Gertrude May Aitken

1914 - 1965  (51 years)

• Name	Gertrude May Aitken  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	12 Oct 1914	Canada   [2, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Border Crossing	23 Apr 1928	Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, USA   [3]
  	From Canada to USA
  	Name: Gertrude May Sprague Arrival Date: 23 Apri 1928 Arrival Port: Buffalo, New York Birthplace: , Toronto Ont Gender: Female Race: English Departure Contact Name: Father F. Robert Ailken Arrival Contact Name: Husband Cyril J. Sprague Photograph Included: N Affiliate Publication Title: Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954, Affiliate Publication Number: M1480, Affiliate Film Number: 126
  Census	1940	Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, USA   [4]
  Ward 22, District: 64-490 , Family Number: 83 , Sheet Number and Letter: 4B , Line Number: 53 , Affiliate Publication Number: T627 , Affiliate Film Number: 2838 , Digital Folder Number: 005459476 , Image Number: 00334
  Name:       Gertrude Sprague Event Type:       Census Event Date:       1940 Event Place:       Ward 22, Buffalo, Buffalo City, Erie, New York, United States Gender:       Female Age:       25 Marital Status:       Married Race (Original):       White Race:       White Relationship to Head of Household (Original):       Wife Relationship to Head of Household:       Wife Birthplace:       Canada Birth Year (Estimated):       1915 Last Place of Residence:       Toronto, Canada Household       Role       Gender       Age       Birthplace Cyril Sprague       Head       M       30       Maryland Gertrude Sprague       Wife       F       25       Canada Suzanne Sprague       Daughter       F       0       New York Catherine Sprague       Mother
  Died	22 Oct 1965  [2, 5]
  	Cause: pancreatic cancer
  Buried	Saint John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Notes	From Ralph D. Sprague, correspondent, note of September 13, 2012 Looking at Bertram in Ancestry I don't know that he had any sisters who immigrated with him so I'm guessing Cyril was married to a sister of Ruth. From Wade Tedder, correspondent, note of September 17, 2014 I found on www.familysearch.org Gertrude May Sprague's father's name. It is F Robert Ailken in the article. Aitken is spelled wrong in the article. The site was https://familysearch.org/pal:/mm9.1.1/xgwt-x3p (in all capital letters). It is April 23, 1928 border crossings from Canada to US. Her father was the departure contact in Canada and Cyril J Sprague was the arrival contact in Buffalo, New York. From Wade Tedder, correspondent, note of September 17, 2014 Found Mom's  funeral memorial card.  Two  services were performed :  One in Oak Harbor, WA, for her many friends & one in Toronto for her family & friends.  Uncle Dawson/Aunt Eva & Aunt Esther flew out to OH to help my dad with funeral arrange-ments. In Memory Of Gertrude  May Mercer 10-12-1914/ 10-22-1965; Services Concluded In Bartleson Funeral Chapel .  Concluding Services Following At The Ralph Day Funeral Home, Thursday, 10-28 -1965. Interment at  St. Johns Norway Cemetary; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1, 3, 5]
  Person ID	I364091	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	F. Robert Aitken,   b. 1873,   d. 1944  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F145559	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	F. Robert Aitken,   b. 1873,   d. 1944  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Emma Keffer,   b. 1881,   d. 1958  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F131623	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse 1	Cyril Joseph Sprague,   b. 12 Jan 1910, MD, USA ,   d. 12 Jan 1943, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, USA  (Age 33 years)
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Living + 2. Living
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F131620	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse 2	Francis Mercer,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1945  [2, 5]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2014
  Family ID	F145536	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Oct 1914 - Canada Border Crossing - From Canada to USA - 23 Apr 1928 - Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, USA Census - Ward 22, District: 64-490 , Family Number: 83 , Sheet Number and Letter: 4B , Line Number: 53 , Affiliate Publication Number: T627 , Affiliate Film Number: 2838 , Digital Folder Number: 005459476 , Image Number: 00334 - 1940 - Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, USA Buried - - Saint John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Aitken, Gertrude May (1914-1965) Contributor: Tedder, Wade

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] Correspondent: Sprague, Ralph D., note of September 13, 2012. [S4573] Correspondent: Tedder, Wade, note of September 18, 2014. [S4573] Correspondent: Tedder, Wade, note of September 17, 2014. [S28] Correspondent: Mason, Jane Sanderman, note of September 15, 2014. [S4573] Correspondent: Tedder, Wade, note of September 16, 2014.