Hi Marilyn, My Aitkens were all orchadists or gardeners for two or three generations. Anyway what I have is - David Aitken married Agnes Blythe 1798 in Lower Largo, Fife. I have three children for them. Alexander, James & Ann. I did have a baptism for David which gave a possible link to Lord Beaverbrook (which from family lore there is a link) but from finding a more direct descendent of the Lord appears to be incorrect. Still hunting. James born 1802 in Largo, Fife married Ann McKay in 1827 in Lasswade, Midlothian. They had nine children in Berwick, Midlothian, Kirkcudbrightshire, & Lanark. The family finally settling in Renfrew until ofcourse they descided to move on to Australia. They came separately (except James came in 1867, with the youngest two children after Ann died in 1865) The only one that did not arrive in Australia was David and he is a mistery, but family lore has him in Penang. The childrens names were David, John Gibson, Alexander, Daniel, James, William Smith, Ann and Henry Blythe. Any connection?? Regards Pat Melbourne, Aust. RESEARCHING AITKEN (Fife), CAITHNESS (Angus), HARRINGTON (Essex), KING (Whaddon/Nash), PELLING (Sussex - Gloucester), READ (Nottingham - Lancashire) and others FREEMAN (London), FOGG (High Ongar ), GRIMASON(Armagh), NUGENT (Kildare), THOMAS (St Just), WADE (Tring), WILLIAMSON (Northmavine) and others ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Demas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 8:44 AM Subject: Re: [SCOTS~GEN] TRAQUAIR > Have Aitkens in Sacramento Ca. Andrew Aitkin, a stonemason and Edward F. > Aitken, an orchardist. m > > Pat Wade wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > As this list automatically send emails back to the list, not to > > individuals, I will thank all who replied to me with one email. > > Thank you. My AITKENS sure did move, even more than I thought > > with this. Up till now they had been center in Fife, Berwick, > > Midlothian, and Lanark but Kirkcudbrightshire is a lot further > > south than they had been before. They eventually settled in > > Renfrew. > > > > Thank you very much. > > Regards > > Pat > > Melbourne, Aust. > > > > RESEARCHING > > > > AITKEN (Fife), CAITHNESS (Angus), HARRINGTON (Essex), KING > > (Whaddon/Nash), PELLING (Sussex - Gloucester), READ (Nottingham - > > Lancashire) and others > > FREEMAN (London), FOGG (High Ongar ), GRIMASON(Armagh), NUGENT > > (Kildare), THOMAS (St Just), WADE (Tring), WILLIAMSON > > (Northmavine) and others > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Virginia Green" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 1:16 AM > > Subject: Re: [SCOTS~GEN] TRAQUAIR > > > > > Hi Pat, > > > > > > I think you may be looking for the Parish of Troqueer in > > Kirkcudbrightshire > > > > > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/sct_cmap.html > > > > > > > > > Virginia > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Pat Wade <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > <[email protected]> > > > Date: Thursday, July 19, 2001 1:46 AM > > > Subject: [SCOTS~GEN] TRAQUAIR > > > > > > > > > >Hello, > > > > > > > >Family records had a birth in Troqueir. On searching a map > > the > > > >closest I cam up with was TRAQUAIR in Scottish Borders. What > > > >would have been the old county for this parish?? (Lanark, > > > >Midlothian or other??) > > > > > > > >Thank you very much > > > >Regards > > > >Pat > > > >Melbourne, Aust. > > > > > > > >RESEARCHING > > > > > > > >AITKEN (Fife), CAITHNESS (Angus), HARRINGTON (Essex), KING > > > >(Whaddon/Nash), PELLING (Sussex - Gloucester), READ > > (Nottingham - > > > >Lancashire) and others > > > >FREEMAN (London), FOGG (High Ongar ), GRIMASON(Armagh), NUGENT > > > >(Kildare), THOMAS (St Just), WADE (Tring), WILLIAMSON > > > >(Northmavine) and others > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > > > >Raise both your hands and repeat after me: > > > >We will not initiate or participate in any kind of discussion > > about any > > > kind of virus on this list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > > > Why not expand your horizons-- > > > Sign on with the SCOTLAND mailing list: > > > mailto:[email protected]?subject=subscribe > > > > > > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > > If you'd like to read all previous messages that have been sent to this > > list, go to the archives of the list that are located at: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCOTLAND-GENWEB > > and: > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=scotland- genweb > > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > If you'd like to read all previous messages that have been sent to this > list, go to the archives of the list that are located at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCOTLAND-GENWEB > and: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=scotland- genweb > and: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/index/Scotland.html >

Hi Pat, I am not sure if there is a connection or not. Oh, yes, I am sure there is a connection - naming patterns of families and all suggest that that would most certainly be the case - and then that Edward was also an Orchardist/nursery man - almost cinches it, don't you think. I will try to locate a biography of Edward and see if it tells where he is from. Marilyn Pat Wade wrote: > Hi Marilyn, > > My Aitkens were all orchadists or gardeners for two or three > generations. > > Anyway what I have is - > David Aitken married Agnes Blythe 1798 in Lower Largo, Fife. I > have three children for them. Alexander, James & Ann. > > I did have a baptism for David which gave a possible link to Lord > Beaverbrook (which from family lore there is a link) but from > finding a more direct descendent of the Lord appears to be > incorrect. Still hunting. > > James born 1802 in Largo, Fife married Ann McKay in 1827 in > Lasswade, Midlothian. They had nine children in Berwick, > Midlothian, Kirkcudbrightshire, & Lanark. The family finally > settling in Renfrew until ofcourse they descided to move on to > Australia. They came separately (except James came in 1867, with > the youngest two children after Ann died in 1865) The only one > that did not arrive in Australia was David and he is a mistery, > but family lore has him in Penang. The childrens names were > David, John Gibson, Alexander, Daniel, James, William Smith, Ann > and Henry Blythe. > > Any connection?? > Regards > Pat > Melbourne, Aust. > > RESEARCHING > > AITKEN (Fife), CAITHNESS (Angus), HARRINGTON (Essex), KING > (Whaddon/Nash), PELLING (Sussex - Gloucester), READ (Nottingham - > Lancashire) and others > FREEMAN (London), FOGG (High Ongar ), GRIMASON(Armagh), NUGENT > (Kildare), THOMAS (St Just), WADE (Tring), WILLIAMSON > (Northmavine) and others > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilyn Demas" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 8:44 AM > Subject: Re: [SCOTS~GEN] TRAQUAIR > > > Have Aitkens in Sacramento Ca. Andrew Aitkin, a stonemason and > Edward F. > > Aitken, an orchardist. m > > > > Pat Wade wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > As this list automatically send emails back to the list, not > to > > > individuals, I will thank all who replied to me with one > email. > > > Thank you. My AITKENS sure did move, even more than I > thought > > > with this. Up till now they had been center in Fife, > Berwick, > > > Midlothian, and Lanark but Kirkcudbrightshire is a lot > further > > > south than they had been before. They eventually settled in > > > Renfrew. > > > > > > Thank you very much. > > > Regards > > > Pat > > > Melbourne, Aust. > > > > > > RESEARCHING > > > > > > AITKEN (Fife), CAITHNESS (Angus), HARRINGTON (Essex), KING > > > (Whaddon/Nash), PELLING (Sussex - Gloucester), READ > (Nottingham - > > > Lancashire) and others > > > FREEMAN (London), FOGG (High Ongar ), GRIMASON(Armagh), > NUGENT > > > (Kildare), THOMAS (St Just), WADE (Tring), WILLIAMSON > > > (Northmavine) and others > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Virginia Green" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 1:16 AM > > > Subject: Re: [SCOTS~GEN] TRAQUAIR > > > > > > > Hi Pat, > > > > > > > > I think you may be looking for the Parish of Troqueer in > > > Kirkcudbrightshire > > > > > > > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/sct_cmap.html > > > > > > > > > > > > Virginia > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Pat Wade <[email protected]> > > > > To: [email protected] > > > <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Thursday, July 19, 2001 1:46 AM > > > > Subject: [SCOTS~GEN] TRAQUAIR > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hello, > > > > > > > > > >Family records had a birth in Troqueir. On searching a > map > > > the > > > > >closest I cam up with was TRAQUAIR in Scottish Borders. > What > > > > >would have been the old county for this parish?? (Lanark, > > > > >Midlothian or other??) > > > > > > > > > >Thank you very much > > > > >Regards > > > > >Pat > > > > >Melbourne, Aust. > > > > > > > > > >RESEARCHING > > > > > > > > > >AITKEN (Fife), CAITHNESS (Angus), HARRINGTON (Essex), > KING > > > > >(Whaddon/Nash), PELLING (Sussex - Gloucester), READ > > > (Nottingham - > > > > >Lancashire) and others > > > > >FREEMAN (London), FOGG (High Ongar ), GRIMASON(Armagh), > NUGENT > > > > >(Kildare), THOMAS (St Just), WADE (Tring), WILLIAMSON > > > > >(Northmavine) and others > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > > > > >Raise both your hands and repeat after me: > > > > >We will not initiate or participate in any kind of > discussion > > > about any > > > > kind of virus on this list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > > > > Why not expand your horizons-- > > > > Sign on with the SCOTLAND mailing list: > > > > mailto:[email protected]?subject=subscribe > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > > > If you'd like to read all previous messages that have been > sent to this > > > list, go to the archives of the list that are located at: > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCOTLAND-GENWEB > > > and: > > > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=scotland- > genweb > > > > > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > > If you'd like to read all previous messages that have been > sent to this > > list, go to the archives of the list that are located at: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCOTLAND-GENWEB > > and: > > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=scotland- > genweb > > and: > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/index/Scotland.html > > > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > If the "list" seems too quiet--repost your question or > statement to revitalize the list. 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