John Aitken

1855 - 1902  (47 years)

• Name	John Aitken
  Born	25 Jul 1855	Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	10 Low Clints, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Occupation	1871
  	messenger boy
  Residence	1871	Merchiston Mains, Newington, West Lothian, Scotland
  Occupation	31 Jul 1902
  	coal miner
  _UID	678B406756214C168EBFC1B43C76F0C39929
  Died	31 Jul 1902	Mount Kembla, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia
  	Cause: result of an explosion at Mt Kembla Colliery
  Buried	3 Aug 1902	Wind Gully, Mount Kembla, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I6976	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Henry Aitken,   b. 1830, Silvermines Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 16 Mar 1859, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Catherine Cunningham,   b. 4 Apr 1833, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 16 Feb 1916, Larbert Asylum, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 82 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1855	Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
  	Name: Henry Aitken Gender: Male Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1855 Marriage Place: Bathgate,West Lothian,Scotland Spouse: Catherine Cunningham FHL Film Number: 6035516 Name: Cathrine Cunningham Gender: Female Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1855 Marriage Place: Bathgate,West Lothian,Scotland Spouse: Henry Aitken FHL Film Number: 6035516
  Family ID	F2265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Murphy,   b. 20 Oct 1861, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ,   d. 1941, Wollongong, NSW, Australia  (Age 79 years)
  Married	16 Oct 1878	Windsor, NSW, AUstralia
  Children	1. Henry Aitken,   b. 1879, Windsor, NSW, AUstralia ,   d. 31 Jul 1902, Mount Kembla, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 23 years)   2. Alice Amelia Aitken,   b. 1880, Windsor, NSW, AUstralia ,   d. 6 May 1946, Mount Kembla, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 66 years)   3. Samuel Aitken,   b. Sep 1882, Lithgow, NSW, Australia ,   d. 22 Apr 1884, Lithgow, NSW, Australia  (Age 1 years)   4. John Aitken,   b. 1884, Lithgow, NSW, Australia ,   d. 1 Oct 1885, Hartley, NSW, Australia  (Age 1 years)   5. Catherine Aitken,   b. 1886,   d. 1976, Hartley Vale, NSW. Australia  (Age 90 years)   6. John Aitken,   b. 1888, Kanimbla, NSW, Australia ,   d. 21 Nov 1945, Helensburg, NSW, Australia  (Age 57 years)   7. Samuel Aitken,   b. 11 Jun 1890, Lithgow, NSW, Australia ,   d. 1 Jan 1948, Mount Keira, Wollongong, NSW, Australia  (Age 57 years)   8. David Aitken,   b. 1893, Hartley Vale, NSW, Australia ,   d. 1962, Wollongong, NSW, Australia  (Age 69 years)   9. Mary Ann Aitken,   b. 1897,   d. 1960, Sydney, NSW, Australia  (Age 63 years)   10. Margaret Aitken,   b. 1898, Lithgow, NSW, Australia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2011
  Family ID	F7065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones		John Aitken 31 Jul 1902 Henry Aitken 31 Jul 1902
  		John Aitken 31 Jul 1902 Henry Aitken 31 Jul 1902 Alice Amelia Aitken 6 May 1946 Catherine Goodlet 15 Sep 1978

  
  

• Notes

  Name: John Aitken Gender: Male Birth Date: 25 Jul 1855 Birth Place: Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland Father: Henry Aitken Mother: Catherine Cunningham FHL Film Number: 6035516 Despite being Presbyterian he was married in the Mt Matthews Roman Catholic Church. When he was buried the officiating minister was a Methodist. John and his Henry, were both killed in the same mining accident, they are burried next to each other in Wind Gully. At the time of his death John had brrn in the Australasian Colonies forAbout 26 years. 23 years in NSW, and 3 years in Queensland John and Mary had 1 ohter child (a daughter) who died before John, name of this child is unknown

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] 1861 Census (Reliability: 3).