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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ James Aitken ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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James Aitken
LAST NAME: Aitken FIRST NAME: James MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 19 Jan 1834 DIED: 7 Jun 1924 BURIED: Jun 1924
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Druggist
BIRTH PLACE:  Scotland
DEATH PLACE: Clackamas Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

MARRIAGE James Aitken and Rebecca W. Eves md 22 July 1866, Bourbon co, Kansas

1880 CENSUS - James Aitken, age 44, farmer, b. Scotland, is enumerated with wife Rebecca, age 38, b. Canada, and children Agnes, age 12, b. Kansas, Anna, age 11, b. Kansas, Grace, age 10 b. Kansas, George E., age 8, b. Oregon, Belle, age 6, b. Oregon, Mary, age 4, b. Oregon and James, infant, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family is Hannah Eves, identified as the mother-in-law of James, widow, age 73, b. Pennsylvania.
1895 CENSUS of Marion Co., Oregon, pg. 1 has the following family: Aitken, J., b. Scotland, 5'6", 147#, light, merchant, Protestant, voter, male, age 59. Aitken, Rebecca, b. Canada, 5'3", 117#, light, housekeeper, Protestant, female, age 52. Aitken, George, b. Oregon, 5'6", 140#, light, clerk, Protestant, voter, male, age 22. Aitken, Isabell, b. Oregon, 5'2", 110#, light, housekeeper, Protestant, female, age 20. Aitken, Mary, b. Oregon, 5'5", 115#, light, student, Protestant, female, age 18. Aitken, James, b. Oregon, 5', 111#, light, student, Protestant, male, age 16. Aitken, Joe, b. Oregon, 5'9", 176#, light, bartender, F. T. (Free thinker), voter, male age 43. Aitken, Rose, b. Oregon, 5'3", 130#, dark, housekeeper, Catholic, female, age 32.

1900 OR CENSUS James Aitken (b Jan 1834, Scotland, immigrated 1854, naturalized, married 34y) enumerated with wife Rebecca (b Apr 1862 [sic], Canada, mother of 7 children, 6 living at time of census) and 3 children, Belle (b May 1874, Oregon), Mary (b Mar 1876, Oregon) and James P. (b May 1880, Oregon)

1910 OR CENSUS James Aitken (76y, b Scotland, married 44y) enumerated with wife Rebecca E. (68y, b Canada, US citizen) and 2 children, George E. (32y, b Oregon, bookkeeper) and Mary (27y, b Oregon, teacher)

1920 CENSUS - James Aitken, farmer, age 85, b. Scotland, immigrated in 1857, is enumerated with wife Rebeca, age 77, b. Canada.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Clackamas County 1924) #206 - James Aiken [sic], male, widowed (Rebecca Aitken), retired druggist, b. 19 Jan 1834 in Scotland, d. 7 Jun 1924 in Courtney Station [Pepco Railway] at the age of 90 y's 4 m's 16 d's, name of father James Aiken (b. Scotland), maiden name of mother not given, interment 10 Jun, undertaker Holman & Son, informant C. B. Palmer. bình x?u trai

OBITUARY: 

Obituary not found in Capital Journal or Oregon Statesman

INSCRIPTION: 

James Aitken
1834 - 1924

SOURCES: 

LR
LD
IOOF Register of Burials
OSBH DC (Clackamas County 1922) #206
Kansas Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Sublimity Pct., FA #138)

1900 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 135, sheet 4A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Douglas co, Roseburg, ED 92, sheet 9A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem ED 148, sheet 4A)
S&H pg 76

CONTACTS: 
LOT: 950 SPACE: 2 NW LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.184 LATITUDE: W 123° 03.016'
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