Major Robert Traven Donaldson Aitken

1873 - 1939  (65 years)

• Name	Robert Traven Donaldson Aitken
  Prefix	Major
  Born	23 Apr 1873	Maple, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901  [1]
  	lawyer
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	4 Jan 1904  [2]
  	barrister in law
  Occupation	29 Mar 1905  [2]
  	barrister at law
  Occupation	1916  [3]
  	lawyer
  Residence	1916	Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [3]
  Military Service	17 Mar 1919  [4]
  	13th Det CASC, Major
  Occupation	17 Mar 1919  [4]
  	lawyer
  Residence	17 Mar 1919	3015 6th Street West, Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Occupation	10 Jan 1920  [5]
  	lawyer
  Residence	10 Jan 1920	Orange Street, Los Angeles, California, USA   [5]
  Occupation	1 Jun 1921  [6]
  	lawyer
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	Montreal, Quebec, Canada   [6]
  _UID	E8AE6343566E4F41A79DCABC728A4F3BE0CE
  Died	22 Feb 1939	Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada
  Person ID	I7922	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Reverend William Cuthbert Aitken,   b. 28 Feb 1834, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 13 Dec 1913, Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Jane Noble,   b. 8 May 1846, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 1927, Newcastle, Northumberland, England  (Age 81 years)
  Married	8 May 1867	Vaughan, York, Ontatio, Canada
  	Name Jane Noble Spouse Rev. William Aitken Mother Sarah Macquarry Father Joseph Birth 1846 - Vaughan Township Marriage 8 May 1867 - York Residence Vaughan Township
  Family ID	F2605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Agnes Sarah Jean Thomson,   b. 30 Nov 1874, Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 1905-1907  (Age 32 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1901	Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada   [7, 8]
  Children	1. Agnes Jean Thomson Aitken,   b. 4 Jan 1904, Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1991, Westminster, London, England  (Age 87 years)   2. Lillian Katherine Aitken,   b. 29 Mar 1905, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 2 Nov 1983, Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F2936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Alleen Leeson,   b. 1889, Calgary, Alberta, Canada ,   d. 1939  (Age 50 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1912	Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. Annie Alleen Aitken,   b. 2 Aug 1915, Calgary, Alberta, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 2006, Montfort Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F2938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  When Traven was a child he accidentlly shot himself in the belly. He had tried to extract a cartridge that had failed to explode, from a pistol when the gun went off. He was considered the most brilliant of William and Jane's children. Eventually becoming a Lawyer after reading law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In a letter from his father to Miss Judge of Roslin, written in 1910, "Traven is a lawyer in Calgary, Alberta, with a large increasing practice. He is a capital speaker, gifted in the gab and confines himself very much to pleading in the Law Courts." At age 45 he enlisted at Calgary, AB. on 17 Mar 1919, with the Canadian Army Service Corp. He then served as a Major.

  
  

• Sources

  [S245] 1901 Canada Census, Canada., (n.d.) (Reliability: 3). [S13] Birth Cert (Reliability: 4). [S365] 1916 Canada Census, Canada., (n.d.) (Reliability: 4). [S220] Military Record (Reliability: 4). [S66] 1920 US Census (Reliability: 4). [S313] 1921 census of Canada, Canada., (n.d.) (Reliability: 4). [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3). [S18] Marriage Cert (Reliability: 4).