Hon. William B. Aitken was born on 24 December 1810 at Manhattan, New York.²

     William married Catharine Beekman, daughter of Abraham Christopher Beekman and Elizabeth Houghton, on 2 December 1859.^1,2

     William died on 7 August 1880, at Manhattan, New York, at age 69,² and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.²

     Charles Albers was born circa 1940 at New York.¹

     Edwin Maurice Albers was born on 10 May 1907 at Brooklyn, Kings, New York.¹

     Edwin, married Olive F. Van Dyke, daughter of Frank Edgar Van Dyke and Frances M. Clark, circa 1940.¹

     The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Just about a year before that, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history, due to rising world conflicts. After the U.S. entered WWII a new selective service act required that all men between ages 18 and 65 register for the draft. Between November 1940 and October 1946, over 10 million American men were registered. The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military. Edwin filled out a draft card for World War II on 16 October 1940 (at age 33), while living at Flushing, Queens, New York. He was working at Truscon Steel Co.² He witnessed the death of Edwin Maurice Albers in February 1986 at Bayside, Queens, New York,³ and was buried at Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, New York.³

     Marilyn Albers was born circa 1945 at New York.¹

     Frank Chester Albertson was born on 1 December 1893 at Meridian, Sutter, California.²

     Due to a need for men to serve during World War I, the United States instituted a draft. The first registration was for men between the ages of 21 and 31. As a result, this first registration included men born between June 5, 1886 and June 5, 1896. As World War I continued to escalate, the United States instituted a second draft registration. The second registration was for men who had turned 21 since June 5, 1917, so it added men born between June 5, 1896 and June 5, 1897. Two months later, a supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918 for men who had become 21 years of age since June 5, 1918, adding the names of men who were born between June 5, 1897 and August 24, 1897. With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. Frank filled out a draft card for World War I on 5 June 1917 (at age 23), while living at 575 46th Street, Oakland, Alameda, California. He was employed as a conductor for the Oakland Traction and described as height, tall and slender build with blue eyes and brown hair..³

     Frank married Lova L. Hoke, daughter of August Hoke and Mary E. "Surname Unknown", on 7 September 1917, at Oakland, Alameda, California.¹

     Frank died at age 93, on 8 May 1987, at Sutter, California,⁴ and was buried at Meridian Cemetery, Meridian, Sutter, California.⁴