1916 - 1957 (41 years)
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Name |
William Wilson Aitken |
Born |
12 Apr 1916 |
Broomhouse Cottages, Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Occupation |
1939 [1] |
barman |
Residence |
1939 |
54 Saxon Road, Croydon, SUrrey, England [1] |
_UID |
1286450259114020BED88BF28AA83CE812B5 |
Died |
20 Jun 1957 |
London, Middlesex, England [2] |
Person ID |
I8394 |
My Big Tree |
Last Modified |
19 Aug 2018 |
Father |
Thomas Barton Aitken, b. 4 Feb 1884, Fallside, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland , d. 1 Feb 1975, Falkirk Infirmary, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 90 years) |
Mother |
Catherine Manson Spence, b. 27 Jul 1886, Dounreay, Caithness, Scotland , d. 19 Mar 1960, 41 Chapelton Drive, West Calder, Mid Lothian, Scotland (Age 73 years) |
Married |
17 Jul 1908 |
13 Prince Regent Street, Leith, Mid Lothian, Scotland [2] |
- Witnesses at the wedding of Thomas Aitken and Catherine Spence were James Aitken and Nell Spence.
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Family ID |
F1624 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Susan Julia Katherine Plummer, b. 12 Jan 1911, Brompton, Kent, England , d. 10 Nov 1996, Hither Green Hospital, London, Middlesex, England (Age 85 years) |
Married |
4 Sep 1939 |
Registry Office, Lambeth, London, England [1, 2] |
Children |
| 1. Bernard Arthur Aitken, b. 3 Nov 1932, 137 Knollys Road, Streatham, London, England , d. 6 Jan 2015, Spain (Age 82 years) |
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Last Modified |
19 Aug 2018 |
Family ID |
F3244 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- After leaving school he worked in the glass works and at various other temporary jobs. Because he could not get permanent work he went south, to London, seeking work. Eventually he found work with a plumber and later worked as a Barman. He was willing to turn his hand to anything
It was at this time that he met Susan Plummer, who was a barmaid at the York Hotel, London. They married in a registry office at Lambeth.
This was not good enough for Susan's sister who was a Roman Catholic nun. She insisted that they get married "properly" and so the ceremony was repeated in the Roman Catholic Church. Susan already had a son, Bernard, and Bill formally adopted him.
"Called up" during WWII Bill was sent to Edinburgh Castle. It was whilst he was there that he was discharged as medically unfit. Not until much later did the family discover he had been discharged because he suffered from heart disease.
He became the Caretaker of a block of flats at 20 Lowndes Square, London. He was decorating his flat and planning for Bernard's wedding. Bernard and Margaret were spending their honeymoon with them and so Bill was redecorating. He was very tired and went to bed on the Thursday night. He woke about 2.00 a.m. with a backache. Took a couple of codeine tablets. Went back to sleep and never woke up.
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Sources |
- [S228] Electoral Roll (Reliability: 3).
- [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).
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