William Aitken^[1]

1847 - 1932  (85 years)

• Name	William Aitken
  Born	25 Mar 1847	Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1851	Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  Immigration	1864	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
  	Arrived no board the Simla
  Occupation	farmer
  _UID	AE25623768124D36923C46B0F431C8789273
  Buried	1932	Wyndham Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
  	PLOT 119 Block VIII
  Died	23 Apr 1932	Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
  Person ID	I6835	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	James Allison Aitken,   b. 10 Feb 1818, North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 19 Aug 1883, East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Isabella Galbraith,   b. 1819, Birse, Aberdeenshire ,   d. 14 Jan 1903, New Zealand  (Age 84 years)
  Married	15 Mar 1842	Scotland
  Family ID	F2224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Fraser,   b. 4 Jun 1846, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland ,   d. 17 Jan 1914, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand  (Age 67 years)
  Married	7 Jul 1869	Taieri Village, Otago, New Zealand
  Children	1. James Fraser Aitken,   b. 14 May 1870, New Zealand ,   d. 16 May 1870, Kaihiku, Southland, New Zealand  (Age 0 years)   2. Andrew Aitken,   b. 24 Aug 1871, Kaihiku, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 26 Oct 1944, Hokitika, West Coast, New Zealand  (Age 73 years)   3. James Aitken,   b. 3 Nov 1873, Kaihiku, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 17 Dec 1959, Ngongataha, Rotorua, New Zealand  (Age 86 years)   4. John Fraser Aitken,   b. 4 Jul 1875, Kaihiku, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 1 Dec 1931, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand  (Age 56 years)   5. William Aitken,   b. 2 Jul 1877, Chatton, Waikaka Valley, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 26 Aug 1956, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand  (Age 79 years)   6. Sarah Grace Aitken,   b. 25 Jul1879, Chatton, Waikaka Valley, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 28 Sep 1883, Longbush, Southland, New Zealand   7. Peter Thomas Aitken,   b. 10 Sep 1881, Chatton, Waikaka Valley, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 5 Sep 1949, Taranaki, New Zealand  (Age 67 years)   8. Isabella Galbraith Aitken,   b. 30 Aug 1883, Longbush, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 11 Jan 1922, Edendale, Southland, New Zealand  (Age 38 years)   9. Alexander Fraser Aitken,   b. 21 Sep 1885, Longbush, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 17 Feb 1906, Mataura Island, Southland, New Zealand  (Age 20 years)   10. Andrew James Aitken,   b. 15 Jul 1886, Opunake, New Zealand ,   d. 25 Jul 1918, Abassia General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt  (Age 32 years)   11. Christina Grace Aitken,   b. 15 Oct 1887, Longbush, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 27 Jul 1968, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand  (Age 80 years)   12. Findlay Daniel Aitken,   b. 4 Jun 1890, Longbush, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 15 Aug 1963, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2022
  Family ID	F2225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  William Aitken 1932 Sarah Fraser 1914 Christina Grace Aitken 1968 Alexander Fraser Aitken 1906 Plot: 119 Block VIII

  
  

• Notes

  James, his wife and 3 children sailed to NZ onboard the "SIMLA" arriving 23/11/1851 to take-up land @ East Taieri & called it 'Woodside' William and all his brothers, excepting Andrew, the youngest, took up farming at Kaihiku, Waikaka Valley and Mataura Island areas.

  
  

• Sources

  [S252] England - Death Index, England / Wales., (http://www.ancestry.com :2007.), England & Wales, National Probate Calendar." 1858 -1966, Orwin, Ada Susannah, accessed 15 Sep 2013. (Reliability: 3). ORWIN Ada Susannah of 18 Ross Street Rochester spinster died 9 February 1958 at St Bartholomews Hospital Rochester Probate London 14 March to John Godfrey Roberts civil servant. Effects [S38] 1851 Census (Reliability: 3).