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Andrew Webster Aitken Sr.

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Andrew Webster Aitken Sr.

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
7 Jan 1916 (aged 50)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Andrew married Lillie Lang on Aug. 26, 1886 in Seneca, LaSalle County, Illinois. To them were born three children, surviving to adulthood: Mary (b. 1887), Caroline A. (b. 1889) and Andrew Webster, Jr. (b. 1893).

Lilie died in 1902 at the age of 35 from blood poisoning, resulting from labor and delivery. Likely, the child was buried near Lillie in Oakridge.

Andrew Aitken worked as a baker as a teen, but as an adult, he bacame a plumber and worked in that occupation for the rest of his life, which was cut short by a street car.

Andrew died of shock and injuries and a skull fracture. He was struck on North Crawford in the evening, taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital, where he died about two hours after the accident. His brother Edwin provided the information for the death certificate. Both brothers lived at 5471 Crystal Street at the time of the accident.

written by Pauline

*managed by a great niece of Andrew and Lillie (Lang) Aitken. Looking for family.

Andrew married Lillie Lang on Aug. 26, 1886 in Seneca, LaSalle County, Illinois. To them were born three children, surviving to adulthood: Mary (b. 1887), Caroline A. (b. 1889) and Andrew Webster, Jr. (b. 1893).

Lilie died in 1902 at the age of 35 from blood poisoning, resulting from labor and delivery. Likely, the child was buried near Lillie in Oakridge.

Andrew Aitken worked as a baker as a teen, but as an adult, he bacame a plumber and worked in that occupation for the rest of his life, which was cut short by a street car.

Andrew died of shock and injuries and a skull fracture. He was struck on North Crawford in the evening, taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital, where he died about two hours after the accident. His brother Edwin provided the information for the death certificate. Both brothers lived at 5471 Crystal Street at the time of the accident.

written by Pauline

*managed by a great niece of Andrew and Lillie (Lang) Aitken. Looking for family.



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