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John Aitken
1855 - 1902 (47 years)-
Name John Aitken Birth 25 Jul 1855 Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland 
Gender Male Death 31 Jul 1902 Mount Kembla, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia Burial 3 Aug 1902 Windy Gully, Mount Kembla, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia Person ID I6976 OrwinMillar Last Modified 29 Jun 2026
Father Henry Aitken, b. 1830, Silvermines Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland d. 16 Mar 1859, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland (Age 29 years)Mother Catherine Cunningham, b. 4 Apr 1833, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland d. 16 Feb 1916, Larbert Asylum, West Lothian, Scotland (Age 82 years)Marriage 22 Jun 1855 Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland Family ID F2265 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Mary Ann Murphy, b. 20 Oct 1861, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 1941, Wollongong, NSW, Australia (Age 79 years)Marriage 16 Oct 1878 Windsor, NSW, AUstralia Children 1. Henry Aitken, b. 1879, Windsor, NSW, Australia d. 31 Jul 1902, Mount Kembla, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia (Age 23 years)2. Alice Amelia Aitken, b. 1880, Windsor, NSW, AUstralia d. 6 May 1946, Mount Kembla, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia (Age 66 years)3. Samuel Aitken, b. Sep 1882, Lithgow, NSW, Australia d. 22 Apr 1884, Lithgow, NSW, Australia (Age 1 year)4. John Aitken, b. 1884, Lithgow, NSW, Australia d. 1 Oct 1885, Hartley, NSW, Australia (Age 1 year)5. Catherine Aitken, b. 1886 d. 1976, Hartley Vale, NSW. Australia (Age 90 years)6. John Aitken, b. 1888, Kanimbla, NSW, Australia d. 21 Nov 1945, Helensburg, NSW, Australia (Age 57 years)7. Samuel Aitken, b. 11 Jun 1890, Lithgow, NSW, Australia d. 1 Jan 1948, Mount Keira, Wollongong, NSW, Australia (Age 57 years)8. David Aitken, b. 1893, Hartley Vale, NSW, Australia d. 1962, Wollongong, NSW, Australia (Age 69 years)9. Mary Ann Aitken, b. 1897 d. 1960, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Age 63 years)10. Margaret Aitken, b. 1898, Lithgow, NSW, Australia d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F7065 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2011
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Headstones 
John Aitken
Henry Aitken
Alice Amelia Aitken
Catherine Goodlet
John Aitken
Henry AItken
Plot: Colliery disaster memorial
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Notes - Despite being Presbyterian he was married in the Mt Matthews Roman Catholic Church. When he was buried the officiating minister was a Methodist.
John and his son Henry, were both killed in the same mining accident, they are buried next to each other in Windy Gully.
At the time of his death John had been in the Australasian Colonies for about 26 years. 23 years in NSW, and 3 years in Queensland
John and Mary had 1 other child (a daughter) who died before John, name of this child is unknown
- Despite being Presbyterian he was married in the Mt Matthews Roman Catholic Church. When he was buried the officiating minister was a Methodist.