James Aitken

1906 - 1981  (74 years)

• Name	James Aitken
  Born	20 Jul 1906	Overton Farm Redding, Polmont, Stirling, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	3 Jul 1923	New York, New York, USA   [2]
  	Arrived on board the Adriativ from Liverpool
  Occupation	3 Dec 1926  [2]
  	clerk
  Residence	3 Dec 1926	3525 18th Street, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [2]
  Occupation	18 Apr 1930  [3]
  	labourer
  Residence	26 Aug 1931	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [4]
  Residence	1935	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [5]
  Occupation	1 Apr 1940  [5]
  	tool grinder
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	East Detroit, Macomb, Michigan, USA   [5]
  Residence	16 Oct 1940	22166 Virginia Avenue, East Detroit; Roseville; Fraser, Michigan, USA   [6]
  Occupation	1942  [7]
  	grinder
  Residence	1942	22166 Virginia Avenue, East Detroit; Roseville; Fraser, Michigan, USA   [7]
  _UID	1C27CE31C4D3492BB09DF8858CF7A383C07A
  Died	2 Jan 1981	Los Angeles, California, USA
  Person ID	I8313	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	James Aitken,   b. 22 Mar 1872, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 6 Apr 1915, Queensland, Australia  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Margaret Ellen Murray,   b. 1 Aug 1885,   d. 28 Aug 1958, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	6 Feb 1906	Middlerigg, Reddingmuir, Polmont, Stirling, Scotland   [8]
  Family ID	F2746	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jean Cambridge,   b. Abt 1896, Scotland ,   d. 14 Mar 1960, San Fernando, California, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Married	26 Aug 1931	Clayton, St Louis, Missouri, USA   [9]
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2022
  Family ID	F2748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Followed his father to Australia along with his mother and siblings, Margaret, John and George. After his father died in 1915 he went back to Scotland with his mother and siblings and then with his step-father to the USA Reaffirmed vows at a second ceremony held in Clayton, MO in 1946.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3). [S320] Naturalization (Reliability: 4). [S63] 1930 US Census (Reliability: 4). [S18] Marriage Cert (Reliability: 4). [S230] 1940 Census USA, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T627 (Reliability: 3). [S220] Military Record (Reliability: 4). [S373] USA City Directory, < (Reliability: 4). [S77] Terry Stewart. [S18] Marriage Cert.