William Craig was born on 12 March 1783, in Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom as the son of Thomas Craig and Margaret Pattinson. He married Elizabeth Archer in December 1807, in Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 19 February 1816, in Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 32.
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Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a steep or precipitous rock, Older Scots crag, craig. Compare the synonymous English Cragg .
Manx: either a shortened form of Gaelic Mac Concharraige ‘son of Cu Charraige (‘hound of the rock’) or possibly of Mac Thorveig ‘son of Thorveig’, from the Old Norse personal name Thórveig (from the god's name Thórr + veig ‘pith, strength’).
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