1901 - 1988

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• Birth	21 Feb 1901	Provo, Utah, Ut
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Feb 1988	Escondido, San Diego, Ca   [1]
  Buried	Was cremated at sea (Telophase Society)
  Person ID	I45514	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Virgil Alonzo HOLBROOK, b. 4 Oct 1872, Ogden, Weber, Ut
  Mother	Laura Covington HOWLAND, b. 9 Feb 1878, 36 Carter St. Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F20141	Group Sheet
  Family	Guilford Leonard AIKIN, b. 10 Jan 1899, Evanston, Cook, Il
  Married	1 Jun 1924	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Ca
  Notes	Custom Field:<_FA#> 1 Dec 1949Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA _MENDDeath of one spouse Guil & Bea were married in Losangeles then stopped at the Mission Inn in Riverside, CA. They then left on their honeymoon, driving their 1923 ModelT Ford, to Torrey Pines, CA, where they spent the night camping. On their way through San Bernardino they stopped at a roadside stand and bought a gallonof green olives, which were completely consumed by the time they got to thetop of El Cajon Pass. This love of olives was passed down through all furthergenerations of Aikins. They then drove through Flagstaff, AZ to Grand Canyon. They encountered steep grades which the car could not negotiate because thegas tank, just forward of the windshield, fed the engine via gravity feed. So, Guil turned the car around and backed up the grades. This solved the gravity problem. During their courtship, and even after their marriage, they tookweekend trips to such faraway places as Carmel, CA, Cambria, Death Valley, Mount Whitney, Old Baldy, Idlewilde, Palm Desert, (Palm Springs was yet to be built), Tijuana & Escondido, Mexico. Considering the lack of decent roads, and the unreliability of cars in the 20's, this was considered an act of daring do!!
  Children	1. Neil Holbrook AIKIN   2. AIKIN
  Family ID	F20135	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Cause of Death: Pulmonary Arrest REFN: 3 Berenice, in her early years lived 1122 Mohawk St. & on the census of 1920 at 1337 Waterloo St. in Los Angeles. The streets were in the neighborhood of Sunset & Alvarado Blvd. She attended LA Polytechnic High school, graduating in 1920. Her graduation was delayed one year because of the flu epidemic that killed 30% of her class. She was quite tall for her time; as a matter of fact, was the tallest girl in high school...5'9". Her interests at the time were fashion design and participation in her high school sorority. She and her friends spent their summers atthe beaches of Santa Monica and Venice. In those years, Venice had just beenrecently touted the "Venice of the West", with canals and gondolas. She mether husband "Guil" while working for Pacific Telephone & Telegraph in the early twenty's. (See Notes: Guilford Aikin). She had a fantastic command of the English language. She liked to quotes Spoonerisms; Mardon Padum, this seat ispoccupied, may I sew you to another sheet? Is her gone, have her went, has her left I all alone? Her can never come to we, we can never go to she, oh, itcould not was. "Good Morning, Madam" to Eve said Adam. "Good Morning, Sir" tohim said she. One bright day in the middle of the night, 2 dead boys got upto fight. Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise, came and shot those 2 dead boys. If you don't believe me, ask the blind man around the corner, he saw it all. Her language at times, was a reflection of the many books she loved to read Shall we repair to the living room? At sixes and sevens. Dressed to the nines. In the 30's she would go to Catalina Island with a girlfriend to dance to the big band sounds of Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey, etc. Neil Aikin 30 June2002

• Sources

  [S535] DEATH CERTIFICATE DTD 2 MAR 1988. DEATH CERTIFICATE DTD 2 MAR 1988