AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameJames AITKEN 
, GG Grandfather
, GG GrandfatherBirth Date14 Aug 1838499
Birth PlaceFalkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MemoNo record of James' birth can be found but it appears that James Birth/Baptism transcribed as Jane. However the original record looks at first glance JANE but the “N” could be a lazy “M” and there appears to be another letter after the “E” that could be an “S”. There is nothing in records to indicate baby is male or female. This birth is almost certainly that of James, as there is no record of a Jane after that date. See baptism record.
Chr Date2 Sep 1838500 Age: <1
Chr PlaceFalkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Birth Date1838501
Birth PlaceFalkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Memo"James's birth cannot be found whereas the other siblings can. Jane Aitken, (no gender quoted) born in 1838, has a birth/christening entry in the church records, but no entry for James, as he would have to have been a twin as marriage, parentage, census and immigration evidence indicates that he was born in 1838. As Jane does not appear 3 years after her birth on the 1841 census sheet but James appears for the first time, aged 3, it is believed that the Jane birth entry was really James.
Reside Date6 Jun 1841502 Age: 2
Reside PlaceFalkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MemoJames, aged 3 years was living with his parents in Lint Rigs Street.
Job Date1857 Age: 18
Job PlaceFalkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MemoJoiner
Death PlaceInvercargill, Southland, New Zealand
MemoCause was coronary thrombosis - instantaneous and senile myocarditis (months), Lorne Hospital Invercargill New Zealand
Burial Date15 Dec 1926505
Burial PlaceInvercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Memo1926 Block 10/11 Eastern Cemetery no headstone.
OccupationJoiner & carpenter
Alias/AKAJane (at Baptism)
FatherJames AITKEN (1796-1865)
MotherHarriet RITCHIE (1807-1878)
Spouses
1Elizabeth Christie WALKER , GG Grandmother
, GG GrandmotherBirth Date5 Jun 1837
Birth PlaceFalkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MemoBirth date from baptism record
Chr Date25 Jun 1837495 Age: <1
Chr PlaceFalkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MemoRecorded on the 25 June. but possibly occurred on 18th June
Death PlaceInvercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Memosenile decay, myocardial failure for many weeks
Burial Date7 May 1918498
Burial PlaceInvercargill, Southland, New Zealand
MemoEastern Cemetery no headstone block 10 plot 11.
FatherJames WALKER (1808-1860)
MotherElizabeth HUDSON (1813-1895)
Marr PlaceFalkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Migration Date20 Sep 1858508
Migration PlaceMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memoto Australia in September from Scotland, James, 21 years, wife Elizabeth 22 and daughter Elizabeth, aged 1 arriving in Melbourne, Victoria on the Sardinian in September 1858.
The SARDINIAN was built by Alexander Denny & Brother Dumbarton, in Yard No 38 in 1855. It was a steamship owned by McLarty & Lamont.
The SARDINIAN was built by Alexander Denny & Brother Dumbarton, in Yard No 38 in 1855. It was a steamship owned by McLarty & Lamont.
Reside Date1858
Reside PlaceBroadford, Mitchell Shire, Victoria, Australia
MemoUntil 1860 Victoria, is the only known evidence as to where James , Elizabeth and family lived whilst in Victoria. Broadford is the birth place of daughter Harriet Lillias and is a small town some 100km north of Melbourne.
Migration DateAug 1860509
Migration PlaceInvercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Memo or by 1862 to Invercargill from Melbourne, No evidence has been found as to how or when James, Elizabeth and family left Victoria for New Zealand. They left after the birth of Harriet and arrived Invercargill prior to the birth of James.
Reside Date1893510
Reside PlaceInvercargill, Southland, New Zealand
MemoJames (senior) is shown as Carpenter of Strathearn. Elizabeth not mentioned.
Reside Date1902511
Reside PlaceInvercargill, Southland, New Zealand
MemoLiving in Elles Road were James Aitken, Carpenter, his wife Elizabeth. Also there were cousin John Walker, shunter and his wife Isabella.
ChildrenElizabeth (1858-1924)
Harriet Lillias (1860-1931)
James (1862-1948)
Lillias (1865-1882)
Thomas Hudson (1867-1935)
Catherine Clark (1870-1947)
John Walker (1872-1952)
Robert (1875-1961)
Jane Hudson (1879-1965)
Notes for Elizabeth Christie (Spouse 1)
(Research):Elizabeth's wedding certificate said her mother was "Christina Hudson" with a note by the Registrar saying "Error in the wife's mother's name. See Vol 1 of Register of Corrected Entries, Page 2" This entry corrects the name to Elizabeth Hudson.