{"id":1336,"date":"2014-06-30T15:42:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T20:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=1336"},"modified":"2026-09-15T10:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:57:53","slug":"joseph-aitken-1808-1875","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/aitken\/joseph-aitken-1808-1875\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Aitken (1808-1875)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joseph Aitken (1808\u20131875) 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.<\/p>\n

Birth<\/h2>\n

January 31, 1808, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Marriage<\/h2>\n

Children<\/h2>\n

Occupation<\/h2>\n

Gravel Roofer<\/p>\n

Residence<\/h2>\n

Joseph was a lifelong Philadelphian.<\/p>\n

1860<\/h3>\n

He appears in the 1860 census in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\"1860<\/a>
1860 US Census PA Philadelphia Ward 16 East Division Joseph Aitken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1870<\/h3>\n
\"1870<\/a>
1870 US Census PA Philadelphia Ward 20 District 65 Joseph Aitken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Death<\/h2>\n

November 21, 1875 at age 68. At the time he lived at 1716 Noh 7th St Ward 20 in Philadephia, PA.<\/p>\n

Burial<\/h3>\n

November 25, 1875
\nSee his tombstone at findagrave.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joseph Aitken (1808\u20131875) 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. 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