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Midlothian / Re: Ernest Becker and Kate Aitchison - 1886 (decipher)COMPLETE THANKS
« on: Saturday 29 July 17 17:16 BST (UK)  »
Hi Stuart,

I will have a look for those images of Ernest Peter Becker, Ernest Thomas Becker and Kate.  I had them on an old computer which has since gone to computer heaven...but have them on a memory stick somewhere.  Just need to locate it :)

Having a bit of a rake about ;)

June

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Midlothian / Re: Ernest Becker and Kate Aitchison - 1886 (decipher)COMPLETE THANKS
« on: Friday 28 July 17 12:40 BST (UK)  »
Hi Stuart,

I didn't know that there was a son named Frank.

Ernie was part of "Macrae's Battalion".. and got a mention in the book written about them. Have you read it?  We have seen a letter written to Kate Aitchison about Ernie's death sent from a friend who served with him.

I have a couple of photos of Ernie, and one of Ernest Becker the hairdresser. Do you have any?  I also have one of Kate Aitchison...though is not a terribly clear one.

June

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Midlothian / Re: Ernest Becker and Kate Aitchison - 1886 (decipher)COMPLETE THANKS
« on: Tuesday 25 July 17 23:52 BST (UK)  »
Hi Stuart,

I have found the Beckers on 1901 Census.  They had quite a big family, including two sons, Ernest Thomas who died in WW1 and Stewart Charles, who for some weird reason my husband Peter's mum told me, was called "Uncle Bunty".  Is that the brother who was married to your great aunt?

Thomas Salmond Aitchison married an Anna Fuller in 1874, just months after Jemima died. She was 22 and he was 38.  I tried to find his or her will...but never found it.

June

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Midlothian / Re: Ernest Becker and Kate Aitchison - 1886 (decipher)COMPLETE THANKS
« on: Monday 24 July 17 20:03 BST (UK)  »
Just noticed you referred to the entry on Wills and Testaments for Thomas S Aitchison. I paid to view this entry..and was a bit disappointed to discover that it was for Catherine's brother, the piano tuner who died young before his father.

Did you find out that Thomas Salmond Aitchison the father, remarried to a much younger woman after Jemima died?  Don't think that went down too well with his children.

June Locke
Fife

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Midlothian / Re: Ernest Becker and Kate Aitchison - 1886 (decipher)COMPLETE THANKS
« on: Monday 24 July 17 19:53 BST (UK)  »
Hi there,

I have been researching my husbands family tree for several years now.

His grandmother was Ida Blanche Becker ...daughter of Ernest Becker and Kate (Catherine) Aitchison.  Kate was the daughter of Thomas Salmond Aitchison and Jemima Brown.

Which line are you descended from?

June Locke
Fife
Scotland

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