CRAIGEN - Scotland to Australia 1890

[anabanana]

Hello 

I'm on the hunt for information on a branch of the family called Craigen.  The family have been nigh on impossible to track down in Scotland after 1891.  And one of the only leads I have is that one of the son's - William Alexander Craigen flitted to Australia in 1890.  I have an image of a passenger record for a boat sailing May 1890 - and on it is W A Craigen.

Searching on ancestry showed a William Alxander Craigen residing in Victoria about 45 years later, but couldnt access any information (guess i'm not paying them enough £ already!).

Would really appreciate if anyone could shed some light.

JAMES CRAIGEN (B 1847 ABERDEEN) M JANE ROBERTSON (B 1847 ABERDEEN) 1867
Children:
1. JEAN/JANE CRAIGEN B 1868 ABERDEEN
2. WM ALEXR CRAIGEN B 1870 ABERDEEN
3. JAMES CRAIGEN B 1872 ABERDEEN
4. JOHN CRAIGEN B 1875 (looks like this one stayed in scotland)ABERDEEN
5. GEORGE CRAIGEN B 1877 ABERDEEN
(all of the above births took place in Glass, Aberdeenshire)
6. HENRY CRAIGEN B 1879 BANFFSHIRE D 1937 ABERDEEN

Kind regards

A

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[CaroleW]

John (26)  & Henry (20)  Craigen are in Aberdeen in 1901

John is shown as head and occ law cashier and Henry apprentice tailor

Living at 10 Clifton Road

Aberdeen Old Machar ED 4B Page 14 Line 4

[Annette7]

Check the 1911 Census on Scotlands People - most of them seem to be there in Aberdeen.

Annette

[sidsmith]

Found this on Vic Aust marriages

CRAIGEN, James
Event: M
BANKS, Minnie Jane
Birth Place: ABERDEENSHIRE
Year: 1896
Reg. Number: 2923

CRAIGEN, Wm
Event: M
GEARY, Flor Ellen
Year: 1913
Reg. Number: 5816

Sid

[sparrett]

Possibly these are the deaths of teh men listed by sid above.
they were brothers of advanced years at death, but seemingly not yours


CRAIGEN William
Father William
Mother Annie  TAYLOR
 Place MERB
Age 93
Year 1977
Reg  8044


 CRAIGEN James
Father William
Mother Ann  TAYLOR
Death Place RESE
Age 92
Year 1962
Reg 24474


Sue

[cando]

I have an image of a passenger record for a boat sailing May 1890 - and on it is W A Craigen.

The image of the MORAYSHIRE arriving Sydney shows a W A CRAIGEN i listed as crew.  It is written across the manifest - no passengers.


Cheers
Cando

[sparrett]

Searching on ancestry showed a William Alxander Craigen residing in Victoria about 45 years later
ANNA



Anna,
By this I assume you mean the Electoral Roll entry in 1949 for WILLIAM ALEXANDER CRAIGEN (Darebin)

A closer look at this seems to show an error.
The Surname appears to be CRAIG, nor CRAIGEN on the original.

Others may be able to assist with careful scrutiny.

Sue

[Billyblue]

Hi Anabanana

Are you sure your William Alexander Craigen didn't come to Australia until 1890?
When was he born?  Would there have been other Craigen family here?

Craigen is not a very common name here in Oz.

My grandfather's sister Caroline Wilson married a William Craigen on 23 Feb 1877 in Molong, NSW.
They had children William C. 1877, Robert W. 1879, Caroline 1881, Alice 1883, Johanna 1885, William J. 1887, John 1889, Ellen 1891, Grace 1894, Mary 1897. William C. was born at Molong and the rest of them at Wellington NSW
William (the father) would have been born c1832 and he died 1900 at Wellington NSW.

Is Craigen a common name in Scotland?  Not sure where my William came from - I have England but not sure this is correct.

Dawn M

[cando]

The family have been nigh on impossible to track down in Scotland after 1891.  And one of the only leads I have is that one of the son's - William Alexander Craigen flitted to Australia in 1890.  I have an image of a passenger record for a boat sailing May 1890 - and on it is W A Craigen.

It appears it is only the crew member with the same initials and surname that has sparked the interest in Australia.  There are a couple of later records of W A CRAIGEN as crew on ships arriving Aus.

Sue you are correct.  There is no William Alexander CRAIGEN on the image only William Alexander CRAIG with a Thelma Olive CRAIG enrolled to vote from the same address.

1954
CRAIG Thelma Olive  31 Erin Street, Preston  HD
CRAIG William Alexander  31 Erin Street, Preston  Brewery employee

He is on earlier rolls with Hannah Patricia CRAIG  HD at the same addess.

Marriage
CRAIG William Alex
BARRY Patricia Hannah
1913  Reg#10837

There were a family of CRAIGEN's who lived about an hour from my area and the father William died in Mildura in 1977 however the ages are incorrect as well as the parents' names.

Cheers
Cando