{"id":1322,"date":"2014-06-30T14:35:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T19:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=1322"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:09:14","slug":"aitken","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/aitken\/","title":{"rendered":"Aitken"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1324\" style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0065.jpg\" alt=\"0065 Aitken Sisters Group Portrait\" width=\"343\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0065.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0065-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Handwritten in ink on back: &#8216;Left to right \/ Anna Aitken [?] \/ Mary Aitken Bradbury &#8220;Mary Anne&#8221; \/ Elizabeth R. Aitken Harrar &#8220;Lill&#8221; \/ Josephine Aitken Coleman &#8220;Kimmie&#8221; \/ Taken about 1875 &#8211; 76 \/ following their father&#8217;s death &#8211; Joseph Aitken&#8221;. Stamped in ink on back: &#8220;FINISHED BY \/ THE MALLORY STUDIO \/ OCT 6 1942 \/ BELLEFONTE, PA.&#8221;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"intro\">The Aitken family traced here begins in Scotland and became firmly established in Philadelphia with Robert Aitken, Sr., the Revolutionary-era bookseller, printer, and publisher who arrived in America in 1769. His descendants remained closely tied to Philadelphia for several generations before the family line represented here continued through Joseph Aitken and his daughter Elizabeth Rebecca Aitken Harrar into the Harrar and Furst families.<\/p>\n<h3>Biographies<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list-pages-shortcode child-pages\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-1326\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/aitken\/elizabeth-rebecca-aitken-1852-1925\/\">Elizabeth Rebecca Aitken (1852-1925)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1336\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/aitken\/joseph-aitken-1808-1875\/\">Joseph Aitken (1808-1875)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1341\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/aitken\/robert-aitken\/\">Robert Aitken, Jr. (1767-1823)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1360\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/aitken\/robert-aitken-1735-1802\/\">Robert Aitken, Sr. (1735-1802)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1376\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/aitken\/the-aitken-bible\/\">The Aitken Bible<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aitken family traced here begins in Scotland and became firmly established in Philadelphia with Robert Aitken, Sr., the Revolutionary-era bookseller, printer, and publisher who arrived in America in 1769. His descendants remained closely tied to Philadelphia for several generations before the family line represented here continued through Joseph Aitken and his daughter Elizabeth Rebecca&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9096,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1322","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3viLY-lk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1326,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/aitken\/elizabeth-rebecca-aitken-1852-1925\/","url_meta":{"origin":1322,"position":0},"title":"Elizabeth Rebecca Aitken (1852-1925)","author":"Karen","date":"June 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Elizabeth \u201cLilly\u201d Rebecca Aitken Harrar (1852\u20131925) was the daughter of Joseph Aitken and Mary Margaret Loughead and my husband\u2019s great-grandmother. 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