Ethel (Hynes) Craig (1910 - 1941)

Born 1910 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England

Wife of John Miller Craig Jr — married 1929 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England

Died 3 May 1941 at about age 31 in North Shields, Northumberland, England

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Biography

Ethel was killed on 3rd May 1941 during an air raid in North Shields, Northumberland, England.Also killed were her husband John and 12 year old daughter Audrey. They were in the basement of Wilkinson's Lemonade Factory when the bomb hit and collapsed the ceiling above. Many people were killed by falling machinery. Over 120 people were killed that night, over 40 of them were children.

Sources

• FindAGrave

• Birth Index

Name: Ethel Hynes Mother's Maiden Name: Johnson Registration Year: 1912 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: Northumberland Volume: 10b Page: 172 Source Information FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

• Marriage Index

Name: Ethel Hynes Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1929 Registration district: Tynemouth Inferred County: Northumberland Spouse: John Craig Volume Number: 10b Page Number: 421 Source Information England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005