Edgar Osgood Aiken (1864 - 1948)

Born 10 Jul 1864 in Potton, Brome, Canada East

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Died 25 Sep 1948 at age 84 in Montgomery, Franklin, Vermont, Quebec

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Biography

Edgar Osgood Aiken was born in 1864, the third the son of Frederick Aiken and Celia Learned. The birth date is listed in the death record referenced below. His youth was spent on the farm in West Potton, until his father moved the family to Glen Sutton, near the original Aiken homestead, when Edgar was 15.

In 1871, Edgar appeared on the census with his parents and 5 siblings.^[1] Since they had moved as mentioned in 1879, the family appeared on the 1881 census for Glen Sutton, which listed Edgar with his parents and 5 siblings (2 siblings had died in 1873).^[2]

On 30 October 1888, Edgar married Aurilla Martha Green, in Richford, Vt.^[3][4] Aurilla was the daughter of William and Delia Green.^[5] According to the Marriage Record, Edgar was farming in nearby Bolton, Que. at his time of marriage. But they soon settled in Potton next to his brother Martin.^[6] The 1892 Eastern Townships Directory lists "Edgar O Aiken" as "owner" of Range 4 Lot 22 in Potton, alongside "F.L. Aiken, M.L. AIken and T.R. Aiken (his father and two brothers).^[7]

First children arrived in 1892, and the couple went on to have five children in all, plus one adoption:

1. Jessie May, b. May 1892; m1. Alfred Fields, 8 Aug. 1908; m2. Dan Herbert Russell, 24 July 1915^[8]
2. Pearl, b. 27 April 1897; m. Lawrence Griggs, 24 April 1915^[9]
3. Lawrence Frederick, b. 18 March 1900;^[10] d. 17 March 1920^[11]
4. Blanche, b. 16 March 1905; m. Carl Gerald Geraw, 22 Sept. 1923; d. 1958
5. Elna, b. abt 1910
6. Gertrude Ruth, b. 20 July 1913 as Gertrude Ruth Page; Adopted May 1914; m. George W. Girard; d. 14 June 2002.

At some moment prior to 1900, the family had moved to Conventry, Vermont, where Edgar, his wife and three first children were listed on the 1900 Census.^[12] By 1911, the family was back living in Potton, with all five children except the last still to come.^[13] Regarding that last child, she was born Gertrude Ruth Page and was adopted officially 1914:

Probate Court, 20 May 1914 - "Gertrude Ruth Page, a minor, of Jay, adopted and made heir-at-law of Edgar O. Aiken and Arvilla M. AIken, husband and wife, and to hereafter near the name Gertrude Ruth Aiken."^[14]

By 1920, the family had moved to Montgomery, Vermont, where Edgar and Aurilla were living with three of their daughters still at home.^[15] Edgar's mother was also living with them for a time, as it was at their home in Montgomery where she passed away in 1925:

January 2 - Montgomery, January 2 (1925) - "Mrs. Lucien Sanborn, aged 87 years, died at the home of her son, Edgar Aiken, December 22. The funeral was held at the home Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. G.A. Smith officiating. Mrs. Sanborn is survived by her husband, four sons, Edgar, of this place, Orlando and Truman, of Newport, N.H., Martin, of Mansonville; one daughter, Mrs. William Doncaster, of Charleston. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were Cortez (sic) Aiken, Mrs. W. Lafleur and Mrs. Fanny Kingsman (sic) of Richford. "^[16]

By 1930, those three daughters were still with them, with daughter Blanche joined by her husband Carl Geraw and their two children.^[17]

Edgar's wife passed away in St, Albans Hospital, on 17 Feb. 1933.^[18] In his later days, being a widower, Edgar chose to live for a time with his nephew, the Doncaster's, in Derby, Vermont.^[19]

Edgar passed away in Montgomery, Vermont in 1948, at the age of 84.^[20] That Death Record declared he had been living in Montgomery for 29 years. He was interred in Montgomery, Vermont.^[21]

Sources

1. ↑ 1871 Canada Census, Quebec Province, District 126 Brome, SubDistrict d Potton, Page 14, Line 11| 1871 Canada Census, "Edgar Aiken, Age 7"
2. ↑ 1881 Canada Census, Quebec Province, District 60 Brome, SubDistrict B Sutton, Division 2, Family 271, Page 50, Line 23| 1881 Canada Census, "Edgar Aiken, Age 17"
3. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Richford| Marriage, Aiken - Green
4. ↑ State of Vermont, Certificate of Marriage| Marriage Certificate
5. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Richford| Marriage, Green - Aiken
6. ↑ 1891 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 143 (Brome), Sub-District E Division 1 (Potton), Family Nbr. 214, Page 45, Line 13| 1891 Canada Census, "Edgar Aiken, Age 27"
7. ↑ Eastern Townships Directory, 1892, Brome County, Potton, Page 106
8. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Jay, 1915| Marriage Aiken - Russell
9. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Jay, 1915| Marriage, Aiken - Griggs
10. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Coventry, 1900| Birth Record, Lawrence Frederick
11. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Montgomery, 1920| Death, Lawrence Aiken
12. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Orleans County, Coventry, Page 5, Line 19| 1900 US Census, "Edgar A Aiken, Age 36"
13. ↑ 1911 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 149 (Brome), Sub-District 15 (Potton), Family Nbr. 57, Page 6, Line 25| 1911 Canada Census, "Edgar Aikens, Age 47"
14. ↑ Orleans County Monitor, Barton, Vt., 20 May 1914|Page 3
15. ↑ 1920 United States Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Montgomery, Page 16B, Line 92| 1920 US Census, "Edgar O Aiken, Age 57"
16. ↑ St. Albans Weekly Messenger, St. Albans, Vt., 1 Jan 1925
17. ↑ 1930 United States Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Montgomery, Page 1A. Line 20| 1930 US Census, "Edward O Aiken, Age 66"
18. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, St. Albans| Death of Aurilla Green
19. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Orleans County, Derby, Page 1A, Line 22| 1940 US Census, "Edgar O Aiken, Age 74"
20. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Montgomery| Death Record, Edgar O. Aiken
21. ↑ FindAGrave| "Edgar Osgood Aiken"