Born in Three Rivers, Georgetown, Prince Edward Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Theophilus Aitken
and Elizabeth (McLure) Aitken
Sister of
David William Aitken
Wife of
Joseph Bennett Westaway
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (1870s - unknown)], Lois B Westaway, Herman Richard Westaway, [private son (1890s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1890s - unknown)]
Died
at age 92
in Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Oct 2012
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Biography
A diary Maggie wrote survives. The first entry, dated Oct. 12, 1874, describes her work as a seamstress in Boston. She wrote of earning three dollars a week, plus 25 cents an hour for overtime work she took home. She returned to Lower Montague in 1882. The last entry in the diary, dated Nov. 12, 1882 states that business is poor, potatoes are only 16 cents a bushel, and there is still no coal for winter. They lived in Georgetown for a while, then moved to the United States.
Immigration
- Immigration: Immigrated from Georgetown, PEI with husband Joseph Westaway and daughters Lois and Josephine.
- Date: 1889
- Place: Brooklyn Ward 30, Kings, New York, USA
Sources
- "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCM9-K1L : Thu Oct 05 01:24:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph B Westaway and Margaret Westaway, 1930. Age 80
- Genealogies of the David REID and Evelyn SCHROEDER families
- Carlsbad Current-Argus 05 Dec 1941, Fri ·Page 1
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maggie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maggie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maggie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maggie:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Brent Alley 
:
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~0.78%
Andrew Wight :
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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Jane Dyment
Aitken-260 and Aitken-200 appear to represent the same person because: Same name and husband
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by Jane Dyment
Rejected matches › Margaret Aitken (1851-aft.1891)
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