Ernest Palmer Aitken

1878 - 1956  (78 years)

• Name	Ernest Palmer Aitken
  Born	1878	Parkhill, McGillivary Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232467072
  Residence	1943	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-348581
  Died	21 Sep 1956	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I348581	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Anna A. Dempsey,   b. 1880,   d. 1970  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F250616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ernest Palmer Aitken died last, night in Hamilton an illness of the last three years. He lived at 52. Ottawa Street South. Born in Parkhill, Ontario, 79 years ago, he had been resident of Hamilton since 1943. He was an employee of the Canadian Pacific Railway for 43 years, working out of Winnipeg as a train baggage man at the time of his retirement in 1943. He was member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and an adherent of Delta United Church. Surviving besides his wife, the former Anna Dempsey, are two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Hulme of Vancouver. and Mrs. George Knowles of Unity, Sask.; two nieces and one nephew. The body is at the Brown Brothers Funeral Home for service on Monday at 1.30 p.m. Burial will, be in Preston Cemetery. The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Sat, Sep 22, 1956 Page 8

  
  

• Sources

  [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link . Ernest P. Aitken/ 1878 - 1956/ Anna A. His Wife/ 1880 - 1970.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1878 - Parkhill, McGillivary Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1943 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Sep 1956 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth