Born in Campbellstown, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Daughter of Luther B Smith
and Stella (Motley) Davis
Sister of
Robert Motley [half], Edmund Motley [half], Chester Motley [half], Dorothy Motley [half], Vivian (Davis) Owens [half], [private sister (1920s - unknown)] [half] and Infant Davis [half]
Wife of
Leroy Murrell
— married
1922 (to 1924) in Illinois
Wife of
William G Craig
— married
8 Jun 1924 in Illinois
Descendants 
Mother of
Juanita Irene (Craig) Shields, Nancy Lee (Craig) Foster and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at about age 75
in Sangamon County, Illinois
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Mar 2015
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Biography
Bertha (Motley) Craig is a part of US Black heritage.
Bertha was born the illegitimate child of a white father and a black mother. She attended Petersburg School until two weeks before her 8th grade graduation, when she quit to start working to help support her family.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Bertha Craig Memoir from interviews with Judith Haynes, University of Illinois at Springfield, 1981.
- 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1910; Census Place: Athens, Menard, Illinois; Roll: T624_312; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0077; FHL microfilm: 1374325
- 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1920; Census Place: Petersburg Ward 1, Menard, Illinois; Roll: T625_393; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 100; Image: 165
- "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XS18-TB2 : accessed 17 March 2015), William Craig, Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0012, sheet 21A, family 589, line 23, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 544; FHL microfilm 2,340,279.
- "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWCJ-FPL : accessed 17 March 2015), Wm G Craig, Petersburg, Petersburg Election Precinct, Menard, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-12B, sheet 1A, family 1, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 857.
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Jessica Key
Jessica Key
Her mother's family was living in Campbellsville, Taylor, KY in the 1900 census, this is probably her birthplace.
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