Seventh Generation (Continued)
Alma S CRAIG (Richard6, Deborah SMITH5, Ann KERFOOT4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Born on 28 Aug 1889 in Smith Falls, Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Alma S died in Smith Falls, Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, on 1 Jul 1925; she was 35.
i. ALMA S.7 CRAIG, b. 28 August 1889, Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada.; d. 1 July 1925, Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada.
For many years she was a primary school teacher in Smith Falls, Ontario. Talented in music, she served in the choir of Trinity Methodist Church in Smith Falls as well as in the Sunday School and the Missionary Department. On the occasion of the centenary of the Prospect Chruch in 1924 when a choir of the Kerfoots supplied the music, it was Alma, a kerfooot, who presided at the organ. At the time of her funeral it was said of her "she lived a short life of thirty-five years, greatly lived".
Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Stedman S CRAIG (Richard6, Deborah SMITH5, Ann KERFOOT4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Born on 18 Mar 1891 in Smith Falls, Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
328. ii. STEDMAN S.7 CRAIG (RICHARD6, DEBORAH5 SMITH, ANN4 KERFOOT, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2, THOMAS1) was born 18 March 1891 in Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada. He married LAURA MANDERS 3 April 1912 in Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada. They had 1 daughter.
He was a conductor on the C.P.R. and a great lover of horse races as well as other sports. As of 1953 he and his wife were residing at 52 Ellerbeck St., Kingston, Ontario.
Stedman S married Laura MANDERS. Born ca 1891 in Smith Falls, Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
She was born in Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada..
They had one child:
i.
Averil Grace CRAIG (1913-1943)
H Allan CRAIG (Richard6, Deborah SMITH5, Ann KERFOOT4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Born on 20 Jun 1893 in Smith Falls, Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
329. iii. H. ALLAN7 CRAIG (RICHARD6, DEBORAH5 SMITH, ANN4 KERFOOT, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2, THOMAS1) was born 20 June 1893 in Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada. He married GLADYS BLUETT 15 June 1932 in London, Ontario, Canada.
He was a graduate of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In the First World War he served with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry Regiment. He was awarded the D.C.M. for courageous acts in the trenches. After the war he was on the staff of the Peterboro Collegiate. As of 1953 he was still there. During the Second World War he served as commander of the Peterboro Collegiate Rangers. As of 1953 he held the rank of Colonel. As of 1953 the family resided at Twenty Acres, R.R. No. 3, Peterboro, Ontario. They had 2 children
On 15 Jun 1932 when H Allan was 38, he married Gladys BLUETT in London, Ontario, Canada. Born ca 1893 in London, Ontario, Canada.
She was born in London, Ontario, Canada.
They had the following children:
William B CRAIG (Richard6, Deborah SMITH5, Ann KERFOOT4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Born on 2 Aug 1895 in Smith Falls, Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. William B died in Burges, France, on 26 Sep 1918; he was 23.
iv. WILLIAM B. CRAIG, b. 2 August 1895, Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada.; d. 26 September 1918, Burges, France.
He was training to be a druggist at the time of his enlistment in the Royal Naval Service during World War I where he was in the same squadron as the future George VI. As a lieutenant he led his squardron over Burges, Belgium on September 26, 1918 and failed to return. For many months he was listed as missing and "believed to be alive somewhere in Belgium or Germany". Then the British War Ministry finally declared him to be dead. In his home town he had been a tenor solist in the church choir for many years and was loved for his friendliness. It is significant that in his diary, which was sent home after his death, he often referred to "Prince Albert"[ Belgium King] and his love of music and his friendship with the other members of his regiment.
Muriel A CRAIG (Richard6, Deborah SMITH5, Ann KERFOOT4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Muriel A died on 12 Feb 1898 in Smith Falls, Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Smith Falls, N Elmsley, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
v. MURIEL A. CRAIG, d. 12 February 1898, Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada. [born, died, or both?]
Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada
Elsie CRAIG (Richard6, Deborah SMITH5, Ann KERFOOT4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Born on 31 Dec 1899 in Smith Falls, Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
330. vi. ELSIE7 CRAIG (RICHARD6, DEBORAH5 SMITH, ANN4 KERFOOT, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2, THOMAS1) was born 31 December 1899 in Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada.. She married CLARENCE EARLE 26 July 1926.
She trained as a nurse at Clifton Springs, New York, U.S.A. and graduated in June 1924. During World War II she was head technician in charge of the Brockville Blood Service and was also in charge of the Mobile Blood Donor Service which called regularly at Ogdenburg, Watertown, Morristown and Smith Falls. They had 2 children
Elsie married Clarence EARLE. Born ca 1899 in Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
He was born in Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
They had the following children:
Elizabeth L CRAIG (Richard6, Deborah SMITH5, Ann KERFOOT4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Born on 4 Dec 1902 in Smith Falls, Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
vii. ELIZABETH L. CRAIG, b. 4 December 1902, Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada..
As of 1953 she was teaching in Ottawa. Her address at that time was 52 Powell Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.