Capt Joseph Magnus Aitken

1878 - 1950  (71 years)

• Name	Joseph Magnus Aitken
  Prefix	Capt
  Born	26 Feb 1878	Maple, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	15 Dec 1902  [1]
  	banker
  Residence	15 Dec 1902	Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	24 May 1904  [1]
  	accountant, banker
  Residence	24 May 1904	Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	3 Jul 1906  [1]
  	banker
  Occupation	15 Mar 1917  [2]
  	bank manager
  Residence	15 Mar 1917	41 Maple Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	6 Dec 1919  [3]
  	banker
  	Departed Liverpool for New York onboard the "Baltic"
  Emigration	4 Jun 1921	Liverpool, Merseyside, England   [4]
  	departed on board the Megantic for Montreal, Canada
  Occupation	4 Jun 1921  [4]
  	oil producer
  _UID	C6633EAB6C4C49A29B20A3398BB58DD5EE01
  Died	20 Feb 1950	Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I7924	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	Katherine McAffee,   b. 31 Jan 1882, Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1954, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	15 Dec 1902	Carleton County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Sir William Traven Aitken, K.B.E.,   b. 10 Jun 1903, Antigonish, NS. Canada ,   d. 19 Jan 1964, Ipswich, Suffolk, England  (Age 60 years)   2. John Magnus Aitken,   b. 24 May 1904, 381 Green Street, Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1938, Wellesley Hospital, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)   3. Margaret Annie Aitken,   b. 3 Jul 1906, Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 18 Nov 1980, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   4. Jane Katherine Aitken,   b. 9 Dec 1913, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada ,   d. 11 May 1948, General Hospital, Guelph City, Wellington South, Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F2940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Joseph Magnus Aitken 20 Feb 1950 Katherine McAffee 1 Mar 1954 Margaret Annie Aitken 18 Nov 1980

  
  

• Notes

  Burke's Peerage gives his place of birth as Newcastle, NB. but the 1881 Census says he was born in Ontario. Educated at Harkins Academy at Newcastle, NB Magnus served in the South African War 1899-1901. During WWI he served in the 208th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. In 1916 he transferred to the 31st with the rank of Captain and served in France until he resigned his commission, at the end of the war in 1918. Magnus was the Manager of the bank at Lethbridge, Alberta. He was the Vice President of British Canadian Mines and president of British Canadian Securities at 8 Bloor Street, East Toronto. And his residence was at 50 Elm Avenue, Rosedale, Toronto.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Birth Cert (Reliability: 4). [S220] Military Record (Reliability: 4). [S62] Passenger Manifest (Reliability: 3). [S62] Passenger Manifest (Reliability: 4). [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).