William Johnstone CRAIG [Speed]

1920 - 2005  (84 years)

• Name	William Johnstone CRAIG
  Known As	Speed
  Birth	28 Aug 1920	Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	07 Jun 1924	Liverpool, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Emigration	07 Jun 1924	Steam Ship "Suffolk"   [1]
  Immigration	12 Aug 1924	Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Occupation	1954  [3]
  	Trucker, Ohai, Southland
  Occupation	1963  [3]
  	Freezing Worker, Ashburton, Canterbury
  Death	17 May 2005	Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand   [4]
  Burial	20 May 2005	Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand   [5]
  Person ID	I93	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Muir Johnston CRAIG [James],   b. 27 Jul 1893, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 12 Apr 1945, Seacliff, Otago, New Zealand (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Janet Gilmour ALEXANDER [Nettie],   b. 23 Dec 1897, Uddington, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 13 Jul 1968, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	02 Apr 1920	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [6]
  Documents		Marriage 1920
  		Suffolk Passenger List, 1924
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eileen Clara SUMNER,   b. 27 Nov 1922, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 11 Jun 2000, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	04 Jan 1943	New Zealand   [7, 8]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living + 3. Living
  Family ID	F68	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 28 Aug 1920 - Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland Emigration - 07 Jun 1924 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England Immigration - 12 Aug 1924 - Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand Marriage - 04 Jan 1943 - New Zealand Death - 17 May 2005 - Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand Burial - 20 May 2005 - Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S1020] UK Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, (Ancestry.com). [S1439] Papers Past - Evening Star (Dunedin), (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. SHIPPING. ARRIVED. - August 12. Suffolk, s.s, (3.20 p.m.), 5,817 tons, Mathews; from Liverpool via Auckland, Napier, Wellington, and Lyttelton. - 13 August 1924, Page 1 [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S79] Ashburton District Council Cemeteries Search, (Ashburton District Council - July 2007). [S79] Ashburton District Council Cemeteries Search, (Ashburton District Council - July 2007). Surname CRAIG; First Names WILLIAM JOHNSTONE; Occupation RETIRED FOREMAN; Plot No 1 3224; Depth of Grave 5; Cemetery ASHBURTON CEMETERY; Plot Size ASHBURTON LAWN SECTION; Age at Time of Death 84 years; Date of Death 18/05/2005; Date of Internment 20/05/2005; Date of Purchase 11/06/2000; Purchaser Address PRINCES COURT, ASHBURTON; Denomination of Deceased PRESBYTERIAN; Name of Clergy Person REV D BROWN; Name of Funeral Director PATERSONS FUNERAL SERVICES [S32] Scotland On Line Ltd., ScotlandsPeople, (General Register Office for Scotland), none. 1920 marriages in the district of Boswell in the county of Lanark. Marriage on 2 April 1920 at U.F. Manse Aitkenhead, after banns according to the ? of the United Free Church of Scotland. Groom - Muir Johnstone Craig, Coal miner, bachelor, 26 years, residence Muirhead Place, Lannacheads; father William Craig, coal miner, mother Maggie Craig, maiden surname Johnstone. Bride - Janet Alexander, confectionary maker, spinster, 22 years, residence 6 Alexander Place, Uddington; Father James Alexander, pithead labourer; mother Mary Alexander, maiden surname Staples. [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S642] NZ BDM - Historical Records - DATES, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand).