Thomas Craig

1815 - 1892  (76 years)

• Name	Thomas Craig
  Birth	15 Oct 1815	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199568024
  _FGRAVE	199568024
  _FSFTID	KHBT-WSN
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHBT-WSN
  Death	18 Feb 1892	Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	1892, Friday February 26, The Almonte Gazette, front page An Old Settler Called Home Mr Thomas Craig, one of the few remaining pioneers of Ramsay, received the call to his eternal rest last Thursday, after an illness of three weeks duration, resulting from an attack of grippe, The old gentleman, although not possessed of a rugged constitution, was almost a stranger to sickness; but the well-worn frame fell an easy victim to the insidious trouble which he was attacked. The late Mr Craig was born in Glasgow, Scotland, October 15th, 1815, and had reached the advanced age of 76. He came with his parents to Canada in 1821, They, like many of the first settlers, went to Lanark, and from that village came down the Clyde and Mississippi by boats to Almonte, their first camping spot hereabout being where our town hall now stands. They settled on the eighth line of Ramsay the same year, and on that line deceased lived continuously till his death ? a period of over seventy years. Mr Craig married Jane Clarke in 1843, Mrs Craig died eight years ago, since which time the husband resided alone till within a few weeks of his death. Three children survive ? Mrs Thomas Goodfellow, Mrs James Smithson and Thos Craig all of Ramsay. The funeral took place on Saturday last, to the eighth line cemetery, and was largely attended. The ranks of the pioneer settlers are getting thinner year by year, and exceedingly few are left to tell of the hardships and privations they had to endure in paving the way for the fine farms and comfortable homes of the present generation, Honoured be their memories!
  Burial	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com
  Person ID	I24196	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Jane Clarke,   b. 1816   d. 8 Feb 1884 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1843
  Children	1. Ann Craig,   b. 1842, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 19 Nov 1934, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 92 years)   2. Thomas Craig,   b. 1844, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 1 Apr 1924, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F8248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Oct 1815 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Death - 18 Feb 1892 - Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth