James Hopkirk CRAIG was the son of Christina HOPKIRK and William CRAIG
James Hopkirk CRAIG was born 4 March 1843 in Paisley, Scotland
James Hopkirk CRAIG married Margaret Fairbairn BOYD on January 2, 1865 in Paisley, Scotland
Margaret Fairbairn BOYD was the daughter of Archibald BOYD and Margaret LOEB, born 27 November 1844, at Renfrew, Scotland
James Hopkirk CRAIG married Margaret Fairbairn BOYD had the following children:
Margaret Loeb CRAIG, born 26 October 1865 in Paisley, Scotland
William CRAIG, born 29 June 1867 in Paisley, Scotland (and died at age 2, 2 July 1869.)
Christina Hopkirk CRAIG, born 2 July 1869 in Paisley, Scotland
Archibald Boyd CRAIG, born 2 July 1869 in Paisley, Scotland (and he died 3 Aug 1869, age 1 month.)
Jessie Boyd CRAIG, born 7 October 1871 in Georgian Bay, Canada
Elizabeth Davidson CRAIG, born 26 August 1873 in Georgian Bay, Canada (passed away 22 October 1951, Victoria, BC)
Catherine Boyd CRAIG, born 11 August 1875, Georgian Bay, Canada (passed away 11 Mar 1894, Wauregan, Ct.)
James Hopkirk CRAIG, born 22 August 1877 in Georgian Bay, Canada (passed away 22 Apr 1895, Wauregan, Ct.)
Sophia Millar CRAIG, born 7 June 1879 in Georgian Bay, Canada
John Boyd CRAIG, born 14 June 1881 in Georgian Bay, Canada (passed away 28 June 1882 in Central Falls, Rhode island, USA)
Estelle Ethyl CRAIG, born 14 November 1887 in Wauregan, Connecticut, USA
Amazingly, all 10 children were born in an odd numbered year!
James Hopkirk CRAIG, the elder, passed away on 27 February 1902 at Plainfield
Connecticut, USA and is buried at Evergreen Cemetery.
You can view the gravestone of James Hopkirk Craig and his wife Margaret
here.
(Our thanks goes to CarolynAR for taking this
photo.)
Margaret Fairbairn BOYD passed away on 1 September 1915 and also buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Central Village, Connecticut, USA.
Additional info: James Hopkirk CRAIG came to Canada, around 1870, with a young family. James had become a weaver and accompanied his father-in-law, Archibald BOYD, and the Boyd family. James came down to Lonsdale every winter to weave for cash money to bring back to Canada. The last year before the families of Boyd and Craig came to the US, Margaret, the eldest daughter of James and Margaret, accompanied her father on his winter sojourn. In 1881, the entire family Boyds and Craigs moved to the US. Grandma Jessie Wade could remember that the public buildings were draped in black. This was for James Garfield, who had been shot on July 2, 1881, and died September 19, 1881. The Craigs and Boyds lived in several Rhode Island mill towns, ie. Cumberland, Lonsdale, Central Falls.
This page was last updated on February 9, 2008
