Bethia Scott Aitken

1902 - 1989  (87 years)

• Name	Bethia Scott Aitken
  Born	17 Jun 1902	Ballencrieff, West Lothian, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  _UID	747C8B5697A0405E953C1018E2B5BB08F987
  Buried	1989	Bathgate Paulville Cemetery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
  Died	27 Oct 1989	Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I7830	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Peter Aitken,   b. 1854, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 20 Oct 1937, Ballencrieff, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Janet Laurie Russell,   b. 3 May 1856, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 13 Jun 1934, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 78 years)
  Married	3 Sep 1885	Hilderston Hill, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland
  	Witnesses at the wedding of Peter Aitken and Janet Russell were John Pender and Janet Roberts
  Family ID	F1635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Auld Marshall,   b. 28 Jul 1885, Sunnyside, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. 5 Jan 1960, Bangour Hospital, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 74 years)
  Married	12 Feb 1953	Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland
  	Bethia's married sister, Jean, was her bridesmaid. And Peter Marshall, of West Calder was his best man
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2010
  Family ID	F2569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Janet Laurie Russell 13 Jun 1934 Peter Aitken 20 Oct 1937 George Aitken 13 Jul 1896 James Aitken 4 Oct 1917 Peter Aitken 22 Mar 1918 John Aitken 14 Sep 1917 Andrew Britton 30 Mar 1950 Jane Stein Aitken 12 Jun 1969 Bethia Scott Aitken 27 Oct 1989

  
  

• Notes

  Phea as she was known remained at home to help her father with the work of the nursery. She did the bookwork and helped on the stands at shows where he exhibited his plants. Her father was engaged to turf the bowling greens for the London and Noth Eastern Railway Club in Torphichen Street, Bathgate. Tom Marshall was the President of the club and he and Peter became great friends and he met Bethia. After Tom's first wife died he and Bethia were married and he moved to Ballencrief. By then Bethia was 50 years old and so never had any children