Joseph Aitchison

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South Shields town (or locally known just as Shields) is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about 4.84 miles downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne. It is part of the metropolitan borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn. The first settlers of the area were the Brigantes, although there is no evidence they built a settlement within present town. Earlier Celtic inscriptions were found as evident in Caer Urfa, the original name for South Shields. The Romans built a fort here around AD 160, and expanded it around AD 208 to help supply their soldiers along Hadrian's Wall. The current town was founded in 1245 and developed as a fishing port. Salt-panning expanded as an industry in 1499. During the Civil War, parliament's Scottish allies captured the town and caused the royalists to flee south.
In 1974 the administrative County Durham and the county boroughs were abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and County Durham was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan county. The reconstituted County Durham lost territory to the north east (around Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland) to Tyne and Wear and to the south east (around Hartlepool) to Cleveland.
South Shields county is a metropolitan county in northeast England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. It consists of the five metropolitan boroughs of South Tyneside, North Tyneside, City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and the City of Sunderland. Prior to reforms in 1974, the territory comprising the county of Tyne and Wear straddled the border between the counties of Northumberland and County Durham. North Tyneside and Newcastle upon Tyne had previously existed within of Northumberland, whereas South Tyneside, Gateshead and Sunderland were all previously within the borders of County Durham, with the River Tyne forming the border of the two counties. Tyne and Wear is bounded on the east by the North Sea, and as a ceremonial county, shares borders with Northumberland to the north and County Durham to the south.

Family/Spouse: Lillian Fulbeck. Lillian was born about 1880 in Cowpen Quay, Northumberland, England; died about 1938 in Courtney, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ethel Mary Aitchison was born on 22 Feb 1901 in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England; died about Mar 1972 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado.

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Upon revisiting the Aitchesons online at ancestry.com in December 2017 I find so much conflicting information that I am forced to downgrade all data from this generation to "abouts".

Jasper married Mary Ann Revell. Mary was born about 1838 in England; died about 1891 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Upon revisiting the Aitchesons online at ancestry.com in December 2017 I find so much conflicting information that I am forced to downgrade all data from this generation to "abouts".