"Oregon Deaths, 1877-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ5H-VB4 : 9 November 2016), James Gaittens in entry for Blythe Gaittens, 27 Sep 1893; citing Birth, Deer Island, Columbia, Oregon, United States, Multiple archives; FHL microfilm 2,229,816.
"Oregon Deaths, 1877-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ54-LL1 : 9 November 2016), James Gaittens in entry for Ruel Harold Gaittens, 16 Dec 1894; citing Birth, Deer Island, Columbia, Oregon, United States, Multiple archives; FHL microfilm 2,259,056.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSDZ-GV9 : accessed 29 January 2018), James Gaittens, Deer Island and Goble Precincts, Columbia, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 5B, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,346.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLY2-6JG : accessed 29 January 2018), James Gaittens, Deer Island, Columbia, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 2B, family 48, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1279; FHL microfilm 1,375,292.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4ZB-X3X : accessed 29 January 2018), James G Gaittens, Deer Island, Columbia, Oregon, United States; citing ED 94, sheet 2A, line 35, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1493; FHL microfilm 1,821,493.
"Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N353-DJ5 : 5 December 2014), James Gaittens in entry for Vera Rebecca Gaittens, 04 Aug 1929; citing Vancouver, Clark, Washington, reference 129, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,022,716.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVG-S3K1 : 13 December 2015), James Walter Gaittens, 1937; Burial, Deer Island, Columbia, Oregon, United States of America, Kinder Cemetery; citing record ID 20403587, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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James' birthplace was likely Lanarkshire, Scotland, but there are 2 people named James Gaittens with similar ages and both born in that area. One was born in Glasgow, while the other was born in nearby Cambusnethan. I haven't been able to conclusively determine which is which. A clue to his life in Scotland comes from an article in The Oregonian regarding the death of one of his daughters which notes he had lived in Kilsyth.
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