Aiton - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Aiton Crest

daveaiton1 — 2009-11-27 10:36:09Z

Hi there fellow Aiton's

Many have asked about the Aiton family crest.

I have found the following crest (see attached)

For further information see the following link:
http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_aiton/history.h...

Regards
Dave

Re: Aitons

daveaiton1 — 2009-11-27 10:19:50Z

Hi there fellow Aiton.

For your information~:
Aiton History
The name is variant of Ayton which derives from the lands of Ayton (the town on the river Eye) in Berwickshire. Steffan, son of Swan de CEitun granted a charter of the lands of Wytefeld to the Priory of Coldingham in 1170 or thereabouts. Dolfinus de eit' and HeI de eitun were witnesses to a charter by Waltheus, earl of Dunbar c 1166, and Elya de Eytone and Stephen de Eytona witnessed a charter by Patrick, 1st earl of Dunbar (1189-99).

In 1440, Mark of Aytoune, a merchant of Leith (near Edinburgh) had safe conduct to trade in England.
Andrew Athone was rector of Spot in 1527, and Andrew Athoun of Dunmur was a witness in 1549.

In the fifteenth century the lands of Ayton passed to George de Home, remaining in that family until 1716 when they were forfeited for rebellion.

In the fourteenth century the name Aytoun is found in Fife when John Aytoun had a charter of the lands of Over Pittadie and from him are descended the Aytouns of Inchdairnie.

Hello fellow Aiton's

daveaiton1 — 2009-11-25 10:59:21Z

Hi there,
Hellow fellow Aiton's its nice to know there are more of us than I first thought.
My name is David Mcleod Aiton,born Dundee 1961 I have 2 brothers Michael James Aiton born Aldershot 1963 and Philip Aiton born Aldershot 1964 and one sister Jacqueline Aiton born Aldershot 1959. Our fathers name was Jack Mcleod Aiton born Edinburgh 1934 died 1997.
I have very little detail of our family but what I do have is below:
Our father took his mothers surname name, her first name was Mary dont know when or where she was born.
I believe my father had one younger sister Mary who emigrated to Newfoundland sometime in the 40's when she was 5 years old.
My father also had two bothers Ted and James, Ted who I believe is now decessed also emigrated at an early age to Labridor, James remained in the edinburgh area. Do I know you or do you know me?...
Nice talking with you all, hope to hear from you sometime in the future.
Regards
Dave Aiton

Re: Aitons

hallbergann — 2009-11-22 23:50:36Z

I am interested to know more about the changing of the spelling of the name to avoid persecution. In my paternal grandmother's family the spelling was Aiton or Aytoun.
Who were the persecutors?

Re: Aiton

dkaiton — 2009-11-01 10:26:13Z

please contact me on my email address, its dkaiton@btinternet.com, iam in hospital at the moment,but don`t be put by this please contact me.
David Aiton

Re: Aiton

dkaiton — 2009-10-25 09:40:59Z

Hi there i was trying to look into information conserning another relation when i came across you enquiry regarding your ancestry about John and Mary Aiton, you said her own name was Keirs, that was my grandmothers name also, unfortunatly i can`t give you much information about her as she had passed away before i was born, my sister Jean can possible give you more info than me, I can tell you this she was related to Keir Hardie, the man who helped form the Labour party,that if we are refering to the same lady.
Maybe we are and maybe were not,but you said she stayed in Cambuslang, well that`s where our grandparents came from to
My Father was called David he was the second son the oldest son was William there was two sisters Mary and jean, the other brothers name were James,Oliver,John,Tom,and Robert if you think we are going down the same path send me your reply,and we can chat some more.
Yours Sincerly
David Aiton

Divorce of John Aiton & Helen Stobo (mar. 1865, Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland)

alison2kennedy — 2009-10-09 18:47:59Z

The following is taken from the East Aberdeenshire Observer, dated Friday, June 4 1886. I have no known connection to the family but I have replicated the article here in case it is of interest to anyone else.

BODDAM
DIVORCE CASE – In the Court of Session last week, Lord Fraser heard evidence in an action for divorce against John Aiton, C.E., some time of Boddam, who was last heard of in Tasmania. Mrs Aiton said she lived in Glasgow, where she was married to the defender in August, 1865. They lived in Glasgow for about two years, and then, her husband’s father having acquired the estate of Boddam, they removed thither, and her husband carried on the business of a net manufacturer. Sometime afterwards he left, without saying anything to her of his intention, for the Cape of Good Hope. He stayed there for several months, writing to her from thence. After his return he did no work, and she supported him out of money which she had inherited. In 1879 he left for Australia, where he was to make money and then return to her and their children. He gave her to understand that he was going to sail from London, but she afterwards discovered that he sailed from Glasgow. He had been intimate with a girl before then, and she had reason to suspect that he took that girl with him. It had been discovered that the girl resided in Glasgow, just before sailing. After he went away he wrote to her twice, but he had contributed nothing towards the support of her and their children. In 1884 her brother showed her a New Zealand newspaper containing an account of an action against her husband for breach of promise of marriage and seduction. Papers were put in showed that in Dunedin a Mrs Fanny Tynmor, a widow, had obtained £250 damages for breach of promise and seduction by defender, who was at that time in the employment of the Dunedin Harbour Commissioners. Lord Fraser gave decree on the ground of desertion.

(Notes:
According to their marriage certificate, John (b.c. 1842, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire; occupation: Civil Engineer) married Helen Stobo (b.c. 1841, Glasgow, Lanark) 10 August 1865 in Govan, Lanarkshire.

Children (from the IGI and the 1881 census):
William Stobo Aiton b. 30 August 1866, Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
John Aiton b. 4 October 1871, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
Helen Campbell Aiton b. 19 August 1873, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
Edith A. Aiton b.c. 1876, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
Eliza Jane Aiton b.c. 1878, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire

John Aiton was the son of William Aiton and his wife Marion Aiton ms Campbell who were married 28 March 1841, Hamilton, Lanark.

Helen Aiton ms Stobo was the daughter of William Stobo and wife Elizabeth Stobo ms Sinclair who were married 11 December 1829, Barony, Lanarkshire. Elizabeth Sinclair was deceased by 1865.)

Re: Jean Aiton Begg-Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland - 1800

mitzymoo — 2009-09-30 01:19:05Z

William D. Begg was the son of John Begg and Jean Aiton. He emigrated to the US, married a widow with 5 children in Ohio, homesteaded in South Dakota and died in Seattle Washington. He was my great-great-grandmother's brother and I have much information on him and his family, including photographs and his homestead records. My great-grandfather wrote a book on his family and everything he knew about the Beggs is in it. It kicked off my research.

You may contact me at margaretrutledge@earthlink.net

Re: Aitons

Derfer506 — 2009-08-25 18:42:57Z

Good Afternoon,
Im from New Brunswick, and although i am not an Aiton, i am reseaching the Family, i love Genealogy and i ma creating a fairly big database. Ensley Robert Aiton married Florence Emmeline Allaby. He was born in 1895 in Salt Springs, Kings County, New Brunswick. His Father is John Ure Aiton who was born in 1861. His father is Robert Aiton born around 1814. Any information you have is very welcome! i have more information if anyone thinks that it might be helpful!!

Jenn

Re: Aiton Family Tree

natzbaybee07 — 2009-07-23 19:18:35Z

Hi my name is natalie aiton i dont have any info on the family tree but just looked up the name and its fascinating as Aiton is a rare name

Re: Ayton Family Society

steveaiton — 2009-06-12 20:53:40Z

Does anyone know what happened to the Ayton Family Society website. It has not been active for over a year that I am aware of.

Re: Aiton Family Tree

davidaiton1 — 2008-12-26 09:55:52Z

Hi pngman, we could be related, I'm an Australian Aiton. my great grandfather moved to Australia in the late 1800s.

Hi

drewieboi — 2008-08-11 22:35:40Z

Hi,

my name is Andrew aiton and im looking for any information on Aiton's my father's name is Willian aiton and his father's name was Bob aiton and his mother's name was Mary Aiton, they are all frm glassgo Scotland.

If anyone has any information abou the Aiton name and the Family tree then i would love to her from you, my email is

drewieboi@hotmail.com

all information would be very useful to what i am trying to find.

Thanks alot Andrew William Mark aiton.

Aiton Family research

luisebreyer — 2008-05-18 18:55:45Z

Hello to all who can help me?!

I am searching for any information, photos ect pp of my grandparents. My grandfather Joseph Bray Aiton (probably born 1862- maybe in Bridge of Allen near Sterling in Scotland but could also be in England- but not sure) and died probably on the 9th of January (deftl in January) in 1949- he served in the army in the first world war and got the british star(medal). He was a Captain in the 3rd Royal Sussex Regiment and also a Second Lieutenant in the 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

He was married to my grandmother called Beatrice May or Mary Piercy (died 5th July 1954 in Hastings).
My mother also told me that my granddad might have been married before.

Could you help me- I know there is hardly any information I have.

Their daughter (my mother) is called Madeline Rosamond Aiton, later married my father who is Erich Breyer- so her name now is M. Rosamond Breyer-Aiton, she was born in Hastings. They lived in Battle, Calbec Hill.

My mother also had or has a sister who was/is called Jean Isobel or Isabel Aiton, who lived or lives in a carering home near or in Hastings.

A cousin of my mother and the daughter of the older brother of my grandfather Sir Athur Aiton, who lived in Dufield Park or House in Derby, who founded the Company "Aiton&Company", was called Corrie Dura Leapingwell (Maidenname was Aiton)

Jane Taylor (Maidenname Leapingwell) was the daughter of Corrie or Cornelia.
The son of Corrie was called Robert, died in the channel Islands on Jersey.
Corrie died during a cruise in 1982 and her son died either 1 or 2 years later. Jane died before her mum - earlier in the West Indies- Jamaica!
Robert married and had a son called Ian, who still is alive and probably lives in Paris.
Ian also had a little brother, but we do not know his name.

Corrie´s older brother was called John and her sister was the first female achitect in the UK.
Corrie´s husband name was Bernard Leapingwell.

My mothers grandfather lived in Bridge of Allen as he was a vicar in a church married to Someone called Marshman as the Maidenname!

My grandfather has a sister called Rosamond who died early around 1885! My mother is named after her.
My grandfatehr´s cousin Eric Marshman Baileyalso called Frederick Marshman Bailey was a famous botanist, working in the army, discovering the famous Tibetan Blue Poppy- Micanobsis Baileyi.
He took on the Maidenname of his mother, who was the sister of my mother´s grandmother.
Roger Boissier – has worked in the Aiton Company either as general Manager, who went away from the company. He lives probably in Cumberland .

The grandfather of my mother (her mother´s dad) died probably in 1937, but not sure!
My mother´s grandmother (mum´s side) died in 1948 in Hastings.

Hope to hear from someone! Contact details: luisebreyer@web.de

thanks,
Luise

Re: Aiton's

luisebreyer — 2008-05-18 18:48:48Z

Hi Jason,
I am an Aiton too original from Scotland- live in Germany now. My mother is from Hastings in England. maybe we are related. I am lookinf for more Aiton´s and links to Joseph Aiton and family in Scotland.
Maybe you know something or we are related?!
Greetings,
Luise

Thomas Eaton (Aiton), b. NYC 1878

rehogan — 2008-03-06 18:06:59Z

I am seeking information about Thomas Eaton, who was born 12 October 1878 in New York City to William Eaton (formerly Aiton) and Ellen Horgan Eaton. He enlisted in the U. S. Army in Boston on 20 June 1898 and served until 29 July 1902, when he was dishonorably discharged for desertion at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

Re: Aiton's

lordronnie1st — 2008-02-04 02:18:14Z

HI, IM RONNIE AITON FROM GLASGOW IN SCOTLAND. IM 49.

Re: Aitons

lordronnie1st — 2008-02-04 02:13:00Z

HI, MY NAME IS RONNIE AITON AND IM FROM SUNNY GLASGOW, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT OTHER PEEPS GETTING THE SPELLING WRONG, I READ YOUR MESSAGE AND I WAS TOLD THE NAME COMES FROM AYRSHIRE, ROBERT BURNS COUNTRY. ITS FROM THE DAYS OF THE PROTESTANT PERSECUTIONS WHEN WE HAD TO CHANGE THE SPELLING TO ESCAPE PERSECUTION. SO WE HAVE AITEN, ATKIN, ALTON.AYTON AND SO ON. HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE.

Re: Aitons

baaiton — 2008-01-09 05:32:39Z

I'm trying to link all the Aiton branches originating in Lanarkshire, Scotland. So far, in my online tree I have coinnected my Minnesota, USA bunch with one Texas branch and the New Brunswick, Canada branch. Can we get together and connect the Aussie branch. There is one. I just haven't got to it yet. You can find my tree on ancestry.com. If you are a serious researcher I can give access to the entire tree. Contact me direct at: baa154@cox.net

Re: Aiton Family Tree

pngman1 — 2008-01-06 07:02:50Z

hey my name is Aiton too i wonder if were related

Re: Aiton's from Scotland 1700's

coleencorbett1 — 2007-12-05 23:33:44Z

I would love to have a copy of the William Aiton, Aitons from Scotland as my great-grandparents, Andrew and Matilda (Crockett) Aiton orginated there.

Re: Aiton's from Scotland 1700's

baaiton — 2007-11-09 05:12:20Z

Tracy. I have transcribed to a 50 page MS Word file, a book titled; "An Inquiry into the Origin, Pedigree & History of the Family , or Clan of Aitons In Scotland". Authored by William Aiton, Ex-Sheriff Substitute in Hamilton and published in Glasgow in 1830. It has been a great help to me and I think will be to you or any other Aiton researcher. No strings attached. It is just too much to post in a reply here. So, if you or others want the file sent, please email me direct at baa154@cox.net

Aiton's from Scotland 1700's

tracywallin — 2007-09-06 20:29:48Z

I am trying to find more information about a John Aiton (born 1700-1715) and his ancestors. He married Jean Weir and they had a son named William Aiton (1731-1793 born in Lanarkshire, Scotland). This William Aiton was the royal gardner to King George III and designed most of the gardens now seen at Buckingham palace. He had a son with Elizabeth Townsend. His son (William Townsend Aiton) took over for him in the gardens. WT Aiton had children with Sarah Smith. One of their children (Ann Augustus Smith (Aiton)) married my direct paternal great times ? grandfather Charles Foster. She was born in 1795. Any info on any of these people would be greatly appreciated!!!

Re: Aitons

saiton1 — 2007-07-16 03:17:58Z

G'day,

I am one of the Australian Aiton family, although I now live in TX, USA. My Great-Grandfather emigrated from Scotland to Australia in the 1890s.

Stephen

Re: Aitons

andrewaiton — 2007-07-11 01:34:05Z

hey if anybody looks at this thing i am from newbrunswick canada and was wondering where the rest of the aitons are in the world, there are very few in this country

Stevens/Newman

ramer04 — 2005-12-22 07:08:33Z

John Stevens born abt 1830, married Elizabeth Newman C.19 Sep 1830 in Kersey Suffolk on the 19 June 1850. in Hadleigh, Suffolk. They had 2 children, Elizabeth & John. John senior was charged & goaled for breaking & entering and eventually sent to Western Australia as a convict in 1857. There he later remarried and had a large family. Nothing was ever said of his first wife Elizabeth so she was not known of until researching his background. Would dearly like to find more information on Elizabeth and John for family history. Thankyou. Margaret, Western Australia.

Aitons

2005-12-21 11:40:41Z

Hi im Danielle Aiton im 20 years old and all the Aitons in my family are from the East End of London id just like to no where the name Aiton comes from as not many English people have heard or can spell it!!!!

clan aiton tartan

2005-06-25 18:31:42Z

has onyone had the tartan woven up or kilted as yet ?
i believe i am the only one in australia wearing the kilt, altho my 3 year old grandson is about to be the second.
the hardest part is to find the badge for headwear..any ideas from anywhere ?
also play the pipes with 2 bands here in brisbane

Re: john aiton

2005-04-15 09:42:34Z

change of e mail address
micgord2@aol.com

Re: Aiton's

2005-03-03 00:06:01Z

Hi Amanda and jason,
I'm another Aiton living in Torquay, Devon, UK,(you'll need an atlas jason!). My fathers family is from Edinburgh, and my grandfather was called Robert, he would of been born around 1910 ish.

Re: Aiton's

2005-01-09 19:59:19Z

Hello Jason.
Lovely to hear from you again.
I don't have very much information about my family unfortunately.My sister Wendy is also on Genes Reunited trying to find out a bit about the Aitons.
My dad was Alexander Aiton.He was born in Glasgow in 1950 or 1951(depending on how old he wanted to tell people he was-ha ha ha).
I will try to find out a bit more info.I work in a library, which has lots of family history material.
Hope to hear from you in the near future,Amanda.

Re: Aiton's

2005-01-09 14:48:31Z

Nice to meet you Amanda. Its great to hear from an Aiton from the home country. Although I am always wanting to find family, its very difficult to remember all. My grandfather, John Aiton, lives in Toronto, was born in Glasgow (or surrounding area), Scotland between 1937-1941, not sure but easily found out. It is quite possible we are related...who knows!

Re: Aiton's

2004-12-02 12:45:27Z

Hello Jason.My name is Amanda Aiton.I am also 28 years old.I currently live in Blackpool,England.I was born in Glasgow,Scotland in 1976.It is nice to hear about other Aitons as we are a relitavely rare breed.

john aiton

2004-10-20 10:37:51Z

i am looking for info. on John Aiton from Darvel, Scotland. He was born about 1765, married Isobell Anderson and died in 1850. There children included:
Helen m. Hugh Sterling
John m. Isobell Mitchell ?
Martha m. Alexander Bryce
Jean n/m
Hugh m. Elizabeth Craig
William n/m
Janet m. Thomas Dykes

Aiton's

2004-09-24 10:03:50Z

Hello everyone...i just looking for other people in my family. I currently live in toronto canada, 28 years old.

Aiton relatives?

JYelenak — 2004-08-13 14:40:09Z

When I was researching my Laughlan relatives your message came up. Do you have any info about Margaret Aiton who married James Laughland and had children, William, 1803, James 1805, Alexander, 1807, and John 1809. I am related thur James' 2nd wife, Ann Smith.

Re: AITON Edrum Scotland

2004-07-07 02:59:24Z

Aiton Clan Information at: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/i/t/Bruce-A-Ait...

http://aytonfamilysociety.users.btopenworld.com/index.html

www.bruceaiton.com

Re: Aiton/Ayton/Eighteens of Hadleigh, Suffolk, UK

2004-02-02 18:44:30Z

I am interested on anything I can find out on the Aitons,Aytons,Aytouns, Eatons...........Please e-mail me and we can talk about the different branches. I'm trying to find the right branch and it seems there is a question about the Aitons in England. Nancy Fees

Re: Aiton/Ayton/Eighteens of Hadleigh, Suffolk, UK

2004-01-28 21:37:36Z

contact me am researching the same aiton

Re: SNOW SURREY ENGLAND

2004-01-20 19:50:33Z

Hello Perry,

sorry to hear you had problems with computer.
Do you have a recent address for Margaret Williams,
I have none that are recognised for the ones I do have, all came bouncing back to me, she changed her server some time ago. Do you need my address again.
Thanks Perry

Re: SNOW SURREY ENGLAND

2004-01-20 16:05:58Z

Hi Ann
Took a while to find your message. What do you need?
Had a computer crash and lost a lot of family tree info, but hopefully will have some paper backup.
Best Wishes
Perry

Re: SNOW SURREY ENGLAND

2004-01-20 13:45:17Z

Hello Perry,
could you get back to me please I have lost an address
regarding SNOW FAMILY.
Thanks Ann Cave.

family tree

2004-01-13 16:11:56Z

My grandfather, William Aiton, was born in Peterhead, Scotland in 1896. He came to Canada in time to serve in WW1. I believe we are related to the William Aiton tah was the first gardener at Kew Gardens London. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you

Re: Ayton Family Society

2003-12-23 21:24:51Z

Hi David, It has been a while since we corresponded. It looks like we are both plugging away at the tree. Here are two wed sites of interest for all:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/i/t/Bruce-A-Ait...

http://aytonfamilysociety.users.btopenworld.com/

http://www.bruceaiton.com/Genealogy.html

Margaret Aiton 1765 in Lanark Scotland

debsmom — 2003-11-18 18:53:46Z

Margaret Aiton married William Allan b.1765 in Barony Lanark, had son John Allan b. 1791 m. Mary Ann Allan. John and Mary went to Quebec. Margaret and William stayed in Scotland. I know nothing about Margaret and would love to find someone who has her in their tree. Shirley

Re: Aiton in Indiana

Jerri_Houston66 — 2003-11-10 21:01:02Z

Betty, e-mail me. I have some information and maybe we can help each other.

AITON Edrum Scotland

2003-07-14 05:11:57Z

1 James AITON b: Abt. 1883 in Scotland
. +Christine Nelson BROWN m: 27 Nov 1903 Edinburgh b: Abt. 1883 in Scotland
.. 2 James AITON b: 15 Aug 1910 in Edrum Berwick Scotland
...... +Violet Lilian Beatrice SNOW m: 25 Mar 1939 d: 22 Sep 1998 b: 15 Mar 1914 in 33 Meyrick Rd Wandsworth Battersea London Eng
....... 3 [1] Gladys AITON b: 13 Oct 1939 in Lambeth Hospital London England
....... 3 [2] James AITON b: 27 Mar 1942 in 12A Penton Place Newington London Eng SE17
.......... +UNKNOWN m: 1966
Perry Snow Chartered Clinical Psychologist
Author: Neither Waif Nor Stray: The Search for a Stolen Identity
http://www.upublish.com/books/snow.htm
Author Page
http://members.shaw.ca/persnow
Listowner British Home Children Mail List
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/BRITISHHOMECHILDREN...
Webmaster British Home Children Website
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren

AITON and LEES - Scotland

2003-07-13 22:38:27Z

Re: Aiton/Ayton/Eighteens of Hadleigh, Suffolk, UK

2003-05-30 06:49:08Z

Dear Nancy

Sorry have no information on your relatives. My study is into the family name of EIGHTEEN. My dabbling with the variants of AITON or AYTON is primarily for the area of East Anglia, as this is where the name EIGHTEEN appears and these appear to be the early versions of the family.

Good luck hunting.
Best wishes

Julie Williamson
Staffs, UK

Re: Aiton/Ayton/Eighteens of Hadleigh, Suffolk, UK

2003-05-29 22:27:58Z

I AM ALSO DOING RESEARCH ON THE AITON'S, AYTON'S, AYTOUN'S, ECT,ECT
I HAVE TIDBITS OF INFO ABOUT A WILLIAM T. AITON WHO WAS THE GARDENER TO THE ROYALS AT KEW GARDENS IN LONDON. MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS THE GRANDSON TO WILLIAM TOWNSEND AITON. WILLIAM AITON AND WILLIAM TOWNSEND AITON WERE FATHER AND SON, BOTH GARDENERS AT KEW GARDENS. WILLIAM TOWNSEND AITON HAD A SON NAMED DR. THOMAS AITON WHO CAME TO AMERICA. I AM LOOKING FOR INFO ON THOMAS OR EITHER OF THE WILLIAMS. THANKYOU NANCY