Percival Aiken
Percival Augustus Aiken (1885 - January 7, 1967)[1] was a Jamaican Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Jamaica.
Biography[edit]
Aiken was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1885 to David A. Aiken and Jestina Miller. He studied at Mico Primary School from 1892 to 1897 then Wolmer's Boys' School from 1898 to 1901. After school he completed an apprenticeship with the West India Electric Company from 1902 to 1905 and became an electrician.[2]
In 1905 Aiken began working for the United Fruit Company in Port Antonio as an electrician serving until 1916 when he moved to Panama. He secured work in Panama in 1917 working for the Pan-American Corporation as a foreman for electrical wiring installation in construction projects. He returned to Jamaica in 1918 and became a Chief Pumping Engineer for a company in Kingston before becoming a mechanic and electrician for the Jamaica Government Railway Service in 1919. He went into business for himself as a private contractor in 1924.[2]
In his personal life Aiken was active in work advocating for youth improvement and improving living standards in Jamaica.[3] He became a Bahá’í at some point and was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Jamaica as an inaugural member in 1961 serving for one year.[4][5]
In 1967 Aiken passed away after suffering an illness for several months. Glenford Mitchell and Ugo Giachery both said prayers at his funeral.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ Percival Augustus Aiken, National Library of Jamaica
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Obituary published in Daily Gleaner, Jan 10, 1967, p 17
- ↑ Obituary published in Daily Gleaner, Jan 16, 1967, pp 6-7
- ↑ Baha'i News (July 1961). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 364, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1962). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 378, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
