Brief Life History of Abraham Walter
When Abraham Walter Craig was born in 1869, in Rokewood, Victoria, Australia, his father, Thomas Craig, was 43 and his mother, Mary Augusta Smith, was 34. He married Ada Rule Winsor in 1895, in Victoria, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 6 February 1946, in Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 77, and was buried in Eaglehawk Cemetery, Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia.
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- Australian Vital Records Index 1788-1905 Birth Abraham Walter Craig
- Walter Abraham Craig, "Find A Grave Index"
- Walter Craig, "Australia, Sydney Branch Genealogical Library, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1800-1960"
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World Events (8)
1870
British troops withdraw from Australia.
1877
Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.
1892
Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
Name Meaning
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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