John Somerset Aikins was the eldest son of J. C. Aikins (later a Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba). He was educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto. In 1887 he married Abby Lemira Colby (?-1943), daughter of the Hon. C.C. Colby, He came west in 1875, taking up residence in Winnipeg in 1879. In 1880 he represented Rockwood in the Manitoba Legislature. He was a director of the Winnipeg General Hospital, and a member of the real estate firm of Aikins and Montgomery, and Aikins and Pepler. a financier; MLA 1879-1883
they had two children:
Charles Carroll Colby Aikins b.1888
Mary Somerset Aikins b.1896
He was a founding member of the St. Charles Country Club.
Listed on Manitoba page
https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_deceased.html
AIKENS, John Somerset
(Rockwood) (Liberal Cons.)
DOB: 1850
Elected g.e. December 16, 1879
Not a candidate at g.e. January 16, 1883
John Somerset Aikins was the eldest son of J. C. Aikins (later a Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba). He was educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto. In 1887 he married Abby Lemira Colby (?-1943), daughter of the Hon. C.C. Colby, He came west in 1875, taking up residence in Winnipeg in 1879. In 1880 he represented Rockwood in the Manitoba Legislature. He was a director of the Winnipeg General Hospital, and a member of the real estate firm of Aikins and Montgomery, and Aikins and Pepler. a financier; MLA 1879-1883
they had two children:
Charles Carroll Colby Aikins b.1888
Mary Somerset Aikins b.1896
He was a founding member of the St. Charles Country Club.
Listed on Manitoba page
https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_deceased.html
AIKENS, John Somerset
(Rockwood) (Liberal Cons.)
DOB: 1850
Elected g.e. December 16, 1879
Not a candidate at g.e. January 16, 1883
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May 8 1911 ~ Crystal Lake Cemetery
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