Alexander Shanks Aitken

1933 - 2011  (78 years)

• Name	Alexander Shanks Aitken
  Birth	12 May 1933	Gateshiels, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jun 2011	Strathcarron Hospice, Denny, Stirling, Scotland   [2]
  Person ID	I9616	OrwinMillar
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	William Taylor Aitken,   b. 24 Jul 1904, Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland d. 26 Apr 1978, Marjoribank Street, Bathgate, West lothian, Scotland (Age 73 years)
  Mother	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)
  Marriage	29 Jul 1929	6 Bank St, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	They were "married by declaration" in the presence of James Johnston of Ballencrief and Catherine Shanks of Hilderston Glebe
  Family ID	F3193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alex was a witness th wedding of his brother, John, in 1959 Alex was a Farmer, taking over "Blackbraes" on the death of his father. After a period of ill health, with heart problems, he retired from the farm and lived at 4 Champany Holdings Blackness. Alex was the informant on the death of his father. William Aitken, in 1978 Alex was the informant on the death of his mother, Helen Shanks, in 1990 Informant on the death of Alexander was Dr Helen MacKay ------ From Source Attached To: Death ------ Death Cert, Cit. Date: 10 May 2019. ----------------------------------------------- ------ From Source Attached To: Occupation ------ Death Cert, Cit. Date: 10 May 2019. ----------------------------------------------- ------ From Source Attached To: Residence ------ Death Cert, Cit. Date: 10 May 2019. -----------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3). [S7] Death Cert (Reliability: 4).