When Guy William Craig was born on 23 January 1909, in Bancroft, Cuming, Nebraska, United States, his father, William Craig, was 40 and his mother, Alta Amanda Harper, was 34. He married Emma Ruth Cranney on 17 April 1937, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1944 and lived in American Judicial Township, Sacramento, California, United States in 1940 and Ventura, Ventura, California, United States in 1950. In 1940, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as classifier for the federal government in Sacramento, California, United States. He died on 5 January 1977, in Camarillo, Ventura, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Camarillo, Ventura, California, United States.
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Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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