepburn or Kemp".

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• _UID: 5745904DFAAA46528767301194C796B88DEF
• Occupation: 1871; bottler
• Residence: 1871, Greens Cottages Causewayend, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Occupation: 1881; farm labourer
• Residence: 1881, Hilldowntree, Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Peter married Margaret Grant. Margaret was born in 1842; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C2BA7D614CF04DDC921C8EB03AB43A0FE206
• Residence: 1871, Greens Cottages Causewayend, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Residence: 1881, Hilldowntree, Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire, Scotland

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• _UID: A1C6878FDCE84C6183338825597685A84DD6
• Residence: 1851, Silvermines Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1861, Mounteerie, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 1871; carter
• Residence: 1871, Mounteerie, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 1877; Master Carter
• Residence: 14 Feb 1878, Hillderston Hill Farm, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 1881; Pier Porter
• Residence: 1881, Clifton Cottage, Boswell Road, Wardie, Leith
• Occupation: 15 Nov 1886; Warehouseman
• Residence: 15 Nov 1886, 10 Summerfield, Leith, Mid Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: Aft 1886, Melrose Drovers; Cart Driver
• Occupation: 1891; ship labourer
• Residence: 1891, 10 Summerfield, Leith, Mid Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 1901; general labourer
• Residence: 1901, 29 James St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Residence: 25 Feb 1937, 29 James St, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Notes:

About 1855, with a downturn in his father's fortunes, the family had to move from Silvermine Farm to Montaree Farm. This was around the other side of the Cairnpepple hill. Every person in the family had to help with the removal by carrying furniture, goods and belongings. Young John had to carry his own chair.

When the family arrived at their new home, John was missing. A search was instituted. The elder children were sent to retrace their steps. John was eventually found fast asleep on his chair on the side of Cairnpepple hill. He had stopped for a rest, sat down on his chair and fallen asleep

Quite enjoying his drink there was many an occasion when Johns horse would bring him home whilst he was asleep lying in the back of the cart. This whilst working for Melrose Drovers.
Later on John had a gardening contracting business and he used to keep his tools under a pub in Goldenacre. Thus it was handy for his afterwork ale.

After his wife died he used to visit his son, Tom and family, at Craigmiller. Sinclairina Stewart (nee Aitken), remembers him as a small man, looking very much like Beaverbrook. Sinclairina remembers that whoever met him off the bus would always receive a silver threepenny. As a present, to the house, he would also have a packet of Abernethy biscuits and a bag of pan drops.

The informant on the death of William Aitken was John Aitken, brother

John married Sarah Barton on 14 Feb 1878 in United Presbyterian Church, Ecclefechan, Dumfries, Scotland. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Carlyle Barton and Janet Irving) was born on 26 Nov 1851 in Ecclefechan, Dumfries, Scotland; was christened on 30 Dec 1851 in Hoddam, Dumfries, Scotland; died on 11 Mar 1918 in 29 James St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried on 13 Mar 1918 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 47F835D3B70744A683B188FF995D991C55D7
• Residence: 1861, Glasgow Rd Woodbine Cottage, Hoddam, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
• Occupation: 1877, Landsdowne Cres, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland; Domestic Servant
• Residence: 1881, Clifton Cottage, Boswell Road, Wardie, Leith
• Residence: 15 Nov 1886, 10 Summerfield, Leith, Mid Lothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1891, 10 Summerfield, Leith, Mid Lothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1901, 29 James St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Residence: 11 Mar 1918, 3 Middlefield, Leith, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Notes:

Name: Sarah Barton
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1851
Baptism Date: 30 Dec 1851
Baptism Place: Hoddam, Dumfries, Scotland
Father: Thomas Barton
Mother: Janet Irving
FHL Film Number: 1067963
Reference ID: 2:162DBFP

Sarah was quite an enterprising lady. Whilst they were living at the bottom of Restalrig Road, Leith, Sarah had a shop where she sold home made cakes, sweeties and potted heid (potted head).
After moving from there they lived behind a shop Sarah had at 3 Middlefield, Pilrig, Edinburgh.

Helen Sutherland Aitken, loved visiting her granny Sarah. Her grandad John Aitken loved mince and tatties and so whenever aunt Nelly visited she was always sure of getting a plate.



Buried:
Name: Sarah B Aitken
Register Type: Burial
Death Date: abt 1918
Burial or Cremation Date: 13 Mar 1918
Burial or Cremation Place: Edinburgh, Scotland

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses to the wedding of John Aitken and Sarah Barton were Peter Aitken and Janet Barton.

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• _UID: 06305AB1FF5B419C8D3F4E13A4EB2B81E078
• Occupation: 1841; Ag Lab
• Residence: 1841, Silvermines Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 1851; labourer
• Residence: 1851, Silvermines Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 1856; Agricultural Labourer
• Occupation: 1861; agricultural labourer
• Residence: 1861, Mounteerie, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 1862; Builder
• Occupation: 1871; mason
• Residence: 1871, Mounteerie, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 1881; Dyker
• Residence: 1881, Hilderston Hill House, Torphicen, West Lothian Scotland
• Occupation: 1884; Dyker
• Occupation: 1 Sep 1918; farmer, deceased

Notes:

Her first child was born illegitimate. The father was James Aitken of Silvermines farm, her cousin who she eventually married. "James confession was a masterpiece of avoidance; 'I hereby acknowledge to have had carnal connection with Marion Aitken, Torphichen, daughter of Peter Aitken there about the time she must have got with the child of which she was lately delivered.'
Things worked out , however as the couple married a couple of years later but not before making the same mistake again when their second child was born on what appears to be their wedding day. The wedding cost 2/6.

The family is supposed to have moved, at about 1854, from Silvermine Farm to Montaree, also known as Mount Eerie or Mounteerie or Montearie, also probably as Windy Wa's (Walls), because he became bankrupt.

Informant of the death of James Aitken was his son Peter Aitken

"James Aitken died 16 June 1884 aged 69, wife Marion Aitken died 6 November 1885 aged 70, daughter Catherine died 25 November 1849 aged 14 , daughter Jane died 10 May 1876 aged 32."

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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 10 May 2019.
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James married Marion Aitken on 24 Sep 1837 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. Marion (daughter of Peter Aitken and Janet Pearson) was born on 4 Sep 1815 in Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland; was christened on 25 Sep 1815 in Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 6 Nov 1885 in Hilderston Hill House, Torphicen, West Lothian Scotland; was buried in 1885 in Torphichen Churchyard, West Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D354BBCAA9BD473ABDAC45265E7CCA3E4929
• Residence: 1841, Silvermines Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1851, Silvermines Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1861, Mounteerie, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1871, Mounteerie, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1881, Hilderston Hill House, Torphicen, West Lothian Scotland

Notes:

Name: Marion Aitken
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 4 Sep 1815
Baptism Date: 25 Sep 1815
Baptism Place: Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland
Father: Peter Aitken
Mother: Janet Pearson
FHL Film Number: 1066638 Reference ID: - 2:17HBSTQ
informant of the death of Marion Aitken was her son Peter Aitken

Notes:

Married:
Name: James Aitken
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 24 Sep 1837
Marriage Place: Torphichen,West Lothian,Scotland
Spouse: Marion Aitken
FHL Film Number: 1066638

Name: Marion Aitken
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 24 Sep 1837
Marriage Place: Torphichen,West Lothian,Scotland
Spouse: James Aitken
FHL Film Number: 1066638

The banns for James Aitken and Marion Aitken were read both in Linlithgow and at Torphichen

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• _UID: C3ED0C225C9940D3B5AED57C1B33D2E49EA4
• Occupation: 1861; agricultural labourer
• Residence: 1861, Glasgow Rd Woodbine Cottage, Hoddam, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Thomas married Janet Irving. Janet and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: CE234C115ACB4AEB8C2C4BEE48DA478486C6
• Residence: 1861, Glasgow Rd Woodbine Cottage, Hoddam, Dumfriesshire, Scotland