When Mary Craig was born on 26 February 1816, in Missouri, United States, her father, George Craig, was 34 and her mother, Charity Humble Hinch, was 31. She married Wilson Moore on 24 June 1841, in Polk, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Howard, Missouri, United States in 1850.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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