Robert Swan Aitchison (1854 - 1937)

Robert's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Aitchison family tree.

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Robert's Parents

Jane (Swan) Aitchison

James Aitchison

William Aitchison Robert Swan Aitchison

Isabella Burnet (Aitchison) Macfarlane

Parents:

Jane (Swan) Aitchison

Sep 29, 1826 - Mar 8, 1912

James Aitchison

Aug 26, 1808 - Feb 28, 1888

Siblings:

Isabella Burnet (Aitchison) Macfarlane

Jun 20, 1849 - Oct 15, 1911

William Aitchison

Oct 20, 1850 - Sep 14, 1928

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Robert Swan Aitchison & Jessie Georgina Annie (Pepper-Staveley) Aitchison

Robert Swan Aitchison

Jessie Georgina Annie (Pepper-Staveley) Aitchison

George Staveley Aitchison

Nerina Jane Aitchison

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Jessie Georgina Annie (Pepper-Staveley) Aitchison

Aug 28, 1869 - Jun 25, 1945

Children:

George Staveley Aitchison

May 19, 1894 - Sep 1, 1925

Nerina Jane Aitchison

Nov 15, 1892 - Apr 23, 1897

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In 1854, in the year that Robert Swan Aitchison was born, on May 30th, the Kansas–Nebraska Act became law. The act created both the Kansas Territory and the Nebraska Territory, which would determine for themselves if they would be pro-slavery or free. Both territories allowed slavery but it caused contention within the territories.

In 1872, he was 18 years old when on May 22nd, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Amnesty Act of 1872. The Act restored full civil rights to secessionists, including about 150,000 former slaves who had fought in the Confederate Army. About 500 former Confederate sympathizers were not allowed their full civil rights.

In 1898, he was 44 years old when magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company controlled 84% of the oil and pipelines in the United States. Rockefeller grew Standard Oil through the merger of several other small oil companies throughout the U.S., creating a monopoly.

In 1906, at the age of 52 years old, Robert was alive when author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."

In 1937, in the year of Robert Swan Aitchison's passing, on May 28th, the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge opened to cars. Taking 5 years to build, the 4,200-foot-long suspension bridge was an engineering marvel of its time - 11 men died during construction. The "international orange" color was chosen because it resisted rust and fading. To the present, it is the symbol of the City that is known throughout the world.