Elizabeth Craig

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Craig was born on 24 December 1833, in Ray, Missouri, United States, her father, John Craig, was 27 and her mother, Susan A. Ralph, was 27. She married Henry B Hamilton on 8 May 1849, in Ray, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Jackson Township, Clinton, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Fishing River Township, Ray, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 14 May 1906, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Lathrop, Clinton, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry B Hamilton
1822–1910
Elizabeth Craig
1833–1906
Marriage: 8 May 1849
Charles Laurence Hamilton
1858–1930
Claude Craig Hamilton
1866–1896

Sources (9)

  • Elizabeth Hamilton in household of H B Hamilton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth Craig, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Lizzie Hamilton, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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