Alexander Wright Shanks

1884 - 1961  (77 years)

• Name	Alexander Wright Shanks
  Born	3 Jan 1884	54 Hopetoun St, Bathagte, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	16 Marjoribank St, bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland   [2]
  Occupation	1901  [3]
  	stone mason
  Residence	1901	7 Drumcross Rd, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland   [3]
  Occupation	11 Jun 1906
  	mason
  Residence	11 Jun 1906	66 Gairloch Street, Falkirk, Scotland   [1]
  Residence	1911	Tartraven Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Occupation	11 Jun 1936  [1]
  	Mason
  Residence	1938	Hilderstone Glebe, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland
  Buried	1961	Boghead Cemetery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
  	PLOT A-287
  Residence	8 Nov 1961	Roserraon Terrace, Blackness, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  _UID	4B552FE9E1E04CC6BE04FDBE27350BE04F0D
  Died	8 Nov 1961	Bangour Hospital, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Cause: Subaradnoid haemorrhage
  Person ID	I8947	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	James Shanks,   b. 1860, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Catherine Wright,   b. 1863, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nelly Margaret Bailey Aitken,   b. 31 Jan 1883, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 17 Mar 1974, 23 St Ninians Way, Blackness, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 91 years)
  Married	11 Jun 1906	35 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Children	1. James Aitken Shanks,   b. 15 Sep 1906, Windy Walls, Silvermines Farm, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 25 Sep 1994, Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 88 years)   2. Helen Mitchell Shanks,   b. 4 May 1909, Wester Tartraven Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 10 Aug 1990, Lochgreen Hospital, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 81 years)   3. Catherine Wright Shanks,   b. 23 Sep 1911, Tartraven Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. Apr 2003  (Age 91 years)   4. Annie Aitken Shanks,   b. 23 May 1916, Tartraven, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 2 Aug 1990, Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2008
  Family ID	F2965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Ann Anderson Aitken 1938 Helen Auld Mitchell 1944 Alexander Wright Shanks 1961 Nelly Margaret Bailey Aitken 1974 Annie Aitken Shanks 1990

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander W Shanks and Nelly M B Aitken were married "by declaration" in the presence of "Helen Aitken, widow of a Farmer and Annie Anderson, her daughter." The informant of the death of Helen A Mitchell was Alexander W Shanks, son in law In 1938 Alexander was the informant on the death of his sister in law Annie Anderson Aitken

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3). [S199] 1891 Census Scotland, Scotland. (Reliability: 3). [S196] 1901 Census Scotland, Scotland. (Reliability: 3).