John Joseph Craig (1854 - 1933)

Born 17 Dec 1854 in Cooley Camp, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Emma Jane (Kidd) Craig — married 1882 in Wingham, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1933 at age 78 in Beechwood, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

John Joseph Craig was born on 17 Dec 1854 at Cooley Camp in , Manning River, New South Wales Australia to George Patrick Craig and Ellen (Murphy) Craig.

He married Emma Jane Kidd in May 1882. ^[1]

Together they became the parents of Maud May Helena (Craig) McGovern, Harold George Craig, John Stanley "Jack" Craig , James Percy Craig and Douglas Donald Craig.

John passed away on 4 November 1933 ^[2] and was buried at Beechwood General Cemetery in Beechwood, New South Wales, Australia.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ John Joseph CRAIG 1854–1933
2. ↑ Entered by Laurie Kidd, Tuesday, July 23, 2013.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images : accessed 12 August 2021, memorial page for John Joseph Craig (unknown–4 Nov 1933), Find A Grave: Memorial #129794141, citing Beechwood General Cemetery, Beechwood, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Lord Michael Paul Heffernan (contributor 49026470) .

Additional Data

Mr. J. J. Craig.

After an illness of some 9 months' duration, there passed to the Great Beyond on Saturday last, Mr. John Joseph Craig, a resident of the Hastings district for 75 years. In this long span, deceased had become well and favorably known by a large circle. A native of Maitland, at the age of three years, the subject of this notice came to the Hastings River with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. George Craig, who were the first settlers on Rawdon Island. It is reported that in those early days Rawdon Island was more like a swamp than the rich flats now in evidence, and that a fire lit during a very dry period smouldered for three years. In due time the late Mr. Craig married a Miss Kidd, of Taree, and then carried on a black-smithing business at Wingham. After a few years the couple returned to the Hastings, road contracting and farming pursuits occupying attention. During the construction of the training wall at Port Macquarie deceased (with Mr. J. Pearce, of Port Macquarie) was "galloper" — in charge of the horses used in giving momentum to the trucks for tipping. The late Mr. Craig was the last of the older Craig family of five, and is survived by Mrs. Craig and a family of four sons and one daughter, viz., Messrs Harold (Morton's Creek), Jack (Bellangry), James (Dorrigo), and Douglas (Beechwood); and Mrs. P. McGovern (Stewart's River). The body was laid to rest in the Roman Catholic portion of Beechwood Cemetery on Sunday, Rev. Father O'Mahoney officiating. — "Shire Gazette." '

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales (Taree, NSW)

Saturday, 11 Nov 1933, Page 6

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