William Wilson Aitken

1916 - 1957  (41 years)

• 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.
  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)
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F3244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S228] Electoral Roll (Reliability: 3). [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).