Isabella Elizabeth (Begg) Craig (1823)

Born Jul 1823 in Leith, Edinburgh , Midlothian, Scotland

Wife of George Craig — married 2 Jun 1846 in Leith South, Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

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Biography

The mother of the first Presidential Secret Service agent killed while on duty. She survived her son. She died after 1902.

'1941 Scotland Census^[1]

Name: Isabella Begg

Age: 18

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823

Gender: Female

Where born: Midlothian, Scotland

Civil Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts

County: Midlothian^[2]

Address: Gayfield Place

Occupation: F S

Parish Number: 685/2

Household Members: Name Age

1. George Stodart 50
2. Janet Stodart 45
3. Jessie Stodart 20
4. Isabella Stodart 18
5. Christian Stodart 16
6. George Stodart 14
7. Isabella Begg 18

Note: was she a student? a servant?

Marriage

Husband: George Craig

Wife: Elizabeth Begg

Date: 1846

Place: Leith Parish, Scotland

Transcription of Marriage Record:

George Craig, Compositior, residing at No. 8,Kinkgate, Leith, Parish of South Leith, and Isabella Begg residing at No. 26 Lolbooth Myne Leith, same parish, daughter of the late Hugh Begg, Waggoner Leith, were three times proclaimed in the Parish Church of South Leith, in order to marriage, 31st May 1846 and no objections offered, and were married at Leith 2nd June 1846 by the Rev David Thorbum.

Sources

1. ↑ 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 28B; Page: 2; Line: 462; Year: 1841 Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
2. ↑ "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7Q5-GSD : accessed 28 Aug 2012), Isabella Begg in entry for Charles Cammidge Craig, 23 May 1865; citing reference , FHL microfilm 6035516.