Robert McLaren CRAIG [Rodger]

1908 - 1966  (58 years)

• Name	Robert McLaren CRAIG
  Known As	Rodger
  Birth	1908	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	04 Sep 1928	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3]
  Emigration	04 Sep 1928	Steam Ship "Ruahine"   [3]
  Immigration	12 Oct 1928	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [3, 4]
  Occupation	1957  [5]
  	Surfaceman, Cromwell, Otago
  Death	28 Jul 1966	Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand   [1]
  Burial	Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand   [6]
  Person ID	I22274	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	William McAllister CRAIG,   b. 24 Sep 1871, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 08 Oct 1952, Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Margaret JOHNSTON [Maggie],   b. 1868, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 19 May 1947, Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1891	Dalziel, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [7]
  Family ID	F4166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Muriel Mabel VARCOE,   b. 16 Nov 1920   d. 12 Jul 2006, Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1953	New Zealand   [8]
  Children	1. Kevin Darcy CRAIG,   b. 19 Dec 1957   d. 19 Oct 1988 (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F7806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1908 - Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Emigration - 04 Sep 1928 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Immigration - 12 Oct 1928 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Marriage - 1953 - New Zealand Death - 28 Jul 1966 - Cromwell, Otago, 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 - Robert McLaren CRAIG In Loving Memory Of Robert McLaren Craig, Rodger, Loved husband of Muriel, Loved daddy of Kevin, And loved youngest son of the late William & Margaret Craig, Passed away 28th July 1966 Aged 58 years, At Rest. Plot: Block VII Plot 23

  
  

• 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

  [S2146] James Hopley, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Craig Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S32] Scotland On Line Ltd., ScotlandsPeople, (General Register Office for Scotland), 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. [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S779] Find a Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com). [S356] 1901 Scotland Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006).