Brief Life History of John William
When John William Craig was born on 9 March 1856, in Rokewood, Victoria, Australia, his father, Thomas Craig, was 29 and his mother, Mary Augusta Smith, was 21. He married Edith Ann Fenton on 14 March 1881, in Rokewood, Victoria, Australia. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1939, in Prahran, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 83, and was buried in Creswick, Victoria, Australia.
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- Australian Vital Records Index 1788-1905 Birth John William Craig
- Headstone image of John William Craig from billiongraves.com
- Death Index Victoria 1921-1985 John William Craig
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World Events (7)
1867
End of transportation to Western Australia.
1870
British troops withdraw from Australia.
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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