Educated first at St John's Anglican College in Winnipeg, Aikins began his university training at McGill University

April 16 1913 m. Vassar-educated Katherine Foster dau of the American consul-general at Ottawa

For the sake of his health and to offer Carroll a living, his father sent him to the Okanagan area of British Columbia in 1908, close to Naramata, where the first section of the eventual 100 acres of sage-covered, hilly lakeside property, later named Rekadom Ranch - meaning 'house by the water' in Russian - was purchased in 1909 for the purpose of developing a fruit growing operation.
Quote: Purchased in 1909 it is a historical property owned by one of the original settling families and earliest orchardists of Naramata.
wrote at least four plays—The Destroyers (1915), The Fullness of Life (1917), Real Estate (1918), and The God of Gods (1918)
BC Studies no 137 Spring 2003 Carroll Aikins' Experiments in Playwriting by Patrick O'Neill pg 89 ... 'Must be acknowledged for introducing Canada to the Art Theatre movement through his playwriting and his experiments at the "Home Theatre" opened Nov" 3rd 1920-August 1922

Death at St Vincent Hospital Vancouver BC
listed as orchardist

Death notice of his youngest daughter Carroll Beichman supplied by Craig Henderson Volunteer & Board Member of Naramata Heritage Museum Society 03.19.2015
The play is called 'Real Estate,' it was written in 1917 in Naramata by Carroll Aikins, but never published or performed, to the best of my knowledge and research.
In adapting the script and staging several amateur performances in the South Okanagan later this year or early 2016, my intent is also to salute Carroll Aikins for his creative accomplishments. I feel the community of Naramata, and the South Okanagan region, do not appreciate the milestones he achieved, such as:

~ the work of Carroll Aikins is not well recognized. He was the first Canadian playwright to have a script performed in England (1919).
~ It could be argued that he was the Okanagan's first playwright.
~ In 1920, he established on his orchard a small theatre for live performance. This theatre made headlines in both Canada and the United States, and it marked several theatrical first: first Canadian venue to stage a Greek tragedy and first to stage a passion play. It had a lighting system designed by a prestigious New York professional. The 9th Prime Minister of the day, Arthur Meighan, came to Naramata by train to officially open the theatre.
~ the story is also about a unique time of land speculation in our region, the "opening up" of the south Okanagan to establish fruit lots and build new communities. It also spoofs the arrival of Remittance Men, young fellows of wealth from England who arrived here looking for adventure but backed with financial means.
~ All of this accomplished by Aikins at age 32, and without formal theatrical training.

Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, poet, and author Zoë Akins (October 30,1886 – October 29,1958) apparent relation
{Definitely my family connections} visited Naramata Jul 2015, and visited you at the cemetery. Stone pic was pirated by others, and Apr 2016 so many of my pics were deleted. Never told why!

Children: Harriet, John, Colby & Katherine b.17 Sept 1919