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  1. Egbert (Ed) AIKEN: Birth: 4 April 1893 in Whiteside County, Illinois. Death: 23 October 1941 in Alhambra, Los Angeles, California

  2. Louis AIKEN: Birth: 6 March 1895 in Whiteside County, Illinois. Death: 7 April 1966 in Detroit, Michigan

  3. CLARENCE AIKEN: Birth: 26 JAN 1897 in Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois. Death: 24 JAN 1959 in Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois

  4. Annie A. AIKEN: Birth: 3 September 1898 in Whiteside County, Illinois. Death: 4 June 1984 in Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois, United States of America

  5. Richard AIKEN: Birth: 29 June 1900 in Whiteside County, Illinois. Death: 12 January 1978 in Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois

  6. Kate AIKEN: Birth: 11 November 1902 in Illinois. Death: 18 October 1978 in Clinton, Iowa

  7. Irene (Rena) AIKEN: Birth: 29 October 1904 in Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois. Death: 18 June 1978 in Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois

  8. Eva AIKEN: Birth: 29 December 1906 in Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois. Death: 25 May 1967 in Clinton, Iowa

  9. Florence AIKEN: Birth: 18 September 1911 in Whiteside County, Illinois. Death: 17 November 1930 in Whiteside County, Illinois


Sources
1. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1920; Census Place: Hunter, Cass, North Dakota; Roll: T625_1332; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 638.
Source:   S-2047611695
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco
2. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1900; Census Place: Garden Plain, Whiteside, Illinois; Roll: T623_352; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 145.
Source:   S-2047611445
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18
3. Title:   U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
Source:   S-1372054803
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl
4. Title:   Aiken/Shipma
Source:   S-2047717050
5. Title:   Whiteside County records
Source:   S-2047717235

Notes
a. Note:   Illness Fatal To Mrs. Aiken Funeral Saturday At Ebenezer Church For Local Resident
  Mrs. Jennie Aiken, 79, died Wednesday evening, Feb. 10, at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Wagenecht of 311 West Main street, following an illness of several months. The remains repose at the Reynolds funeral home. Jennie Shipma was born in the Netherlands March 30 (20th is correct), 1874, the daughter of Louis and Anna Wolff Shipma. She received here education there and came to the United States when a young lady of 17 years of age. Since then she had always resided in this vicinity with the exception of eight years in North Dakota. She was a resident of Morrison for many years. She was married Nov. 16, 1892 in Fulton, to Abel Aiken, who preceded her in death Jan. 20, 1940. She was a member of the Ebenezer Reformed church. She is survived by three sons and four daughters and in her immediate family are also 21 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. The sons are Louis Aiken of Detroit, Mich.., Clarence Aiken and Richard Aiken of this city. The daughters are Mrs. Fred (Kate) Smith of Clinton, Iowa, Mrs. Howard (Annie) Daniels of Morrison, Mrs. Eugene (Irene) Wagenecht of Morrison and Mrs. Raymond (Eva) Prestley of Albany. Three of her grandsons are now serving in the armed forces. She is also survived by one brother, Henry Shipma of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Ed. Bos of Fulton and Mrs. Jake Dykhuizen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and a number of nieces and nephews. Beside her husband she was preceded in death by a son, Egbert; one daughter, Mrs. Henry (Florence) Dykema; one grandson and one great grandchild; two brothers, Ren and Harry Shipma; one sister, Mrs. Claus (Helen) Geerts; two half sisters, Mrs. Joe (Effie) VanDyke and Mrs. Dewey (Gertrude) Dykstra; and one half-brother, John Shipma. Funeral services will be conducted “Saturday afternoon, at 1:30 o’clock in Reynolds funeral home and 2 o’clock in the Ebenezer Reformed church, with the Rev. Harry L. Brower officiating. Interment will be in Grove Hill cemetery.


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