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- Son of William M. Aitken and Jessie Thompson, husband of Della J. Miller, whom he married on October 21, 1897 in Delhi, Delware, NY, and father of William R., Hazel Belle (married Arthur Flynn), John M., Harold F. and Floyd Aitken.
In 1892, John R. Aitkens, aged 15, was living in Andes, Delaware, NY, in the home of his parents, William M. Aitkens, aged 41, a farmer, and Jessie Aitkens, aged 41, with siblings, James F. Aitkens, aged 15, Robert B. Aitkens, aged 10, William B. Aitkens, aged 10, and Lizzie B. Aitkens, aged 7.
In 1905, John R. Aitken, aged 30, was living in Delhi, Delaware, NY, with his wife, Dell J. Aitken, aged 29, and children, William R. Aitken, aged 6, and Hasell B. Aitken, aged 5. Both he and his wife were shown to be housekeepers.
In 1915, John R. Aitken, aged 41, was living in Bovina, Delaware, NY, with his wife, Deller J. Aitken, aged 40, and children, William R. Aitken, aged 16, Hazel Aitken, aged 15, John M. Aitken, aged 9, Harold F. Aitken, aged 7, and Floyd Aitken, aged 1. He was shown to be a teamster. Living next door were Michael Miller, aged 87, born in Scotland, and his daughter, Isabell J. Miller, aged 57.
In 1940, John R. Aitken, aged 66, married, was living in Colchester, Delaware, NY, boarding in the home of August Flynn, aged 55, a farmer, with his son-in-law, Arthur E. Flynn, aged 47, a farmer, and daughter, Hazel B. Flynn, aged 40, and Ida M. Flynn, aged 85. He was shown to be a bartender at a roadhouse. He was living on NY Route 30 in Oneonta, Otsego, NY, in 1935.
(John R Aitken in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Certificate Number: 19726; 1905, 1915 New York State Census; 1940 US Federal Census; John R Aitken in the New York, Death Index, 1852-1956, Certificate Number: 23023)
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