James Aitken, Epping, was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1837, and landed in Brisbane, Queensland in 1865.
Eighteeen months later he came to Victoria, and began living in Melbourne for a year, and at Kilmore for three months. He settled in Epping in 1868, and worked at his trade as journey-man blacksmith there until 1873, when he commenced business on his own account, and is now doing an extensive trade throughout the district. Mr. Aitken was married in 1877.
From “Victoria and its Metropolis: Past and Present” written in 1888 by Alexander Sutherland. p. 443
