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Europe / Help with genealogy resources for relatives in Messina Sicily
« on: Tuesday 13 April 21 19:59 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

My grandfather emigrated to New York from San Marco d'Alunzio, Messina Italy in 1903. I believe his birth date was June 1885. Are there tools available to look for extended family members in Messina? Perhaps census info or birth/death/marriage records?

Thank you,
Thom

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Midlothian / Re: Grace AITKEN, nee Tennant, Edinburgh
« on: Monday 29 March 21 16:08 BST (UK)  »
Hello,
 
  I am late joining this discussion, and hope that the contributors are still active in RootsChat. The information shared here has shown me a lot about my family.

  John Aitken (b. 1861) is my great-grandfather. From my research, he arrived in the US April 1885, married Mary Doherty in 1866 and settled in the Bronx NY. John was a carpenter. Between 1887 and 1904 they had 6 children (John, Robert, Grace, Thomas, George and finally in 1904 my maternal grandmother Elizabeth). He died in December 1925 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx along with Mary who passed in 1944.

  If I can be of any assistance looking up info on the NY Aitkens, I'd be happy to do so.

  Regarding my 2nd great grandfather John Aitken (b.1826), this discussion has shown he had 2 children with Janet Bain, who then died in childbirth in 1857 with their third child John who also died at birth. Then John has 3 children with Grace Tennant (John, Robert and Elizabeth) before marrying her in 1867. This seems odd..  Does anyone have details around this period? After they are married they have Thomas and Richard.

  Grace Tennant seems a mystery. Considering the full history of the Tennant/Sanderson families (I have crossed Ancestry trees detailing those families back hundreds of years), I find so little information about Grace's early life. Any insights into my 2nd great grandmother would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you all again for sharing your knowledge of the Aitken clan.

Thom C

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