Harrower Family Tree » Mary Aitken (± 1826-????)

Personal data Mary Aitken 

Source 1
  • She was born about 1826 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1851 Mill Spinner in Gallatown, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1872 Domestic Servant/Pathhead, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
  • Resident in the year 1851: Gallatown, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
  • A child of James Aitken and Margaret Younger

Household of Mary Aitken

She is married to David Hood.

They got married on February 12, 1872.Source 2

Event (Witness at Marriage) on February 12, 1872: John Wilson, Mary Mercer/Pathhead, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 2


Notes about Mary Aitken

1. Witness's at marriage were probably nephew of Mary Aitken, John Wilson and his future wife, Mary Mercer, who were married November 1872!

2. Mary, in the 1851 Census, has a son Walter Spence, aged 9, born Inverkeithing, and a son James Aitken, aged 2 months, born Dysart. Neither can be found in SP.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Aitken

James Younger
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Barbara Smith
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James Aitken
± 1790-< 1843
Margaret Younger
± 1778-1860

Mary Aitken
± 1826-????

1872

David Hood
± 1822-????


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    Sources

    1. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margrat Aitken Parish: Dysart; ED: 12; Page: 20; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1851_88; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for Margrat Aitken
      Name: Margrat Aitken
      Age: 72
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1779
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Kirkaldy, Fife
      Parish Number: 426
      Civil Parish: Dysart
      Town: Gallatown
      County: Fife
      Address: Gallatown
      Occupation: Pauper
      ED: 12
      Page: 20
      Household Schedule Number: 82
      Line: 10
      Roll: CSSCT1851_88
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Margrat Aitken 72
      Mary Aitken 28
      Walter Spence 9
      James Aitken 2 Mo
      Margrate Adamson 32
    2. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1872 HOOD, DAVID MARY AITKEN (Statutory registers Marriages 426/ 27)
      1872 HOOD, DAVID MARY AITKEN (Statutory registers Marriages 426/ 27)
      Marriages in the District of Dysart in the County of Fife 1872.
      1872 Twelfth February
      Pathhead, Dysart
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Evangelical Union Church
      (Signed)
      David Hood
      General Dealer (Bachelor)
      Age 50 Pathhead, Dysart
      Parents: David Hood, Drum Major
      42nd Highlanders (Deceased)
      Mary Hood
      M.S. Gardner (Deceased)
      (Signed)
      Mary Aitken
      Domestic Servant (Spinster)
      Age 46 Pathhead, Dysart
      Parents: James Aitken
      Joiner (Deceased)
      Margaret Aitken
      M.S. Younger (Deceased)
      (Signed)
      Ebenezer J. Boon
      EU Church, Pathhead
      (Signed)
      John Wilson, Witness
      Mary Mercer, Witness
      Registered
      1872 February 15th, Dysart
      William Bonthron
      Registrar

    Historical events

    Day of marriage February 12, 1872

    • The temperature on February 12, 1872 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
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    • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
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