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Hello. I am afraid I do not read the Community Boards but whilst searching for Henry Boomer's parents i just happened to come across this site and I have just read your query concerning members of the Aikin Family - (father Henry Lindsay Aikin mother Agnes Aikin (nee Boomer). If you search for Henry Aiken born 1891 Donaghadee you will be able to contact me and I can fill you in with all the details of this family. Henry born 1891 is my husband Maxwell's grandfather. I will explain to you how there is a difference in the spelling of Henry's surname AIKEN to the Silloth Aikin's (they were originally registered as AIKEN) I visited the Records Office in Belfast and checked. Hope I can answer some of your queries. Best wishes

ellie thankyou for all that

sorry I am not getting back quickly but internet connection here is a rather hit and miss affair at the moment with more misses than hits.

Your Aitkin family likely came from around North Ayrshire ,as did my Newtownards Stevensons.lol

Now this is INTERESTING my stamping ground
Viscount Hugh MONTGOMERIE . Ards/ Comber arrived from Braidstane, in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1606 ; granted the lands in the Ards & Grey Abbey area by King Charles 1st in 1622; created Viscount in 1622; brought kinsfolk & neighbours over from Ayrshire to settle; father of Hugh Montgomery (d. 1642)

Name: Henry Lindsay Aikin
Registration district: Belfast
Record type: MARRIAGES
Registration date - quarter and year: Oct - Dec 1890
Estimated birth year:
Age:
Mother's surnames:
Film number: 101256
Volume: 1
Page: 337
Digital GS number: 4179388
Image number: 00261
Collection: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/A/AiAl.htm

Name: Desmond Aiken
Registration district: Newtownards
Record type: BIRTHS
Registration date - quarter and year: Apr - Jun 1909
Estimated birth year:
Age:
Mother's surnames:
Film number: 101072
Volume: 1
Page: 805
Digital GS number: 4194691
Image number: 00404
Collection: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958

Another interesting one
. Mary McCAW . Donaghadee gave evidence at the murder trial of John Simpson 3 & 24 Jul 1875

Henry AICKEN . Donaghadee manager of gas works in Railway St, Donaghadeein 1910

This might interest you
AICKEN family Donaghadee came over from Scotland with Hugh Montgomery in 1603 as tradesmen to help build the port & town

Hugh MONTGOMERY Esq. Donaghadee proprietor of Ballycraboy townland in 1659 SP
. Hugh MONTGOMERY . Donaghadee will probated in 1701

Thanks all unfortuately I have been off line again for awhile.

Put Aiken from Donaghadee in search ,there are 3 people who have trees with same people as yours including a Maxwell.

Maryb

Well done Dea - those look promising! It looks like the whole family came over from Ireland together then.

I possibly should have said here that the Irish cerificates don't give a lot of information (a bit lke the English ones). But then I am probably just spoiled with so many Scottish ones. I ordered some Irish certificates recently and was a bit disappointed that on the widows death certificate, it didn't even give her late husband's name - just his occupation!

I was trying to connect all these marriages I found but couldn't trace any of them but now that
Rootgatherer + Mary have posted the Irish info they seem to connect to you may want to follow them?:

Marriages Mar 1920
Aikin Madeline Harrison Wigton 10b 1132

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Marriages Mar 1931
Aikin Annie A Forsyth Wigton 10b 822

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Marriages Sep 1931
Aikin Desmond Wilson Wigton 10b 1183

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Marriages Mar 1932
Aikin Kennedy Carr Wigton 10b 963

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Marriages Sep 1935
Aikin Jane Swan Wigton 10b 1345

Dea x

No problem - and Henry's occupation is correct on the image of the actual household return! That Aunt living with them also lets you know where Kennedy got his name! Because the census tells you how long that they had been married for you should be able to find the marriage certificate too.

Mary, rootgatherer and jan

Thankyou I was going in despair .. I never thought of pilot search on LDS

Thank You all

Desmond was born in Northern ireland and yes Kennedy was his brother.

If you google Aikin family from Wigton Cumberland ,the first on page has henry lindsay Aikin parents and siblings and all Henry Lindsay Aikin's wife Agnes Bloomer and children nearly all were born in Donagadee Northern ireland.

This is 100% the people you are looking for.

Maryb

Henry Lindsay and Agnes Boomer had henry 1891 died 1931 dalston northumberland married Agnes McCaw

For the benefit of other helpers, this is what it says.



Residents of house number 8 in Railway Street (Donaghadee Urban, Down)

Aiken Henry 39 Male
Aiken Agnes 38 Female
Aiken Henry 19 Male
Aiken Madeline 16 Female
Aiken Maxwell 14 Male
Aiken Jane 4 Female
Aiken Desmond 1 Female
Aiken Kennedy 0 Male
Kennedy Grace 79 Female


And Desmond's birth is here

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=recordResults;birthYear=1909;surname=Aiken;search
Type=standard;givenName=Desmond;birthPlace=Ireland;birth
PlaceId=1927084

Sorry posted twice

Have a look here - this might just make your day!!

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002295581/

Then go to the record pilot search on www.familysearch.org

If you are going to order certificates from Roscommon, then they will accept euro notes rpovided you mail them "signed for"


As is so often the case - Scottish and Irish surnames can so often be alike.