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Edward Aikin / Aikens / Aiken /Aikins

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Edward Aikin / Aikens / Aiken /Aikins

Birth
Death
17 Dec 1914 (aged 64–65)
Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Burial
Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section R Lot 138 (unmarked grave)
Memorial ID
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Note: According to cemetery records, Edward Aiken was buried at Section R Lot 139 on December 21, 1914.
There is a small handwritten notation above his name indicating; "July 22, 1922 child here".

Published in the Lockport Union Sun and Journal on December 18, 1914:

"Edward Aikins died Thursday afternoon, December 17th, at the home, 223 Ontario Street. he is survived by his wife, six daughters, Mrs. Lilly Beach, Poughkeepsie; Mrs. Cora Paterson, Lockport, Mrs. Carrie Campbell, Tonawanda, Mrs. Louise Maloney, St. Catherines, Mrs. Mary Wooten, Buffalo, and Miss Ada Aikins, Lockport; six sons, Edward J., Orrin, Roy, Harry, Ralph and James, of Lockport, one sister, Mrs. Nellie Schaffer, Wheaton, Ill., two brothers, Benjamin Aikins of Olcott and John Aikins of Middleport, and 13 grand children.
The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 from the home. The interment will be in Cold Springs cemetery."

Note: This last name has a variety of spellings in local records, including AIKIN, AIKINS, AIKEN, and AIKENS

NOTE: The New York State Death Index indicates that James E. Aiken died in Lockport on July 18, 1922. I can't find any record of James Aiken being buried at any other area cemetery.
Based on his date of death, I theorize that the child buried in this grave on July 22, 1922 is James Aiken.
Note: According to cemetery records, Edward Aiken was buried at Section R Lot 139 on December 21, 1914.
There is a small handwritten notation above his name indicating; "July 22, 1922 child here".

Published in the Lockport Union Sun and Journal on December 18, 1914:

"Edward Aikins died Thursday afternoon, December 17th, at the home, 223 Ontario Street. he is survived by his wife, six daughters, Mrs. Lilly Beach, Poughkeepsie; Mrs. Cora Paterson, Lockport, Mrs. Carrie Campbell, Tonawanda, Mrs. Louise Maloney, St. Catherines, Mrs. Mary Wooten, Buffalo, and Miss Ada Aikins, Lockport; six sons, Edward J., Orrin, Roy, Harry, Ralph and James, of Lockport, one sister, Mrs. Nellie Schaffer, Wheaton, Ill., two brothers, Benjamin Aikins of Olcott and John Aikins of Middleport, and 13 grand children.
The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 from the home. The interment will be in Cold Springs cemetery."

Note: This last name has a variety of spellings in local records, including AIKIN, AIKINS, AIKEN, and AIKENS

NOTE: The New York State Death Index indicates that James E. Aiken died in Lockport on July 18, 1922. I can't find any record of James Aiken being buried at any other area cemetery.
Based on his date of death, I theorize that the child buried in this grave on July 22, 1922 is James Aiken.


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