Margaret JOHNSTON [Maggie]

1868 - 1947  (79 years)

• Name	Margaret JOHNSTON
  Known As	Maggie
  Birth	1868	Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Emigration	04 Sep 1928	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  Emigration	04 Sep 1928	Steam Ship "Ruahine"   [2]
  Immigration	12 Oct 1928	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [2, 3]
  Death	19 May 1947	Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand   [4]
  Burial	Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand   [5]
  Person ID	I12888	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family	William McAllister CRAIG,   b. 24 Sep 1871, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 08 Oct 1952, Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1891	Dalziel, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [6]
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Children	+ 1. William CRAIG,   b. 14 Jul 1892, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 31 Jul 1975, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age 83 years) + 2. Muir Johnston CRAIG [James],   b. 27 Jul 1893, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 12 Apr 1945, Seacliff, Otago, New Zealand (Age 51 years) + 3. John McAllister CRAIG [Jock],   b. 03 Apr 1896, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 25 Aug 1980, Riverton, Southland, New Zealand (Age 84 years)   4. Catherine Cross CRAIG [Kate],   b. 1898, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 07 Nov 1965, New Zealand (Age 67 years)   5. James CRAIG,   b. 1898, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1899, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 1 year)   6. Mary McAllister CRAIG,   b. 1900, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1900, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 0 years) + 7. David CRAIG,   b. 22 Aug 1901, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 23 May 1989, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age 87 years)   8. Philip Johnston CRAIG,   b. 1903, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 23 Oct 1967, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 64 years)   9. Agnes Johnstone CRAIG,   b. 11 Apr 1905, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 03 May 1992, New Zealand (Age 87 years) + 10. Robert McLaren CRAIG [Rodger],   b. 1908, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 28 Jul 1966, Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F4166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1868 - Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland Marriage - 31 Dec 1891 - Dalziel, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Census - 31 Mar 1901 - Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Emigration - 04 Sep 1928 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Immigration - 12 Oct 1928 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Death - 19 May 1947 - Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand Burial - - Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Passenger List - Ruahine 1928

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone - William and Margaret CRAIG In Loving Memory of Margaret Johnstone, Beloved wife of William Craig, Died 18th May 1947 aged 79 years. Also the above William McAllister Craig, Died 8th Oct. 1952 aged 83 years. Plot: Block VII, 19 and 20

  
  

• Notes

  Voyage to New Zealand. Several members of the Craig Family traveled to New Zealand in 1928 on the New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd. steam ship "Ruahine". The ship departed Southampton, England on 4 September 1928 with 416 adult passengers, 64 children and one infant. Family members had traveled from Tannochside, Uddington, Scotland to catch the vessel. They had three third class cabins, one for Robert Craig, one for Robert's mother Margaret Craig and his two sisters Kate Craig and Agnes Craig, and the third for Robert's sister-in-law Mary Craig and her two children, William Craig and Janet Craig. Margaret and Mary's husbands, William and David respectively, were already working at Ohai, having gone to New Zealand in 1927. The Passenger List for the voyage indicates the group were discharged from the "Ruahine" at Wellington. The "Ruahine" left England, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, went through the Panama Canal, then crossed the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand. According to newspaper reports the vessel arrived in Wellington on 12 October 1928. Having landed at Wellington, the group either traveled to Lyttleton on the "Wahine" the next day or on the "Ruahine" when it sailed on to Lyttleton on the 17 October. SS "Ruahine" was a UK-built ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship. She was launched in 1909 in Scotland for the New Zealand Shipping Company, who operated her in scheduled service between Britain and New Zealand. She survived both World wars. The "Ruahine" was 497 ft (151 m) long overall, 60.3 ft (18.4 m) beam and 32.1 ft (9.8 m) depth. Her primary passenger traffic was emigrants from Britain to New Zealand. Her cargo was finished goods to New Zealand and raw foods to Britain. New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd. s.s. "Ruahine".

  
  

• Sources

  [S356] 1901 Scotland Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S1020] UK Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, (Ancestry.com). [S1994] Papers Past - Taranaki Daily News, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. LATE SHIPPING. Wellington, Oct. 12. - Arrived: ... Ruahine (3.15 p.m.) from London; ... - 13 October 1928, Page 12. [S2146] James Hopley, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Craig Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S779] Find a Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com). [S32] Scotland On Line Ltd., ScotlandsPeople, (General Register Office for Scotland), none.