Tag: Craig
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How did they get here?
When and how did our ancestors arrive? Thomas Brown Craig came with his wife, Elizabeth Stokell, whom he’d married the previous October, in London. Their daughter was born on the ship during their voyage from London to Lyttelton. Proving that I had found the correct Craig couple was interesting. There was no available passenger list,…
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Thomas Brown Craig
Thomas Brown Craig (TBC) was born “near Dumbarton” in Scotland (according to his death certificate). I have found nothing about him until his marriage to Elizabeth Stokell on 7 October 1857. The marriage was announced in the Leed’s Times on Saturday, Oct. 10, 1857. I think they probably travelled to NZ on the Lord Worsley,…