Some descendants of Thomas Benton Aikens (Warren, Elijah, Solomon, James) and Frances Jenks of Springfield

  1. Harry B. Aikens [HBVT, p. 15][AM, p. 18] was born on 29 Aug 1871 in Springfield. [MVR2]
    In 1880 Harry was eight and living with his father in Springfield. [C1880]
  2. Irene Clara Aikens [HBVT, p. 15][AM, p. 18] was born on 8 Jul 1873 in Springfield. [MVR2]
    In 1880 Irene was six and living with her father in Springfield. [C1880]
  3. Lucy Aikens [HBVT, p. 15][AM, p. 18] was born on 9 Sep 1875 in Springfield. [MVR2]
    In 1880 Lucy was four and living with her father in Springfield. [C1880]
  4. Frances [Florence?] Louise Aikens [HBVT, p. 15, Florence][AM, p. 18, Florence] was born on 6 Aug 1877 in Springfield. [MVR2] She married Arthur S. Tewksbury on 24 Nov 1898 in Sunderland, Massachusetts. [MVR2] Arthur, the son of John and Caroline (Banks) Tewksbury, was born about 1872 in Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [MVR2]
    In 1880 Florence was two and living with her father in Springfield. [C1880] In 1900 Florence and Arthur were living with Arthur's mother in Winthrop. Arthur was working as a janitor. [C1900] In 1910 and 1920 Florence and Arthur were living in Winthrop and Arthur was a janitor at a school. [C1900]
    1. Russell Benton Tewksbury was born on 2 Jun 1900 in Massachusetts. [C1900][WW1DC] He died on 6 Jul 1970 and is buried in the Long Insland National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York. [USVG] He married Beth Unknown. Beth was born about 1891 in New York. [C1930]
      In 1910 Russell was nine and living with his parents in Winthrop. [C1900] On 12 Sep 1918 Russell was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [WW1DC] In 1920 Russell was 19 and living with his parents in Winthrop. [C1920] Russell arrived in New Orleans from Puerto Barrios, Guatemala on the Abangarez on 4 Feb 1929. [NOPL] In 1930 Russell and Beth were living in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts and Russell was a statistician. [C1930] He wrote the book A Biometric Study of Infant Mortality in the United States.
      Russell was a private in the US Army in World War I. [USVG]
    2. Arthur Sprague Tewksbury was born on 15 Oct 1908 in Winthrop. [MVR2] He died on 17 Aug 1985 in Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts. [MADI]
      In 1910 Arthur was one and living with his parents in Winthrop. [C1900] In 1920 Arthur was 11 and living with her parents in Winthrop. [C1920]

References

NOPL Ancestry.com, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945, online database, Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.
C1880 Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.
C1900 Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.
C1910 Bureau of the Census,Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.
C1930 Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1930.
AM Gates, Horatio, The Aikens Monograph, privately printed, no date.
USVG National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, on-line database, Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
MVR2 NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.
HBVT Newton, William Monroe, History of Barnard, Vermont, with family genealogies, Vol. II, Burlington, Vermont Historical Society, 1928.
WW1DC Selective Service System, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration.

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