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Alexander Wright Shanks

Alexander Wright Shanks

Male 1884 - 1961  (77 years)

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

    Father James Shanks,   b. 1860, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Catherine Wright,   b. 1863, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F2966  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nelly Margaret Bailey Aitken,   b. 31 Jan 1883, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1974, 23 St Ninians Way, Blackness, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 11 Jun 1906  35 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. James Aitken Shanks,   b. 15 Sep 1906, Windy Walls, Silvermines Farm, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1994, Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     2. Helen Mitchell Shanks,   b. 4 May 1909, Wester Tartraven Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1990, Lochgreen Hospital, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Catherine Wright Shanks,   b. 23 Sep 1911, Tartraven Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 2003  (Age 91 years)
     4. Annie Aitken Shanks,   b. 23 May 1916, Tartraven, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1990, Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 
    1. [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S199] 1891 Census Scotland, Scotland. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S196] 1901 Census Scotland, Scotland. (Reliability: 3).