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Margaret Aitken
1923 - 2008 (84 years)-
Name Margaret Aitken Birth 22 Oct 1923 St Kitts, British West Indies 
Gender Female Burial 2008 Leelanau Township Cemetery, Northport, Leelanau County, Michigan, USA Death 30 Mar 2008 Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA Person ID I8901 OrwinMillar Last Modified 20 Aug 2022
Father Dr. Arthur Noble Aitken, b. 26 Jul 1883, Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 14 Sep 1964, Champaigne, Illinois, USA (Age 81 years)Mother Frances Ella Marguerite Hughes, b. 1897 d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 6 Jul 1921 Parish Church, Chichester, Sussex, England [1] Family ID F2946 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 
Living Family ID F6224 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Nov 2010
Family 2 Roger Kenyon Applebee, b. 8 Feb 1925, Olean, New York, USA d. 30 Oct 2005, Northport, MI, USA (Age 80 years)Marriage 22 Nov 1950 Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA Children 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living 5. Living Family ID F6225 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jul 2022
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Headstones 
Margaret Aitken
Roger Kenyon Applebee
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Notes - There is an obituary for her in the Leelanau News (Michigan) which reads as follows.
"Services were held at St Christopher's Episcopal Church in Northport for Margaret Aitken Applebee of Northport who died March 30, 2008 at Munson Medical Centre. She was 84.
She was born Oct 22, 1923, on the island of St Kitts in the British West Indies, the daughter of Dr Arthur Noble Aitken and Frances Margaret (Hughes Aitken. Her husband, Roger, preceded her in death.
She was educated in Canada where she completed her bachelor's and master's degrees, writing her thesis on the development of Canadian nature poets. She was a journalist, social worker, artist, lover of nature, pets and gardens, and a devoted wife and mother. After many years of sailing from Northport, she and her husband moved to Northport permanently during their retirement.
She is survived by her 5 sons, Arthur Noble Applebee, of Albany, N.Y., Roger William Applebee of Champaign, Ill, Thomas Aitken Applebee, of Springfield, Ill., Charles Wendell Applebee of Urbana, Ill, and Geoffrey Alan Applebee of Northport, a sister Judith Aitken of Azle, Texas, and numerous, grandchildren and great grand-children.
Also preceding her in death was her sister Rahno Taylor, and a brother, William Aitken.
Burial is to be in Leelanau Township Cemetery."
- There is an obituary for her in the Leelanau News (Michigan) which reads as follows.
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Sources - [S282] Marriage Index (Reliability: 3).
- [S282] Marriage Index (Reliability: 3).