Joseph Aitken (1808–1875) was a lifelong Philadelphian and the son of Robert Aitken, Jr. and Nancy Ann Pearson. He worked as a gravel roofer and spent his life in the city where his grandfather Robert Aitken, Sr. had established the family more than a generation earlier. Joseph and Mary Margaret Loughead were the parents of Elizabeth Rebecca Aitken, through whom this branch of the family continued into the Harrar line. He is my husband’s great, great grandfather.
Birth
January 31, 1808, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Marriage
Children
Occupation
Gravel Roofer
Residence
Joseph was a lifelong Philadelphian.
1860
He appears in the 1860 census in Philadelphia.
1870
Death
November 21, 1875 at age 68. At the time he lived at 1716 Noh 7th St Ward 20 in Philadephia, PA.
Burial
November 25, 1875
See his tombstone at findagrave.com.