help to find John Aitken - Mary Illson

[weasel1]

Hi

I am trying to find the parents of Katherine/Catherine Aitken.  I have Katherine being born 26 Dec 1785 in Abbotshall.  Her parents are listed as John Aitken and Mary Illson. I have been unable to find a Mary Illson in Scotland but there is a bunch in England although I find no mention of a marriage to a John Aitken.
Katherine married George Hunter b 2 Apr 1786  Kinghorn on 23 Nov 1804 in Kinghorn.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ev]

hi Weasel1 

do you have the other 11 children born to a couple with those names ?
all baptised abbotshall , looks like katherine was a twin

i to can't see a marriage for the parents
however if you check the marriage records for abbotshall on the IGI
batch number M113997 there are a few aitken marriages around 1780
some of which have the same christian names as the children

ev

[ev]

john aitken born 1st august 1761 , baptised 10th august 1761 abbotshall
parents james aitken and janet brown

i note that john aitken and mary illson's first child was james and the other
twin daughter was janet

there seems to be aitken's in abbotshall from at least the early 1700's

ev

[ev]

james aitken and janet brown's childrens names
seem to match up very well to
john aitken and mary illson's childrens names
(helen = nelly ?)
(lilias = lilly ?)

not proof but interesting 

ev

[ev]

weasel1  (in reply to your PM)

try here first -

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#Menu

select scotland , then fife , then look at abbotshall

C = christenings  M = marriages , each number shows the years covered

make a note of the batch numbers you are interested in

now go to the IGI Index -

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

enter in the batch number you want Cxxxxxxx or Mxxxxxxx

in region box - select british isles

in last name box put aitken

then search

this should bring up all aitken christenings or marriages in abbotshall for
the time period you have selected

by entering other information such as mother and father's names on christenings you can narrow down the results

note that if the other information is not there you will get no results

ev

[weasel1]

Thanks EV that was a great help

[ev]

i've added a bit more to the last post
if you have any problems let me know

ev

[sancti]

Hi

I am trying to find the parents of Katherine/Catherine Aitken.  I have Katherine being born 26 Dec 1785 in Abbotshall.  Her parents are listed as John Aitken and Mary Illson. I have been unable to find a Mary Illson in Scotland but there is a bunch in England although I find no mention of a marriage to a John Aitken.
Katherine married George Hunter b 2 Apr 1786  Kinghorn on 23 Nov 1804 in Kinghorn.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Where did the information on her parents come from?

[weasel1]

sancti

The parents came from ici birth records