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Donegal / Re: Craig Family of Carrownaffe, Upper Moville, Donegal
« on: Monday 12 August 19 15:45 BST (UK)  »
Ann
Sorry for taking so long to reply. I checked through my notes to see if l had anything new about tho Montgomerys or Eliza McGinnis. Nothing in the last several years.

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Donegal / Re: Craig Family of Carrownaffe, Upper Moville, Donegal
« on: Thursday 25 July 19 22:09 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ann
I have checked through my notes and can't find anything about them living at Pier House.
I suppose it is possible. Where did you find the mention?

Al

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Donegal / Re: Craig Family of Carrownaffe, Upper Moville, Donegal
« on: Monday 22 July 19 23:26 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jane,

Jane thanks for posting the new information.

As you may recall my email was hacked several years ago,  if your email address is still the same as it was five years ago I will email you my new address.

Al

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Donegal / Re: Craig Family of Carrownaffe, Upper Moville, Donegal
« on: Thursday 18 July 13 04:53 BST (UK)  »
Do you have any information about the Montgomery family that lived in Moville, Ireland? James Cousley Montgomery is my greatgrandfather and I am looking for more information about his family. My grandfather was the youngest son to be born when the Montgomery family moved to Boston, MA. James's father's name was Robert and his mother's name was Mary Cousley. Any information you have would be helpful.

Hi annlbtx,

I am sorry to say that I have no definite information about your Robert Montgomery and Mary Cousley.   

I have been wondering about the origin of your grandfather's second given name as well as those o his siblings, only his brother's, Robert Craig Montgomery, is obvious. Other generations and branches of this Craig family appear to have used second givens as a way to remember and honour the surnames of mothers, grandmothers and greatgrandmothers, etc. Could that also have been the case in your grandfather's generation of Montgomerys? 

Al C



 


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Donegal / Re: Craig Family of Carrownaffe, Upper Moville, Donegal
« on: Thursday 28 June 12 01:09 BST (UK)  »
Mods, if you feel this post fits better on the Derry boards or the World War One board please move it.

Continuing my research into the decendents of Robert Craig and Eliza Maginnis of Carrownaffe, Moville, I found the wife and children of their third son, William Craig (1860 - 1889), in the 1901 and 1911 Census of Ireland.

His widow, Georgina (nee Daly) Craig, born Cork, married William Craig in Cork during the July  - Sept qtr 1886. The two surviving sons Robert John Craig b. July - Sept qtr 1887 in Londonderry and George Daly Craig born 8 November, 1889 (ie just over 4 months after his father's death) also in Londonderry; a third child was born (according to the 1911 census) but does not appear to have survived until 1901.

I have been able to find a deal of information about George Daly Craig.  He earned a BA 1912 and MA 1916 from Trinity Col. Dublin. He served in the 6th Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) and the Royal Irish Fusiliers during WW1 rising to the rank of Captain. His service is honoured in the Roll of Honour of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, in the roll for Great James Street Presbyterian (see Eddies Extracts http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~econnolly/index.html) After the war he emmigrated to the United States, married and eventually divorced. He passed away in 1951 in Los Angles.

The Roll of Honour for Great James Street Presbyterian also lists a Captain Robert John Craig M.C. and Mentioned in Despatches and lists his Regt as B N Indian Regt. my research suggests that this is an error either in the transcription to Eddies Extracts or more likely in the original.

 The only Robert John Craig M.C. and MiD I can find in the Medal Index Cards or the London Gazette was a Captain in the British West Indies Regiment. This Robert John Craig was a police inspector in British Guiana when he joined up and was born in 1887 or 1888, but unfortunately none of the records I can find give his birthplace so I cannot definitivly say they are one and the same man. What I do know is that after the war he returned to British Guiana and resumed his service as police inspector and that sometime in 1925 or 1926 he left that service and joined the service in Sierra Leone.. In this service, he rose to be Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police and in 1939 was awarded the Colonial Police Medal for  Meritorous Service. Over the years, he made many return visits, mostly to addresses in PortStewart, so there is some connection to Londonderry.

What I am hoping for is that someone with access to the Derry newspapers, might find some mention of him there which confirms he is Robert John Craig son of William Craig and Georgina Daly. The dates of the significant events are

Joined British Guiana police sometime 1911 - 1915,
Commissioned to  British West Indies Regt  21 August  1915, published in London Gazette 14 December, 1915
arrived Plymouth from Demerara 6 September 1915
went with 1st Battalion to Egypt arriving January 1916
Mentioned in Despatches 3 April 1918, published in London Gazette 14 June 1918
awarded Military Cross, award published in the Supplement to the LG 8 March, 1919, the citation published in the Suppl to the LG  4 October, 1919
awarded Colonial Police Medal, award published in Suppl to the LG 8 June 1939


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Donegal / Re: Craig Family of Carrownaffe, Upper Moville, Donegal
« on: Monday 14 May 12 21:59 BST (UK)  »
DoireM,

Thank you so much, just what I needed. Presume its from the Derry Journal for Friday, June 21, 1889.

Al

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Donegal / Re: Craig Family of Carrownaffe, Upper Moville, Donegal
« on: Saturday 12 May 12 22:48 BST (UK)  »
Could this be William b. 1860?

I came across this will calendar on the PRONI site

" Surname : Craig Date of Grant : 8 October 1889
Forename : William Reseal Date : 
Registry : Londonderry Effects : Effects £420 10s. 8d.
Full Abstract :
The Will of William Craig late of Hawkins-street City of Londonderry Writing Clerk who died 20 June 1889 at same place was proved at Londonderry by John Bell of Moville County Donegal and James Maxwell Rodgers of the City of Londonderry Presbyterian Clergyman the Executors. "

There are two Civil Registrations in Londonderry which could be for this deceased, one in the Apr - June quarter and one in the July - Sept quarter, in the former the deceased is said to have been 24 and in the latter 28, neither of which is precise but obviously the latter is a closer fit. Is it likely a death occuring June 20th might not be registered until July?

What caught my eye about the will was the fact that Rev John Bell of Moville was named as one of the executors. I can't come up with a single plausible explanation why this would be if this William did not have some connection to Moville. Rev. Bell is shown as an executor of only three other wills on PRONI, 'my' Robert Craig possibly the father of this William, and two others both residents of Moville. The other executor was the minister at Great James Presbyterian Church in Londonderry, which appears to have been the nearest Presbyterian church to Hawkin St.

Thoughts anyone?




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Donegal / Re: Craig Family of Carrownaffe, Upper Moville, Donegal
« on: Friday 30 March 12 03:12 BST (UK)  »
Just wanted to say a thank you, for helping with the amazing progress on this family during the past week, especially for Anne Craig; I now have passenger manifests for all 3 of her trips from Ireland to Canada and the US, as well as those for her return visits to Ireland. Also her 1924 passport application which gives her birthdate as Dec 11, 1853 and the 1900,1910,1920, and 1930 US census, and images of her gravemarker as well as her husband's and daughter's.  And to top it off, today I found her obit which appeared in the San Jose Evening News of June 25, 1932 which reads in part.

"Mrs Britton was born in Ulster, Ireland, December 11, 1851. She died Thusday at her home.... The deceased was married to William Britton in November, 1892, in Ireland and came to Morgan Hill [a town in Santa Clara Co. California and now a suburb of San Jose]  in the spring of 1893...... Mrs Britton is survived by an only daughter, Miss Irene Britton R.N. ....
She also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Mary Montgomery of New Jersey, amd Misses Elizabeth Craig and Martha Craig of Ireland."
 

It is especially good to see the mention of Mary Montgomery as this more or less confirms that I have the right Montgomerys. Mary Craig and James Cousley Montgomery emmigrated to Canada within days of their marriage, had 4 children in Montreal then in 1896 emmigrated to Boston where another child was born. Their childrens' employments took them to New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. After her husband's death in 1921, she moved in with her eldest daughter in East Orange, NJ where she resided until her death in 1934.

Al

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Donegal / Re: Craig Family of Carrownaffe, Upper Moville, Donegal
« on: Tuesday 27 March 12 22:11 BST (UK)  »
Joe,

Thanks for those, glad to see my guesses at their birthyear's were not too far off the mark.


Edit:
Just noticed that Rev Joseph MacCorkell was mentioned in the abstract to Martha Craig's will on the PRONI site

"Full Abstract :
Craig Martha of Carrownaffe Moville county Donegal spinster died 19 December 1937 Probate Belfast 16 May to reverend Joseph MacCorkell presbyterian minister and Joshua Montgomery farmer and Herbert McMullan accountant."

A connection of yours?

You have a great website btw.

Regards,
Al

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