George Henry Craig, Jr.,

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BIRTH: 1 Jan 1854 in Halifax, Nova Scotia (calculated from baptismal record) Alternate date - 3 Mar 1853 - source ?

CHRISTENING: Baptismal Records of St. Mary's, Halifax (Roman Catholic); 1855, p. 275 - August 1st - George Henry Craig - Baptized George Henry 1 yr and 7 months, legitimate child of George Edward Craig and Mary Ann Hampton. Sponsor Ellen Power

PARENTS: George Edward Craig and Mary Ann Hampton (from his baptismal record)

MARRIAGE: George H. Craig, Jr. married Charlotte Tufts on 1 Jan 1873 in Tufts Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1) Marriage record - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F2LR-97H 2) Nova Scotia Vital Records gives his name as "James George H. Craig" - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMLT-5S3 ["Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMLT-5S3 : 8 December 2014), James George H. Craig and Charlotte Tufts, 1873, Marriage; citing p. 7, volume 1816, , Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.] 3) Census records

CHILDREN: Census records

CENSUS: 1871 Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax Craig, E. George, m, 37, NS, Catholic, Scotch, rope maker, married Maryann, f, 35, Eng, Catholic, Engilsh H. George, m, 17, NS, Catholic, Scotch, rope maker F. Mary, f, 12, NS E. Charles, m, 9, NS Joseph, m, 6, NS Ellen, f, 3, NS Annie, f, 1/12 Mar, NS

1881 Halifax, Nova Scotia - M3 Dartmouth Craig, George, age 27, born in NS, origin "Scotch," occupation "trader." Charlite, age 25, born in NS, origin "English." Arthur (age 8), born in NS, origin "Scotch" Evilin (age 6), born in NS, origin "Scotch" Charlotte (age 4), born in NS, origin "Scotch" George (age 2), born in NS, origin "Scotch" Craig, Eliza, age 51, born in NS, origin "Scotch" (This is probably George Henry Craig's Aunt Elizabeth, who never married.)

1891 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dartmouth (6 Apr 1891) Craig, George H., m, 37, NS, NS, NS, Roman Catholic, hairdresser Charlotte, f, 35, wife, NS, NS, NS Arthur F., m, 17, son, NS, NS, NS Evaline M., f, 15, dau, NS, NS, NS Charlotte L., f, 13, dau, NS, NS, NS George H., m, 11, son, NS, NS, NS Franklan E., m, 9, son, NS, NS, NS Ralph W., m, 7, son, NS, NS, NS Clarence A., m, 5, son, NS, NS, NS Marion H., f, 2, dau, NS, NS, NS

1900 MA, Bristol Co., Easton (2 Jun 1900) Craig, George H., Head, w, m, Jan 1854, 46, m. for 27 yrs, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, immigrated in 1893, Gardener Sally T., (wife), w, f, Oct 1856, 43, m. for 27 yrs, nine children, seven still living, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, immigrated in 1893 Frank E. (son), m, w, Mar 1882, 18, single, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, Gardener, immigrated in 1895 Ralph W. (son), w, m, Jan 1884, 15, single, at school, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, immigrated in 1895 Clarence A. (son), w, m, Mar 1886, 14, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, immigrated in 1895 Mary A. (dau), w, f, May 1889, 11, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, immigrated in 1895 Edgar A. (son), w, m, Dec 1891, 8, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, immigrated in 1895 Tufts, Mary (mother-in-law), w, f, May 1821, 79, widow, one child, one child still living, widow, Can/Eng, Eng, Eng, immigrated in 1891

NOTE - Mary Ann McGraw was the second wife of Edward Delmus Tufts and no blood relation to Charlotte Laura Tufts Craig.

1910 MA, Bristol Co., Easton (23 Apr 1910) Craig, George H., Head, M, W, 56, marr 38 yrs, Canada, do, do, Immigrated in 1889, gardener Charlotte, Wife, F, W, 54, marr 38 yrs, Canada, do, do, Immigrated in 1895, 9 children, 7 still living Frank W., son, M, W, 27, single, Canada, do, do Ralph, son, M, W, 26, single, Canada, do, do Clyde R., son, M, W, 24, single, Canada, do, do Marian, dau, F, W, 20, single, Canada, do, do Edgar A., son, M, W, 18, single, Canada, do, do

1920 MA, Bristol Co., Easton (12 Jan 1920) Craig, George, Head, M, W, 66, Nova Scotia, do, do Charlotte, wife, F, W, 64, Nova Scotia, do, do Ralph, son, M, W, 35, single, Nova Scotia, do, do Edgar, son, M, W, 27, marr, Nova Scotia, do, do Olive, dau-in-law, F, W, 25, marr, MA Osborne, William, son-in-law, M, W, 28, marr, Eng, Eng, Eng Marian, dau, F, W, 29, marr, Nova Scotia, do, do

1930 MA, Bristol Co., Easton Craig, Charlotte L., Head, w, f, 74, widow, Can/Eng, Can/Eng, Can/Eng Immigrated in 1895 Osborne, Marian C., w, f, 40, Can/Eng William T., w, m, 39, Eng

IMMIGRATION: George Craig and wife, Charlotte Tufts Craig, entered the U.S. from Canada in 1893 (per 1900 census). Their children (Frank, Ralph, Clarence, Mary, & Edgar) entered in 1895 (per 1900 U.S. census).

According to the 1910 MA census, Charlotte and all the children immigrated in 1895 while George immigrated in 1889.

The George Craig family moved from Nova Scotia to Medford, MA where Charlotte's father was living at that time and then to North Easton, where Charlotte's brother William Tufts had a farm on Canton Street.

LAND: His daughter's marriage certificate says that she was living in Boston, MA at the age of 20 in 1897.

LAND: In 1894, Craig, his wife, Charlotte Laura Tufts (of Tufts Cove, N.S.), their three daughters and fours sons moved to Medford, Mass., and later to Forest Hills, Boston.

In 1897 the Craig family moved to North Easton, Mass.

In North Easton the George Craig family first lived on Elm Street, where the story goes that Arthur, the oldest son, died of lead poisoning from well-water, and Marion became very sick, but survived. They then moved to the corner of Elm and Main Street where the family lived until Edgar Craig bought the house at 16 Main Street for his father and mother and Marion and Bill, and built a house on the lot at 18 Main Street (about 1918).

BIOGRAPHY: George was an artist, some of whose paintings we own. Some of the negatives of his photographs are in the Dartmouth Heritage Museum collection

See - https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/george-h-craig-fonds

OCCUPATION: Trader and Gardener for Governor William Ames who lived at the corner of Mass Ave and Marlborough St in North Easton, MA.

George was employed by Gov. Ames to help landscape the new mansion he was building for his son at 104 Elm Street. George had experience in gardening: he had his own greenhouse in Dartmouth, and grew exotic plants, grapes and fruit trees, and he was instrumental in planning the Halifax Public Gardens.

The following information was obtained March 19, 1998 at NEHGS (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Newbury St., Boston, MA, 5th floor Library.

From "The History of Dartmouth" by John Patrick Martin, B.A., LL.D. 1957

Pgs. 55 & 56

"All the water lots and town lots on both sides of the original Portland Street line of Steamboat Hill were Crown Land grants to the Steamboat Company at its incorporation in 1816. The present Simonds property was then owned by Mrs. Jane Jackson, but from about 1840 onward, the building was occupied by Dominick Farrell, prosperous liquor and grocery merchant of the last century.

The whole block opposite Farrell's was gradually acquired by the MacDonald family of tobacco fame, who had retreated to rural Dartmouth during the 1834 cholera epidemic in Halifax. Their snuff mill was at MacDonald's Lake. On the present Royal Bank location stood Macdonald's Hall where the great Joseph Howe often captivated his hearers. At Queen St. corner until about 1900, was Allan MacDonald's fishing tackle and tobacco shop with a shiny metal fish dangling from a pole over the entrance.

Diagonally opposite, in the present Lesbirel building, lived George H. Craig, perhaps the most versatile citizen of the time. His aptitudes included those of a photographer, artist, musician, horticulturist, landscape gardener, barber, writer and punster. In the elevated doorway of his combined photographic studio, barber and cigar shop, stood the customary wooden Indian.

In the basement were two concrete bath tubs, four feet in depth. Here patrons indulged in steaming Turkish baths of salt water which had been piped in from the harbor, and heated. In the yard was a profusion of flowers and fruits, including cultivated grapes. The adjoining building on the north was fitted up with long skittle alleys.

Mr. Craig took hundreds of photographs of Dartmouth people and places. Among his numerous paintings on display was one depicting the Expulsion of the Acadians. It covered a stretch of canvas nine feet wide, and contained 500 figures. In the middle was Colonel John Winslow, who commanded the expedition."

Pg. 405

"The present Lesbirel building on Commercial Street was erected for George Craig, the barber-photographer, by Contractor John T. Walker, also in 1879. This soon became the leading tonsorial parlor in town and was patronized by leading citizens. As has already been explained on page 55, Mr. Craig possessed considerable talent and ambition. As a young man he worked regularly as a factory hand in the Ropeworks, and employed his nightly leisure learning the barbering trade."

Pg. 412

"Construction work in 1881 included a two-storey bowling alley and billiard hall for George Craig adjoining his premises on Water Street."

RELIGION: Roman Catholic

DEATH: 7 Sep 1923

BURIED: Village Cemetery, North Easton, Bristol Co., MA Inscription - "Father George H. 1854-1923" The flat stone is laid beneath a large upright on which is inscribed "Craig". Find A Grave Memorial # 73712087 (photo)

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Family Group Sheet Craig, George family Nova Scotia and Scotland Craig, George Y Y

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Census 1881 Census, Halifax, NS Dartmouth, M3 1881 Census, Halifax, NS 3 Y Y

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Electronic Databases Craig, William (Nova Scotia) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791/novasc.htm Craig, William (Nova Scotia) Y Y Y

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Church Record St. Mary's, Halifax, Nova Scotia St. Mary's, Halifax, Nova Scotia 3 Y

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57 275 Craig, Geo. H. baptized 1 Aug 1855 age 1 yr and 7 months, legitimate child of George Edward Craig and Mary Ann Hampton. 3

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Electronic Databases Craig, William (Nova Scotia) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791/novasc.htm Craig, William (Nova Scotia) Y Y Y

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Death Certificate Charlotte Laura Craig Hutchinson, death certificate Hutchinson, Charlotte Laura Craig, death cert 3 Y

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Baptismal Record George Henry Craig baptism St. Mary's, Halifax, NS Craig, George Henry baptism 3 Y Y

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Age 1 year and 7 months. Son of George Edward Craig and Mary Ann Hampton 2