Tour Scotland video of the John Christie Aitken, Celtic Cross, gravestone in the Cathedral ruins Ggaveyard on ancestry visit to St Andrews, Fife. The Aitken surname an old surname in the parish of Ballantrae, Ayrshire, and in Orkney it is believed to have replaced the Olde Norse name Haakon. Robert Aitken, born 1734, died 1832, born in Dalkeith, was commended by resolution of congress for printing of the Bible in the United States of America. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Akyne, which was dated 1405.
