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Jessie Evelyn CRAIG (1879 - 1958)
school teacher
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Jessie Evelyn CRAIG (1879 - 1958) John Adam CRAIG (1846 - 1886) Thomas CRAIG (1821 - 1861) Adam CRAIG (1797 - )
Margaret LOW (1800 - )
Jessie (Janet) GRONMEYER (1826 - 1869) Ricahrd GRONMEYER
Janet (GRONMEYER)
Emily EVENNETT (1861 - 1928) Charles Clements EVENNETT (1829 - 1873) Frederick EVENNETT (1793 - 1865)
Ann CLEMENTS (1798 - 1864)
Mary Eliza MERRIMAN (1836 - 1918) Simon Peter MERRIMAN (1802 - 1883)
Mary Eliza GRAYSON (1813 - 1847)
b. 18 Aug 1879 at Queensland, Australia
d. 1958 at Gosford, New South Wales, Australia aged 79
Near Relatives of Jessie Evelyn CRAIG (1879 - 1958)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Thomas CRAIG 28 Oct 1821 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland bef 1861 Scotland 40
Grandmother Jessie (Janet) GRONMEYER abt 1826 Firth, Midlothian, Scotland 1869 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 43
Grandfather Charles Clements EVENNETT 1829 Wadesmill, Hertfordshire, England 30 Dec 1873 off Cairns, Queensland, Australia 44
Grandmother Mary Eliza MERRIMAN abt 1836 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England 12 Feb 1918 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 82

Father John Adam CRAIG abt 1846 Middlesex, England 14 Sep 1886 Fly River, PNG 40
Mother Emily EVENNETT 05 Apr 1861 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 03 Sep 1928 Queensland, Australia 67

Self Jessie Evelyn CRAIG 18 Aug 1879 Queensland, Australia 1958 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia 79

Sister Emily Adeline CRAIG 16 Nov 1880 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia Dec 1948 Port Moresby, New Guinea 68
Brother Thomas Ernest CRAIG 09 Jan 1883 Queensland, Australia 1960 Port Moresby, New Guinea 77
Sister Florence Henrietta CRAIG 28 Feb 1885 Queensland, Australia 19 May 1888 Queensland, Australia 3
Half Brother Cecil Fordyce THOMSON 14 Nov 1889 Queensland, Australia 02 Dec 1923 Queensland, Australia 34
Half Brother Wilfred Evennett THOMSON 30 May 1891 Queensland, Australia 16 Jan 1975 Queensland, Australia 83
Step Brother John Colin Craig CLUNN 06 May 1902 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 13 Jan 1983 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 80

Aunt Jessie CRAIG abt 1848 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Aunt Margaret CRAIG abt 1851 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Aunt Mary Ann CRAIG abt 1853 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Uncle Thomas CRAIG abt 1855 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Aunt Isabella (CRAIG) abt 1863 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Aunt Henrietta Jane (Ettie) CRAIG abt 1865 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 29 Mar 1902 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 37
Uncle Joseph Woodville BOLLES abt 14 Jan 1843 Mattapoitte, Massachuetts, USA 08 Apr 1930 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 87
Aunt Daughter LUCAS 1866
Uncle Charles Clements EVENNETT 20 Aug 1862 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 05 Jun 1912 Samarai, New Guinea 49
Aunt Margaret Anne (Annie) LANG 22 Jun 1868 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 10 Apr 1894 Muttaburra, Queensland, Australia 25
Uncle Frederick EVENNETT 24 Dec 1866 Princhester, Queensland, Australia 31 May 1941 Milne Bay, P.N.G. 74
Aunt Annie Frances MCGUIGGAN
Aunt Florence EVENNETT 28 Apr 1870 Princhester, Queensland, Australia
Uncle Andrew KENNEDY
Uncle Ernest EVENNETT 08 Nov 1872 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 28 Dec 1952 Samarai, New Guinea 80
Aunt Annie EDWARDS 13 Jul 1880 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 04 Feb 1981 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 100
Aunt Ada JAMIESON 06 Mar 1875 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
Uncle Christopher Charles CARDINAL abt Jun 1867 Lewisham, London, England 1927 Queensland, Australia 60
Uncle Arthur JAMIESON 1877 Queensland, Australia 26 Feb 1878 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 1

Cousin Thomas H CRAIG abt 1886 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Cousin Constance M I CRAIG abt 1900 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Cousin Jessie Adeline Adaleen BOLLES 28 Jun 1891 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 10 Aug 1943 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 52
Cousin Joseph Thomas Herbert BOLLES 06 Jan 1899 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Arthur Woodville BOLLES 02 Apr 1884 Queensland, Australia 11 Aug 1966 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 82
Cousin Daisy Lillian BOLLES 24 Jun 1887 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Daisy Eleanor EVENNETT 13 Aug 1887 Muttaburra, Queensland, Australia 05 May 1954 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 66
Cousin Arthur Ernest EVENNETT 09 Mar 1891 Muttaburra, Queensland, Australia abt 1953 PNG 62
Cousin Effie Florence EVENNETT 19 Nov 1893 Muttaburra, Queensland, Australia 12 Nov 1956 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 62
Cousin Charles Frederick EVENNETT 20 Jul 1889 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 05 Dec 1919 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 30
Cousin Elsie Jane KENNEDY 1897 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Ivy Merriman KENNEDY 25 May 1898 Queensland, Australia 18 Nov 1982 Queensland, Australia 84
Cousin Florence Tessie (Jessie) KENNEDY 1900 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Hilda Elaine KENNEDY 1903 Queensland, Australia 1923 Queensland, Australia 20
Cousin Andrew Alexander Thomas KENNEDY 1909 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Ernest Frederick Ceicel KENNEDY 21 Apr 1910 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 31 Dec 2001 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 91
Cousin Joseph Charles EVENNETT 24 Apr 1902 Coen, Queensland, Australia 28 Dec 1952 Logea, P.N.G. 50
Cousin Ivy Florence EVENNETT 08 Dec 1903 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Louisa Emily EVENNETT 18 Apr 1906 Coen, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Annie Merriman (Mirrie) EVENNETT 17 Oct 1908 Coen, Queensland, Australia Jan 2006 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 97
Cousin Jessie Eliza EVENNETT 05 Oct 1911 Coen, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Effie Edna EVENNETT 15 Mar 1915 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Roy Frederick EVENNETT 06 Jan 1919 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 24 Feb 1980 Queensland, Australia 61
Cousin Ivy Jane Miriam CARDINAL 1903 Queensland, Australia
Cousin William Charles CARDINAL 1906 Queensland, Australia
Cousin John Harold CARDINAL 1908 Queensland, Australia

Nephew John Colin Craig CLUNN 06 May 1902 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 13 Jan 1983 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 80
Niece Florence CRAIG 08 Apr 1907 Queensland, Australia
Niece Jessie Isobel HART 05 Oct 1908 Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Niece Adele Elaine HART 18 Apr 1910 Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Niece Jean Evelyn HART 30 Jul 1915 Port Moresby, New Guinea
Niece Joan HART 30 Jul 1915 Port Moresby, New Guinea 1990 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 75
Nephew Ernest Henrich CRAIG 1911 Queensland, Australia
Niece Margaret Osmer CRAIG 1913 Queensland, Australia
Nephew John Adam CRAIG 1921 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased

Brother in Law Colin CLUNN 04 Nov 1880 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 01 Jul 1942 At sea 61
Brother in Law William John HART 24 Nov 1872 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Apr 1959 Port Moresby, New Guinea 86
Sister in Law Anna Marie Louisa Trenchen von BREMEN 1888 Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Agnes Grace HAYES
Sister in Law Alice Marion Harley NOON 01 Apr 1917 Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia 03 Nov 2006 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 89
Events in Jessie Evelyn CRAIG (1879 - 1958)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
18 Aug 1879 Jessie Evelyn CRAIG was born Queensland, Australia 1879/C856
14 Sep 1886 7 Death of father John Adam CRAIG (aged 40) Fly River, PNG 12
03 Sep 1928 49 Death of mother Emily EVENNETT (aged 67) Queensland, Australia 1928/C2028 12
1958 79 Jessie Evelyn CRAIG died Gosford, New South Wales, Australia 12774/1958 14
Personal Notes:
From Karen Thomson:
INFO FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES..
SEARCH HEADING..PAPUA NEW GUINEA EVACUEES, WW2
Title Jessie Evelyn Craig [2 pages; box 8] Series number Control symbol Contents date range SP423/5 CRAIG JE 1941 - 1941
Access status Location Barcode Open Sydney 3506457

...thoughts of Alice Thomson on John's step-sister Jessie Craig, who lived with the family for a number of years c 1945 to 1950..
.....Jessie was a school teacher in Rockhampton Qld for many years and then moved to Samari New Guinea and taught there for a few years before moving in with the family at the Rectory in Sandgate. She then went to live with her brother Thomas Craig and his wife Anna in Gosford NSW, the Thomson's would visit this family for some holidays.
Jessie then came back to Brisbane and stayed with friends at Bowen Hills till she died.
Source References:
14. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: Karen Thomson e-mail 13 feb 09, Auth: Karen Thomsom, Date: 13/2/09
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