Anna Lee Craig

Brief Life History of Anna Lee

When Anna Lee Craig was born on 22 December 1900, in Missouri, United States, her father, John Shipman Craig, was 27 and her mother, Emma Dee Carney, was 24. She married O. T. "Runt" Whitted on 5 June 1924, in Stone, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Washington Township, Stone, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died on 21 April 1993, in Stone, Missouri, United States, at the age of 92.

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Family Time Line

O. T. "Runt" Whitted
1902–1940
Anna Lee Craig
1900–1993
Marriage: 5 June 1924
Frances Whitted
1926–1946
Walter L Whitted
1927–1983

Sources (6)

  • Anna Whitted in household of O T Whitted, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Anna Lee Craig in entry for O. E. Whitt*, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Anna L Craig in household of John S Craig, "United States Census, 1920"

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World Events (8)

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

1901 · Theodore Roosevelt becomes the Twenty-sixth President of the United States

After the Assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the Twenty-sixth President of the United States. During his first term he didn't have a Vice President but for his second term Charles W. Fairbanks filled the position.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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