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

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