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John Murray Aitken

John Murray Aitken

Male 1910 - 1978  (68 years)

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  • Name John Murray Aitken 
    Born 25 Mar 1910  Overton Farm Redding, Polmont, Stirling, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 18 Apr 1930  [2
    office clerk 
    Occupation 1934  [3
    clerk 
    Occupation 2 Apr 1940  [4
    oil salesman 
    Residence 16 Oct 1940  4649 Vancouver Avenue, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 5 Jun 1943  [6
    office manager 
    Residence 5 Jun 1943  Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Military Service 22 Jun 1943 
    Military Discharge 23 Jan 1945  [5
    Residence 24 Apr 1950  716 Gardenia Avenue, Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    _UID 7EE3904AD0D54BB4B06C7D93E6063EFE335D 
    Died 24 May 1978  New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I8316  My Big Tree
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2022 

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

    Family 1 Eleanor Kathryn Miller,   b. 13 Feb 1918, Waleksville, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 2006, Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 5 Jun 1943  Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2022 
    Family ID F2749  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lois E Howard,   b. 28 Oct 1914, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1998, Newport, Perry, PA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 10 Dec 1955  Smithtown, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2022 
    Family ID F2750  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Along with his mother and siblings, James, Margaret and George, he went to Australia. On the death of his father, in 1915, he and the rest of the family returned to Scotland, eventually going to the USA.

  • Sources 
    1. [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S63] 1930 US Census (Reliability: 4).

    3. [S373] USA City Directory, < (Reliability: 4).

    4. [S230] 1940 Census USA, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T627 (Reliability: 4).

    5. [S220] Military Record (Reliability: 4).

    6. [S18] Marriage Cert.

    7. [S411] 1950 US Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T628 (Reliability: 4).

    8. [S77] Terry Stewart.

    9. [S18] Marriage Cert (Reliability: 4).