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Aitken, James
Full NameAITKEN, Very Rev James M.A.(Glas.) 
Date of Birth5 November 1869Date of Death23 April 1951Biography
From Free Church of Scotland.
Taught in schools while taking Arts Course at Glasgow University; studied Theology at Edinburgh.
Assistant Minister of Presbyterian Church at Valparaiso, Chile for three years
Came to New Zealand 1899
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, 1927
During Scond World War supplied at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Editor of the Children's Missionary Magazine "'Break of Day" from its inception 1909 till 1935.
In retirement in England he published a number of volumes in the Penguin series containing extracts from Diaries and letters of English authors of the 16th to 19th centuries.
Date of Birth5 November 1869Date of Death23 April 1951Biography- born 5 November 1869 Glasgow, Scotland
- wife Mary Vasey FERGUSON born 7 August 1872 married 22 May 1899 died 10 March 1962
From Free Church of Scotland.
Taught in schools while taking Arts Course at Glasgow University; studied Theology at Edinburgh.
Assistant Minister of Presbyterian Church at Valparaiso, Chile for three years
Came to New Zealand 1899
- Ordained Wyndham, Mataura Presbytery, 26 October 1899
- Onslow (Khandallah), Wellington Presbytery, 1904
- Mosgiel, Dunedin Presbytery, 31 January 1907
- Gisborne, 9 March 1916 — retired 31 January 1935 and returned to England
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, 1927
During Scond World War supplied at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Editor of the Children's Missionary Magazine "'Break of Day" from its inception 1909 till 1935.
In retirement in England he published a number of volumes in the Penguin series containing extracts from Diaries and letters of English authors of the 16th to 19th centuries.
- Died 23 April 1951 at Guilford, England.
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Aitken, James. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 15/04/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/112507
