Records of the Aitken Family

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  • Reference
    • GB 192 AFL
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1851-1896
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 43 Items Archives - Non-digital

Scope and Content

Papers of the Aitken family, mostly personal letters between members of the family. Includes:

-Letters

-Other correspondence (gifts, cards, and stationery), lists and photographs.

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Administrative / Biographical History

Henry Martin Aitken was a surgical instrument maker who lived in the Bishophill area. He married Elizabeth Aitken and they had six children - Lydia, Rose, Henry Horatio, Violet, Edith, and Charles. Henry Horatio Aitken married Annie Brown, they had a son, Henry George Aitken, known as 'Harry' in the family, born in 1877.

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