When Archibald Aitken was born on 24 April 1790, in Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Aitken, was 32 and his mother, Jean Niblie, was 29. He married Isabella Gowans on 17 May 1814, in Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 28 October 1866, in Inveresk and Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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Scottish: from the Older Scots personal name Aitken, a pet form of Adam . Compare Aiken and Atkin .
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