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Personal data Alexander Aitken 

Sources 1, 2Sources 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  • He was born in the year 1779 in Dores, Inverness-shire, Scotland.Sources 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
  • Alternative: He was born in the year 1779 in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 9
    • in the year 1851: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1861: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 4
    • Edinburgh St C, Edinburgh.Source 7
  • He died on August 7, 1865 in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was 86 years old.
    Gangrene of the legs 14 days.
  • A child of John Aitken and Janet McKenzie

Household of Alexander Aitken

He is married to Elizabeth Newbigging.

They got married on February 9, 1803 at Canongate,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, he was 24 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. James Aitken  1808-????
  2. Janet Aitken  1810-1847 
  3. Agnes Aitken  1811-1892
  4. Alexander Aitken  1814-???? 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Aitken

John Mckenzie
± 1735-????
Janet Mclenan
1740-????
John Aitken
± 1755-????

Alexander Aitken
1779-1865

1803

Elizabeth Newbigging
± 1771-1844

James Aitken
1808-????
Janet Aitken
1810-1847
Agnes Aitken
1811-1892
Alexander Aitken
1814-????

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    Sources

    1. Burrell Family Tree, Various, Tree done By I.Hume.
      There is a family tree that I have a copy of that I can if related with proof I can e-mail to you,
    2. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees / Ancestry.com
    3. UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949, Ancestry.com, WO 100; Piece: 6 / Ancestry.com
    4. 1861 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com
      Birth date: abt 1779
      Birth place: Dores, Invernesshire
      Residence date: 1861
      Residence place: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland
      / Ancestry.com
    5. 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com
      Birth date: abt 1779
      Birth place: Dores, Invernesshire
      Residence date: 1851
      Residence place: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland
      / Ancestry.com
    6. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    7. 1851 United Kingdom Census Sample, Taylor, Ron, comp.
      Birth date:
      Birth place: Inverness-Shire, Scotland, Dores
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Edinburgh St C, Edinburgh
      / Ancestry.com
    8. Scotland, Extracted Parish Records, 1571-1997, Ancestry.com, Extracted Church of England Parish Records; Title: Various publications of parish and probate records / Ancestry.com
    9. 1841 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 4D; Page: 4; Line: 1370; Year: 1841 / Ancestry.com
    10. Muir/Simpson Tree

    Historical events

    Day of marriage February 9, 1803

    • The temperature on February 9, 1803 was about -6 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1803: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 24 » In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
      • April 30 » Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
      • July 5 » The Convention of Artlenburg is signed, leading to the French occupation of the Electorate of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
      • July 26 » The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
      • September 23 » Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
      • October 20 » The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.

    Day of death August 7, 1865

    • The temperature on August 7, 1865 was about 16.7 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
      • April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
      • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
      • May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
      • October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
      • November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
    

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