Brief Life History of Stewart
When Stewart Craig was born in 1858, his father, Robert Craig, was 47 and his mother, Mary, was 42. He married Maggie Young on 24 March 1887. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Lanark Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada in 1871. He died on 25 December 1892, in Hopetown, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 34, and was buried in Hopetown, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
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- Stewart Craig in household of Robert Craig, "Canada Census, 1871"
- John Craig, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Stewart J. Craig, "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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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.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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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