When John Aitken was born on 2 May 1853, in Newton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Aitken, was 22 and his mother, Mary Ferguson, was 22. He married Mary Ann Draper on 3 December 1884. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Benjamin, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Lake Shore, Utah, Utah, United States in 1910. In 1880, at the age of 27, his occupation is listed as farmer in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. He died on 15 July 1912, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1860: Cedar, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Scottish: from the Older Scots personal name Aitken, a pet form of Adam . Compare Aiken and Atkin .
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Possible Related NamesJohn's wife Mary Ann died just after the birth of their 3rd child. Also his three children died in infancy:- Mary Jane only 6 rears old, John Thomas only 3 years old, and James William only 1 month o …
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