Brief Life History of Janet Taylor
When Janet Taylor Craig was born on 9 October 1882, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Craig, was 39 and her mother, Margaret Mitchell Meldrum, was 29. She lived in Pollokshields, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901. She died on 21 January 1944, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 61.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Janet Craig in household of James Craig, "Scotland Census, 1901"
Parents and Siblings
1844–1927 Male
1854–1913 Female
Siblings (10)
1876–1910 Male
1877–1959 Female
1880–1949 Female
1882–1944 Female
1885–1938 Male
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World Events (8)
1884
Age 2
1885 · Creation of the Secretary of State for Scotland.
Age 3
1902 · The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
Age 20
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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