James AITCHISON Bet 1831 – 1834 – 9th November 1905 James AITCHISON was born around 1833 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire. He was the 4th son of William AITCHISON and his wife Isabella WRIGHT, and one of seven siblings. At the time of the 1841 Census on 6th June he and the family were staying at BurnContinue reading “Black Sheep”
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Aitchison DNA – Painting a picture
Making use of the downtime in the current situation of not being allowed to leave the house, I have been listening to the free daily webinars on https://familytreewebinars.com/ There is a new webinar each day throughout April with a wide range of subjects. There have been a few touching on the topic of DNA –Continue reading “Aitchison DNA – Painting a picture”
Preparation
#GOONSBlogChallenge No 10 I thought I would share my preparation for a visit to a graveyard. Well not just one but several over a long weekend. As I live in another country, I have to plan well to be able to make the most of the time that I have in Scotland and to be ableContinue reading “Preparation”
General Sir John Aitchison
27th April 1789 – 12th May 1875 Blog No 9 of #GOONSBlogChallenge I have mentioned General Sir John Aitchison in 2 of my previous blogs. He was the brother of Robert Aitchison and also featured in the Aitchison Passport Application blog. General Sir John Aitchison (G.C.B.) was born in 27th April 1789 in Tranent, Scotland.Continue reading “General Sir John Aitchison”
One Thing leads to Another!
Blog No 6 of the #GOONSBlogChallenge Further to my blog on the passport application of Vice Admiral Robert Aitchison and in which I had featured the East Window of the St Michael & All Angels Church in Lyndhurst, New Forest. I have been in contact with the church and it turns out the West WindowContinue reading “One Thing leads to Another!”
Dead Man’s Penny – James Aitchison
I was really fortunate to receive the Penny Medal of James Aitchison. James Aitchison was the older brother of Peter Aitchison who was the person I wrote about in my first #GOONSBlogChallenge. I was contacted by a Marg McDonald in Australia who had come across my great uncle James Aitchison’s Plaque and returned it toContinue reading “Dead Man’s Penny – James Aitchison”
Aitchison Passport Application
I found this interesting document on the Find My Past website. A passport application list from 1856 that included 2 brothers Rear Admiral Robert Aitchison and Lieut. General John Aitchison, as well as none other than HRH Prince A E Albert – of the Royal Family. I have done some research on Rear Admiral RobertContinue reading “Aitchison Passport Application”
New Aitchison Records
Scotland’s People has just announced their latest new online images release. Almost 130,000 new images just waiting to be discovered. These newly available images from the births from 1919 , deaths from 1969 and marriages from 1944. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/article/our-records-scottish-births-1919 A quick search for Aitchison and there are 46 Aitchison births in 1919. 23 males and 23Continue reading “New Aitchison Records”
New Year Challenge
Another year, another decade and another challenge. I have taken up the Guild Challenge to publish a blog page. Something that I have never done before. I hesitated initially as wasn’t sure how to set it up. A few false starts but hopefully this works. The objective to get the AITCHISON One-Name Study more widelyContinue reading “New Year Challenge”
Aitchison One-Name Study 