Grace AITKEN, nee Tennant, Edinburgh

[Danchaslyn]

 

Mamakaz

Sorry,  'inspirational'................   


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Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[mamakaz]

Good morning, x

                         i got carried away yesterday on the plant side of my family, i have loads to write up now,
on my travels around the net i found this...


in my own words.....

Agnes AITKEN was born in 1773 in Kircudbrightshire, Scotland
she died in Three Rivers, PEI, Canada,
and the story goes...
 
Agnes went missing while walking across the ice from Murray Harbour.
unfortunatly a storm was brewing and poor Agnes was never seen again.
There is however a memorial to her on Panmure Island, but its not known
if her body was found and interred.

Agnes's parents were John AITKEN born 1729 in Greenhill, Auchenhay, Kirkcudbrightshire,
and Margaret LOUDEN b: 1739
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how interesting, poor Agnes, its nothing to do with the thread but i thought id post it, dont know how true it is, x

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hi Mamakaz

What a quaint and amazing story, and thank you so much for posting it,  ......poor Agnes Aitken!       

And, yet another John Aitken , as her father!   

Kirkcudbrightshire.........again, need to look into the geography and see how close it is to Midlothian and maybe Peeble-Shire, and Lanark??       Could be interesting.   

Good luck, with your Plants..................

Cheers and thanks

Danchaslyn

 

[KirstyG]

A very useful map for the location of Scottish Counties (and a very useful website overall) is here:

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/sct_cmap.html

Kirkcudbright is on the west coast (far south), while Midlothian is on the east coast, so they are not very close at all. Lanark and Peebles are on the south/west side of Midlothian.

Kirsty

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hi KirstyG

Thank you for the help with the locations and the very helpful link.........   

Not phazed by Kirkcudbrightshire being on the W. Coast...........thats good for us, as Grace Aitken, nee Tennant, left Edinburgh, after marriage and moved to Kirkurd, Peebles-Shire, later on to West Linton, Peebles-Shire.   

So, both Mamakaz's and my Aitkens might well, as far back as Agnes Aitken's father John Aitken,  descend from him, or near members of his family?  Who knows?   

Another journey of discovery awaits!   

cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[Danchaslyn]

 

As per kind information of weech..........

Grace Aitken's, nee Tennant, daughter-in-law, Lady Caroline Aitken, widow of Grace's second son, Sir Robert Aitken, returned to England, from India, to live, 1936, on board the "City of Shimla".   

Her destination abode was given as Arden House, West Byflet, Surrey, England.

It is thought that Lady Aitken died shortly afterwards, but we do not have her death details and any help would be much appreciated?   

Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[Danchaslyn]

 

As per kind info from "weech"........

The below is about John & Grace Aitken's, grandaughter, Marjorie Grace Aitken, sister to John Ellis Aitken, both grandchildren, although born in Bombay, India, spent most of their childhoods, living and being educated, by John & Grace, in West Linton, Scotland.

Cutting from The Times of India, undated:

FASHIONABLE BOMBAY WEDDING

The wedding of the week in Bombay has been at Malabar Hill, of Marjorie Grace Aitken, daughter of Lady Aitken and the late Sir Robert Aitken, to Lieutenant Charles Elliot Bleck, of the 2nd Sherwood Forresters.  Wedding dress is then described and mention made that the wedding was held at All Saints Church.

Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[Danchaslyn]

 

Am searching for details of the third son of John and Grace Aitken, Thomas Aitken, b. 1871?

The last trace I have of him in Scotland is as living in the home of Janet Steele, during the 1891 Census, as a Boarder, and working as a Joiner.  He was age 20.   This was in Cambusmethan, Wishaw, Lanarkshire.

I don't know any details of Janet Steele and would appreciate any, perhaps she is a relative?   

Sometime mid-1896, Thomas Aitken left the UK, as a Baptist Union Missionary, for the island of St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands.   

I'm curious for any details of Thomas' life between 1891 - 1896?   

Where was it that he trained as a missionary?  did he attend the Wishaw Baptist Church?   

Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[baitken]

This is amazing!!  I have just been directed to this site, and there is so much here I haven't had time to read it all thoroughly.

My name is Robert AITKEN.  My great grandmother was Grace AITKEN, and my grandfather Robert.  For more than 35 years I have been researching my family, and have an almost complete record going back to about 1750.

Inevitably some records have escaped me, and it looks like i might find some missing entries here.

I cannot even start to lay out our history here; I have pages and pages of details.  In time I would hope to correct in small packets some of the mis-information I have seen, and add some more.  But meantime, if anyone is desperate for info please let me knowand I'll see if I can help.  I do have photos of Sir Robert if anyone is interested.

Give me a little time though, I'm waiting for a cardiac op shortly, and I don't want to rush around too much at the moment and fall off my perch.

Finally, do I have any family out there?