Samuel Lawrence Craig

Brief Life History of Samuel Lawrence

When Samuel Lawrence Craig was born on 25 July 1857, in Cumberland Township, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert James Craig, was 34 and his mother, Mary Ann Bell Boyd, was 31. He married Janet Logan on 30 August 1880, in Cumberland Township, Prescott and Russell, Upper Canada, British North America. He lived in Russell, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Ontario, Canada in 1921. He died on 29 November 1921, in Osgoode Township, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 64, and was buried in Spring Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Samuel Lawrence Craig
1857–1921
Matilda Cameron
1875–1943
Marriage: 21 April 1909
Katie Margaret Bell Craig
1910–
Lillis Jane Craig
1912–1996

Sources (8)

  • Samuel Craig, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Samuel Craig, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Samuel Craig, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

World Events (5)

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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1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

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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