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Alexander Shanks Aitken

Alexander Shanks Aitken

Male 1933 - 2011  (78 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alexander Shanks Aitken was born on 12 May 1933 in Gateshiels, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland (son of William Taylor Aitken and Helen Mitchell Shanks); died on 1 Jun 2011 in Strathcarron Hospice, Denny, Stirling, Scotland.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Taylor Aitken was born on 24 Jul 1904 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland (son of John Cunningham Aitken and Margaret Taylor); died on 26 Apr 1978 in Marjoribank Street, Bathgate, West lothian, Scotland.

    William married Helen Mitchell Shanks on 29 Jul 1929 in 6 Bank St, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland. Helen (daughter of Alexander Wright Shanks and Nelly Margaret Bailey Aitken) was born on 4 May 1909 in Wester Tartraven Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 10 Aug 1990 in Lochgreen Hospital, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Helen Mitchell Shanks was born on 4 May 1909 in Wester Tartraven Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland (daughter of Alexander Wright Shanks and Nelly Margaret Bailey Aitken); died on 10 Aug 1990 in Lochgreen Hospital, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. John Cunningham Aitken was born on 21 Feb 1930 in Ballencrieff Cottage, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 22 Oct 1988 in Strathcarron Hospice, Denny, Stirling, Scotland.
    2. 1. Alexander Shanks Aitken was born on 12 May 1933 in Gateshiels, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 1 Jun 2011 in Strathcarron Hospice, Denny, Stirling, Scotland.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Cunningham Aitken was born on 14 Oct 1874 in Fallside, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland (son of James Aitken and Moffat Cunningham); died on 7 Aug 1969 in Windy Yett Farm, Avonbridge, Stirling, Scotland.

    John married Margaret Taylor on 13 Mar 1900 in Boxtonrigghead Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of William Taylor and Elizabeth Salmond) was born on 14 May 1881 in Boxtonrigghead Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 8 Feb 1964 in Royal Beatson Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret Taylor was born on 14 May 1881 in Boxtonrigghead Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland (daughter of William Taylor and Elizabeth Salmond); died on 8 Feb 1964 in Royal Beatson Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Salmond Aitken was born on 13 Jan 1901 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 8 Mar 1988 in Kippen House Private Nursing Home, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.
    2. James Aitken was born on 18 Aug 1902 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 19 Dec 2000 in Barleystone Cover Nursing Home, West Quarter, Polmont, Stirling, Scotland.
    3. 2. William Taylor Aitken was born on 24 Jul 1904 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 26 Apr 1978 in Marjoribank Street, Bathgate, West lothian, Scotland.
    4. Isabella Moffat Aitken was born on 2 Nov 1906 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 17 Jun 2001 in Kildean Hospital, Stirling, Scotland.
    5. John Aitken was born on 20 May 1909 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 8 Aug 1985 in Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
    6. Margaret Taylor Aitken was born on 1 Jun 1910 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 25 May 2004 in St John's Hospital, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.
    7. Jean Taylor Aitken was born on 8 Dec 1911 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 24 Nov 1996 in Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
    8. Living

  3. 6.  Alexander Wright Shanks was born on 3 Jan 1884 in 54 Hopetoun St, Bathagte, West Lothian, Scotland (son of James Shanks and Catherine Wright); died on 8 Nov 1961 in Bangour Hospital, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried in 1961 in Boghead Cemetery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.

    Alexander married Nelly Margaret Bailey Aitken on 11 Jun 1906 in 35 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland. Nelly (daughter of James Aitken and Helen Auld Mitchell) was born on 31 Jan 1883 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 17 Mar 1974 in 23 St Ninians Way, Blackness, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried in 1974 in Boghead Cemetery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Nelly Margaret Bailey Aitken was born on 31 Jan 1883 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland (daughter of James Aitken and Helen Auld Mitchell); died on 17 Mar 1974 in 23 St Ninians Way, Blackness, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried in 1974 in Boghead Cemetery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. James Aitken Shanks was born on 15 Sep 1906 in Windy Walls, Silvermines Farm, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 25 Sep 1994 in Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
    2. 3. Helen Mitchell Shanks was born on 4 May 1909 in Wester Tartraven Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 10 Aug 1990 in Lochgreen Hospital, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
    3. Catherine Wright Shanks was born on 23 Sep 1911 in Tartraven Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland; died in Apr 2003.
    4. Annie Aitken Shanks was born on 23 May 1916 in Tartraven, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 2 Aug 1990 in Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was cremated in 1990.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James Aitken was born on 24 Sep 1837 in Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland (son of James Aitken and Marion Aitken); died on 29 Sep 1922 in West Mains Farm, Whitburn Road, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried in 1922 in Bathgate Cemetery, West Lothian, Scotland.

    James married Moffat Cunningham on 26 Nov 1867 in Torbush, Morningside, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Moffat (daughter of John Bell Cunningham and Mary Steel) was born about 1836 in Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland; was christened on 30 Dec 1836 in Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 17 Oct 1879 in Falside, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried in 1879 in Bathgate Cemetery, West Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Moffat Cunningham was born about 1836 in Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland; was christened on 30 Dec 1836 in Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland (daughter of John Bell Cunningham and Mary Steel); died on 17 Oct 1879 in Falside, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried in 1879 in Bathgate Cemetery, West Lothian, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. Mary Steel Aitken was born on 9 Nov 1868 in Knockhouse, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 17 Mar 1913 in 16 Mackenzie Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was buried in 1913 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.
    2. Marion Pearson Aitken was born on 11 Jun 1870 in Clinkingston, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 9 Apr 1951 in Bangour, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried in 1951 in Bathgate Cemetery, West Lothian, Scotland.
    3. James Aitken was born on 22 Mar 1872 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 6 Apr 1915 in Queensland, Australia.
    4. 4. John Cunningham Aitken was born on 14 Oct 1874 in Fallside, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 7 Aug 1969 in Windy Yett Farm, Avonbridge, Stirling, Scotland.
    5. Janet Pearson Aitken was born on 18 Aug 1876 in Fallside, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 1 Sep 1960 in 2 Mill St, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried in 1960 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.
    6. Peter Stephen Aitken was born on 6 Feb 1878 in Fallside North, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 10 Mar 1933 in Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried in 1933 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.

  3. 10.  William Taylor was born in 1837 in Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland; and died.

    William married Elizabeth Salmond. Elizabeth was born in 1854 in Muiravonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Salmond was born in 1854 in Muiravonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland; and died.
    Children:
    1. 5. Margaret Taylor was born on 14 May 1881 in Boxtonrigghead Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 8 Feb 1964 in Royal Beatson Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.

  5. 12.  James Shanks was born in 1860 in Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland; and died.

    James married Catherine Wright. Catherine was born in 1863 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Catherine Wright was born in 1863 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; and died.
    Children:
    1. 6. Alexander Wright Shanks was born on 3 Jan 1884 in 54 Hopetoun St, Bathagte, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 8 Nov 1961 in Bangour Hospital, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried in 1961 in Boghead Cemetery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.

  7. 14.  James Aitken was born in 1856 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland (son of Robert Aitken and Ann Henderson); died on 11 Sep 1894 in Drumcross, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.

    James married Helen Auld Mitchell on 2 Mar 1881 in Knock Hill Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. Helen (daughter of David Mitchell and Margaret Baillie) was born on 22 Apr 1856 in Shellsburn, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 23 Feb 1944 in Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried in 1944 in Boghead Cemetery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Helen Auld Mitchell was born on 22 Apr 1856 in Shellsburn, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland (daughter of David Mitchell and Margaret Baillie); died on 23 Feb 1944 in Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried in 1944 in Boghead Cemetery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. 7. Nelly Margaret Bailey Aitken was born on 31 Jan 1883 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 17 Mar 1974 in 23 St Ninians Way, Blackness, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried in 1974 in Boghead Cemetery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.
    2. James Aitken was born in 1887 in Scotland; and died.
    3. Ann Anderson Aitken was born on 7 Dec 1888 in Knock Hill Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 20 Jan 1938 in Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried in 1938 in Boghead Cemetery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.


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