Mary Craig

Brief Life History of Mary

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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Family Time Line

Wilson Moore
1818–
Mary Craig
1816–
Marriage: 24 June 1841
Euel Augustus Moore
1843–1911

Sources (5)

  • Mary H Craig in household of Geo Craig, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary Craig, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
  • Mary Craig in entry for Wilson Moore, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

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. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

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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