After much speculation about the proper way to spell her name, an original signature has been discovered. She signed her name "Jeanette Thompson".
Jeanette Gibson Aitken was born in Randolph County, Illinois, August 24th, 1869 and died at her brother's home, near Roxbury, Kansas, on August 26th, 1919, aged 50 years and 2 days, after an illness of four months during which she was a patient sufferer.
She was married October 26th, 1887 to George Henry Thompson of Sparta, Illinois, who preceded her in death 23 years ago. To them were born three children, Mary Velma, Wilfred and Nellie. At an early age she united with the United Presbyterian Church, Prosperity, near Tilden, Illinois. After her marriage she united with the U.P. Church, Sparta, Illinois and later to the U.P. Church at Aurora, Illinois and then to the 1st U.P. Church at St. Louis, Missouri. On coming to Kansas twenty years ago last April, she brought her letter and placed it in the Roxbury Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member at the time of her death, always trusting in Jesus Christ as her saviour. She leaves to mourn her loss, three children, two grandchildren, two brothers, two sisters one of which lives in Randolph, Illinois, and a host of relatives and friends.
Jeanette Gibson Aitken was born in Randolph County, Illinois, August 24th, 1869 and died at her brother's home, near Roxbury, Kansas, on August 26th, 1919, aged 50 years and 2 days, after an illness of four months during which she was a patient sufferer.
She was married October 26th, 1887 to George Henry Thompson of Sparta, Illinois, who preceded her in death 23 years ago. To them were born three children, Mary Velma, Wilfred and Nellie. At an early age she united with the United Presbyterian Church, Prosperity, near Tilden, Illinois. After her marriage she united with the U.P. Church, Sparta, Illinois and later to the U.P. Church at Aurora, Illinois and then to the 1st U.P. Church at St. Louis, Missouri. On coming to Kansas twenty years ago last April, she brought her letter and placed it in the Roxbury Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member at the time of her death, always trusting in Jesus Christ as her saviour. She leaves to mourn her loss, three children, two grandchildren, two brothers, two sisters one of which lives in Randolph, Illinois, and a host of relatives and friends.
After much speculation about the proper way to spell her name, an original signature has been discovered. She signed her name "Jeanette Thompson".
Jeanette Gibson Aitken was born in Randolph County, Illinois, August 24th, 1869 and died at her brother's home, near Roxbury, Kansas, on August 26th, 1919, aged 50 years and 2 days, after an illness of four months during which she was a patient sufferer.
She was married October 26th, 1887 to George Henry Thompson of Sparta, Illinois, who preceded her in death 23 years ago. To them were born three children, Mary Velma, Wilfred and Nellie. At an early age she united with the United Presbyterian Church, Prosperity, near Tilden, Illinois. After her marriage she united with the U.P. Church, Sparta, Illinois and later to the U.P. Church at Aurora, Illinois and then to the 1st U.P. Church at St. Louis, Missouri. On coming to Kansas twenty years ago last April, she brought her letter and placed it in the Roxbury Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member at the time of her death, always trusting in Jesus Christ as her saviour. She leaves to mourn her loss, three children, two grandchildren, two brothers, two sisters one of which lives in Randolph, Illinois, and a host of relatives and friends.
Jeanette Gibson Aitken was born in Randolph County, Illinois, August 24th, 1869 and died at her brother's home, near Roxbury, Kansas, on August 26th, 1919, aged 50 years and 2 days, after an illness of four months during which she was a patient sufferer.
She was married October 26th, 1887 to George Henry Thompson of Sparta, Illinois, who preceded her in death 23 years ago. To them were born three children, Mary Velma, Wilfred and Nellie. At an early age she united with the United Presbyterian Church, Prosperity, near Tilden, Illinois. After her marriage she united with the U.P. Church, Sparta, Illinois and later to the U.P. Church at Aurora, Illinois and then to the 1st U.P. Church at St. Louis, Missouri. On coming to Kansas twenty years ago last April, she brought her letter and placed it in the Roxbury Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member at the time of her death, always trusting in Jesus Christ as her saviour. She leaves to mourn her loss, three children, two grandchildren, two brothers, two sisters one of which lives in Randolph, Illinois, and a host of relatives and friends.
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