Born
03 JUN 1874.
Twechar Rows, Par. of Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Note: (just a couple of miles along the then Monklands Canal from Coatbridge) Cert shows Marion Glen as b 3am d/o Archibald Aitken, miner, and Helen m.s. Kyle, who married 21 Aug 1854, Bothwell. Inf father, present, reg. 22nd Jun. [3][4][5][6][7]
Note: cert reads: Marion Glen HENDERSON; married to William Henderson (coal miner); LD of Archibald Aitken (coal miner - dec) and Helen Haddow Kyle (dec) DIED 11 November 1908 at Royal Infirmary, Glasgow; age 30; usual residence - 20 Wellbank Place, Uddingston, Lanarkshire; cause of death - appendicitis, peritonitis, following operation, 4 days; informant - William Henderson (widower).[9][10]
Marriage
07 JUL 1894.
Whitehaven, Cumberland, England.
Note: cert. reads: William 21, blacksmith, living at No 1 James Pit, so Archibald, oversman in a coal mine. Marion 20 living at No 2 James Pit. do Archibald Aitken, coal miner, dec. Wit: Agnes Aitken, (assumed to be Marion's sister) and John Henderson (assumed to be William's brother). [11][12][13]
Census
1901
Torpichen, Par. of Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland.
Note: HENDERSON: William 28 Colliery haulageman b Haywood, LKS; wife Marion 26 b Kilsyth, STI (should say Kirkintilloch, DNB); Dtrs: Helen A 5, Amelia 4, both scholars b England; Marion 1 b Bothwell, LKS. [14]
Sources
↑ Source: #S1596 AITKEN/KYLE births, batch C114983, extracted Oct 2005
↑ Source: #S2805 Birth 3 Jun 1874 Marion Glen d/o Archibald AITKEN & Helen KYLE, reg. Kirkintilloch, DNB Dist 498/00 Pg 61 #182, copy rcvd Jan 2009
↑ Source: #S2120 Posting re 1894 marriage: Wiliam HENDERSON and Marion AITKEN in my Rootsweb guestbook, by Elspeth, Oct 2005
Source: S1596 IGI: Online searches, Subject: Online search: assorted surnames Note: citations without an "extracted MMM YYYY" are generally pre 1999 Repository: #R149
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Marion Glen by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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