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    1. [CRAIG-L] book: Craigs of Goulbourn and North Gower
    2. I just got my copy of Tuttle Book's latest catalog of genealogies and they have a copy of CRAIGS of Goulbourn and North Gower, by james B. Craig, 220 pp; photocopy; flex vinyl cover, 1929. $35.00 Perhaps someone would like to have this .... And while I'm here, I'll try once again to find some connection to my Craigs .... Here's what I know: On May 6th, 1849, Alexander Craig and Ann Cunningham, both residing in Pollokshaws Burgher Church Parish, were registered for proclamation of Banns 3 days. The above parties were married at Pollokshows on May 22, 1849 by the Rev. James C. Maclaurin, Minister, Will Sewell, Session Clerk. (From the old parochial registers now in the custody of the Registrar General in Edinburgh). In 1851, Alexander Craig (head of household, aged 22, bleacher, born Eastwood, Renfrewshire) and Ann Craig (his wife, aged 25, powerloom weaver, born Paisley Renfrewshire) were living at 16 Harriet Street, Pollokshaws. I believe they had five children, all born in Scotland: William Cunningham Craig, born 20 Sep 1854, at 5 Queen Mary Street, christened 17 Dec 1854 James MacDougall Craig, born 14 Nov 1857 (or possibly 1851), d. 1922 North Andover, MA Elizabeth Craig, born 30 Mar 1859, at 37 Dale Street, Bridgeton, christened 1 June 1859 Ann Craig, born 29 Jan 1862, at 243 Dalmarnock Road, Glasgow, christened 13 Apr 1862 Alexander Craig, born 3 Dec 1864, at 9 Dunn Stret, Glasgow, christened 5 Feb 1865 Four of the christenings were recorded at the London Road United Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. Alexander (father) was employed as a stoker, fireman, or porter at the time of the christenings. In 1881, Ann Craig, 56, housekeeper, was widowed and living at 3 Newhall Street, Barony, Lanark, Scotland, with daughter Elizabeth Craig, age 22, occupation Cotton Weaver, unmarried at the time of the 1881 census. In 1891, Ann Craig, head of house, widow, aged 65, housekeeper, born Paisley, Renfrewshire, Elizabeth (her daughter, unmarried, aged 32, weaver, born Glasgow), and Alexander (her son, aged 26, general labourer, unemployed) were living at 43 Adelphi Street in Bridgeton. James MacDougall Craig married Ellen Wilson (born 16 Jan 1860 Scotland, died April 13, 1938, Stafford Springs, CT) in Scotland and they came to the United States in 1880. One of his sisters (probably Ann) married Alexander Peacock in Scotland (they had no children). She was in the United States (working at the Nevins Home in Methuen, MA) when her brother James MacDougall Craig died in 1922, but she went back to Scotland sometime later. When James MacDougall Craig died on 1922, his brother Alexander was still alive in Scotland. Still looking for anyone related in any way! Kay Gleason great-granddaughter of James MacDougall Craig

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