Margaret Aitken

1923 - 2008  (84 years)

• Name	Margaret Aitken
  Born	22 Oct 1923	St Kitts, British West Indies
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA   [1]
  Residence	26 Apr 1940	Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA   [1]
  Occupation	4 Apr 1950  [2]
  	newspaper reporter
  Residence	1993	2106 Vawter Street, Urbana, Illinois, USA
  _UID	1FC30BC2EF6D4669B795FD723F00844C8464
  Buried	2008	Leelanau Township Cemetery, Northport, Leelanau County, Michigan, USA
  Died	30 Mar 2008	Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I8901	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Dr. Arthur Noble Aitken,   b. 26 Jul 1883, Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 14 Sep 1964, Champaigne, Illinois, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Frances Ella Marguerite Hughes,   b. 1897,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	6 Jul 1921	Parish Church, Chichester, Sussex, England   [3]
  Family ID	F2946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Peter Schloch
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2010
  Family ID	F6224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Roger Kenyon Applebee,   b. 8 Feb 1925, Olean, New York, USA ,   d. 30 Oct 2005, Northport, MI, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	22 Nov 1950	Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA
  Children	1. Arthur Noble Applebee   2. Roger William Applebee   3. Thomas Aitken Applebee   4. Charles Wendell Applebee   5. Geoffrey Alan Applebee
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Margaret Aitken 2008 Roger Kenyon Applebee 2005

  
  

• Notes

  There is an obituary for her in the Leelanau News (Michigan) which reads as follows. "Services were held at St Christopher's Episcopal Church in Northport for Margaret Aitken Applebee of Northport who died March 30, 2008 at Munson Medical Centre. She was 84. She was born Oct 22, 1923, on the island of St Kitts in the British West Indies, the daughter of Dr Arthur Noble Aitken and Frances Margaret (Hughes Aitken. Her husband, Roger, preceded her in death. She was educated in Canada where she completed her bachelor's and master's degrees, writing her thesis on the development of Canadian nature poets. She was a journalist, social worker, artist, lover of nature, pets and gardens, and a devoted wife and mother. After many years of sailing from Northport, she and her husband moved to Northport permanently during their retirement. She is survived by her 5 sons, Arthur Noble Applebee, of Albany, N.Y., Roger William Applebee of Champaign, Ill, Thomas Aitken Applebee, of Springfield, Ill., Charles Wendell Applebee of Urbana, Ill, and Geoffrey Alan Applebee of Northport, a sister Judith Aitken of Azle, Texas, and numerous, grandchildren and great grand-children. Also preceding her in death was her sister Rahno Taylor, and a brother, William Aitken. Burial is to be in Leelanau Township Cemetery."

  
  

• Sources

  [S230] 1940 Census USA, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T627 (Reliability: 4). [S411] 1950 US Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T628 (Reliability: 4). [S282] Marriage Index (Reliability: 3).