Alexander
Aitken
Born in West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Brother of
Henry Aitken, James Aitken, Mary Crawford Black Aitken, Arabella Percy Henderson Aitken and Elizabeth Aitken
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 70
in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Biography
Alexander Aitken was born 02 Sep 1888, son of Alexander Aitken & Arabella Baxter, in West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland.[1]
In 1891, Alexander (2) was living with his family at 10 Bank Street, West Calder, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Alex Aitken, 35, Male, Head, Married, born Muiravonside, Stirling, Occupation: Gen Lab
- Arabella Aitken, 35, Female, Wife, Married, born Falkirk, Stirling
- Henry Aitken, 13, Male, Son, born Muiravonside, Stirling
- Mary Aitken, 9, Female, Daughter, born West Calder, Edinburgh, Scholar
- Arabella Aitken, 7, Female, Daughter, born West Calder, Edinburgh, Scholar
- Elizabeth Aitken, 4, Female, Daughter, born West Calder, Edinburgh
- Alexander Aitken, 2, Male, Son, born West Calder, Edinburgh
- William Aitken, 8mo, Male, Son, born West Calder, Edinburgh[2]
In 1901, Alexander (12) was living with his family at 100 Livingston Street in West Calder, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Alexander Aitken, 47, Male, Married, Head, born Avonbridge, Stirling, Occupation: Paraffin Pressman
- Arabella Aitken, 47, Female, Married, Wife, born Falkirk, Stirling
- James B Aitken, 21, Male, Son
- Mary C B Aitken, 19, Female, Daughter, born West Calder, Edinburgh, Occupation: Institute Cleaner
- Arabella P H Aitken, 17, Female, Daughter, born West Calder, Edinburgh, Occupation: Clerk
- Lizzie Aitken, 14, Female, Daughter, born West Calder, Edinburgh, Scholar
- Alexander Aitken, 12, Male, Son, born West Calder, Edinburgh, Scholar
- William B Aitken, 10, Male, Son, born West Calder, Edinburgh, Scholar
- John Aitken, 6, Male, Son, born West Calder, Edinburgh, Scholar
- Agnes C F Aitken, 3, Female, Daughter, born West Calder, Edinburgh[3]
Alexander died 26 May 1959 in Shaughnessy Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was buried 28 May 1959 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.[4][5]
Research Notes
FamilySearch Person Sources: LBL2-BLL
FindaGrave indicates he was in the military as Private. Further research needed.
Wife & her family: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146070585/catherine-aitken
Son: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226793953/walter-watt-aitken
Sources
- ↑ Birth: "Statutory Register of Births", National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople Ref: 701/207, (accessed 31 August 2023), Alexander Aitken, Birth: 1888 in West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland, Mother's Maiden Name: Not given (Baxter).
- ↑ 1891 Census: "Scotland Census, 1891", ScotlandsPeople Roll CSSCT1891_370, Parish: West Calder-701, ED: 9, Page 13, Line 2, Household 65 (accessed 20 Aug 2023).
- ↑ 1901 Census: "Scotland Census, 1901", ScotlandsPeople Roll CSSCT1901_406, Parish West Calder- 701, ED 10, Page 24, Line 1, Household 94 (accessed 30 Aug 2023).
- ↑ Death: "British Columbia Archives, Death Index, 1872-1992", Death Record Registration Number: 1959-09-006689 Record Image (accessed 11 Dec 2022).
- ↑ Memorial: "Find a Grave, database and images" (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146102770/alexander-aitken: accessed 01 September 2023), memorial page for Private Alexander Aitken (2 Sep 1888–26 May 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 146102770, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by Dedicated ~ Aurorae Little ♥UE ✞ (contributor 48644964).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Penny (Bryant) Cottage 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A970728 [compare], Ancestry member pencott
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~1.56%
Anita (Arundel) Meek :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member larita1948
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