Brief Life History of William
When William Craig was born on 17 May 1847, in Hopetown, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert Craig, was 36 and his mother, Mary, was 31. He lived in Lanark Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada in 1871. He died on 30 April 1918, in Lanark, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Clayton, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- William Craig in household of Robert Craig, "Canada Census, 1871"
- William Craig, "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- William Craig, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (4)
1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
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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