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Jane (Noble) Aitken, and young lady (possibly one of their 5 daughters) on the front porch. Old Manse was the childhood home of Lord Beaverbrook (Sir William Maxwell Aitken). The house was built in 1877 for shipbuilder and merchant, William Watt. It was sold in 1879 to the Presbyterian congregation as a manse. Reverend William Cuthbert Aitken and his wife and then 5 children arrived from Maple, Ontario to reside in the house in 1880. Newcastle, New Brunswick.