Ian Aitken

1941 - 1951  (10 years)

• Name	Ian Aitken
  Born	1941
  Gender	Male
  _UID	A4918D10F35E4E628CC697447C3B97F7459F
  Died	Sep 1951	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I9777	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2011

  
  

  Father	John James Aitken,   b. 2 Apr 1910, 25 Melbourne Place, North Berwick, Scotland ,   d. Pre 1958  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Mary Donaldson Fitzsimmons Johnston,   b. 5 Jun 1912, Trabboch, Stair, Ayr, Scotland ,   d. 27 Dec 1994, 9 John Morton Crescent, Darvel, Ayr, Scotland  (Age 82 years)
  Married	16 Nov 1938	369 High Street, Edinburgh, Scotland   [1]
  Family ID	F3255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ian was an adopted child. On Monday 3 Sep 1951 he went missing never to be seen again. The following report comes from "The Evening Dispatch" newspaper of Wednesday, 5th Sep 1951: " Ten-year-old Ian Aitken wandered from his home at 6 Newport Street, Edinburgh on Monday afternoon and has not been seen since. All day yesterday and through-out last night his parents searched city streets for their missing son. Scottish police have been alerted to be on the look-out for him. Ian came home from Broughton School on Monday afternoon as usual. His mother was out. He whistled through the letter box but his father, a railwayman had just come off work and was asleep. He left his schoolbooks with a neighbour and played for a while with his young friends, he disappeared shortly afterwards. Ian is described as being small for his age with fair hair and a pale complexion. He was wearing navy-blue trousers, maroon blazer, black red and yellow tie, and grey stockings with red tops. Mrs Aitken told an Evening Dispatch reporter that Ian said to the neighbour with whom he left his schoolbooks that he was going to 'see the horses' at the nearby British Railways stables in Morrison Street 'But he never arrived there.' Said Mrs Aitken. She added that Ian was a quiet lad. 'He plays with few other children and he is definitely not the adventurous kind.' He was, however, very keen on history and liked to visit historical buildings. 'But I have been round the Castle, the Royal Scottish Museum and other places and no one appears to have seen him,' she said. Mrs Aitken told the reporter that she had been out shopping to get Ian's lunch ready. 'Just in case he turns up in time,' she added tearfully." A police investigation took place but Ian was never found.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).