When Seymore (Cemer) CRAIG was born about 1798, in Ohio, United States, his father, John Craig, was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Hole, was 32. He married Sarah ATCHISON on 21 April 1818, in Darke, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wayne Township, Darke, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died about 1860, in Darke, Ohio, United States, at the age of 64.
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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’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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