John Adam CRAIG (1846

John Adam CRAIG (1846 - 1886)

sea captain

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Jessie Evelyn CRAIG (1879 - 1958) Emily Adeline CRAIG (1880 - 1948) Thomas Ernest CRAIG (1883 - 1960) Florence Henrietta CRAIG (1885 - 1888)	John Adam CRAIG (1846 - 1886) + Emily EVENNETT (1861 - 1928)	Thomas CRAIG (1821 - 1861)	Adam CRAIG (1797 - )

			Margaret LOW (1800 - )

		Jessie (Janet) GRONMEYER (1826 - 1869)	Ricahrd GRONMEYER

			Janet (GRONMEYER)

b. abt 1846 at Middlesex, England

m. 13 Nov 1878 Emily EVENNETT (1861 - 1928) at Cooktown, Queensland, Australia

d. 14 Sep 1886 at Fly River, PNG aged 40

Cause of Death:

murdered

Near Relatives of John Adam CRAIG (1846 - 1886)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Adam CRAIG	abt 1797	Midlothian, Scotland
Grandmother	Margaret LOW	abt 1800	Scotland
Grandfather	Ricahrd GRONMEYER
Grandmother	Janet (GRONMEYER)

Father in Law	Charles Clements EVENNETT	1829	Wadesmill, Hertfordshire, England	30 Dec 1873	off Cairns, Queensland, Australia	44
Mother in Law	Mary Eliza MERRIMAN	abt 1836	Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England	12 Feb 1918	Cooktown, Queensland, Australia	82

Father	Thomas CRAIG	28 Oct 1821	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	bef 1861	Scotland	40
Mother	Jessie (Janet) GRONMEYER	abt 1826	Firth, Midlothian, Scotland	1869	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	43

Self	John Adam CRAIG	abt 1846	Middlesex, England	14 Sep 1886	Fly River, PNG	40

Wife	Emily EVENNETT	05 Apr 1861	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	03 Sep 1928	Queensland, Australia	67

Daughter	Jessie Evelyn CRAIG	18 Aug 1879	Queensland, Australia	1958	Gosford, New South Wales, Australia	79
Daughter	Emily Adeline CRAIG	16 Nov 1880	Cooktown, Queensland, Australia	Dec 1948	Port Moresby, New Guinea	68
Son	Thomas Ernest CRAIG	09 Jan 1883	Queensland, Australia	1960	Port Moresby, New Guinea	77
Daughter	Florence Henrietta CRAIG	28 Feb 1885	Queensland, Australia	19 May 1888	Queensland, Australia	3

Sister	Jessie CRAIG	abt 1848	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Sister	Margaret CRAIG	abt 1851	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Sister	Mary Ann CRAIG	abt 1853	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Brother	Thomas CRAIG	abt 1855	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Sister	Henrietta Jane (Ettie) CRAIG	abt 1865	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	29 Mar 1902	Cooktown, Queensland, Australia	37
Half Sister	Daughter LUCAS	1866

Son in Law	Colin CLUNN	04 Nov 1880	Cooktown, Queensland, Australia	01 Jul 1942	At sea	61
Son in Law	William John HART	24 Nov 1872	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Apr 1959	Port Moresby, New Guinea	86
Daughter in Law	Anna Marie Louisa Trenchen von BREMEN	1888	Queensland, Australia

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

Uncle	Adam CRAIG	abt 20 Sep 1817	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	bef 1828	Scotland	11
Aunt	Margaret CRAIG	bef 04 Aug 1819	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Aunt	Maryann Bonar CRAIG	09 Apr 1824	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Uncle	David CRAIG	abt 1827	Scotland
Uncle	Adam CRAIG	04 Mar 1828	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Uncle	George Robertson CRAIG	15 Apr 1830	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Aunt	Jane CRAIG	abt 1834	Scotland

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

Brother in Law	Charles Clements EVENNETT	20 Aug 1862	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	05 Jun 1912	Samarai, New Guinea	49
Brother in Law	Frederick EVENNETT	24 Dec 1866	Princhester, Queensland, Australia	31 May 1941	Milne Bay, P.N.G.	74
Sister in Law	Florence EVENNETT	28 Apr 1870	Princhester, Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Ernest EVENNETT	08 Nov 1872	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	28 Dec 1952	Samarai, New Guinea	80
Sister in Law	Ada JAMIESON	06 Mar 1875	Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Arthur JAMIESON	1877	Queensland, Australia	26 Feb 1878	Cooktown, Queensland, Australia	1
Sister in Law	Isabella (CRAIG)	abt 1863	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Brother in Law	Joseph Woodville BOLLES	abt 14 Jan 1843	Mattapoitte, Massachuetts, USA	08 Apr 1930	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	87

Events in John Adam CRAIG (1846 - 1886)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1846		John Adam CRAIG was born	Middlesex, England
bef 1861	15	Death of father Thomas CRAIG (aged 40)	Scotland
1869	23	Death of mother Jessie (Janet) GRONMEYER (aged 43)	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
13 Nov 1878	32	Married Emily EVENNETT (aged 17)	Cooktown, Queensland, Australia	1878/C107
18 Aug 1879	33	Birth of daughter Jessie Evelyn CRAIG	Queensland, Australia	1879/C856
16 Nov 1880	34	Birth of daughter Emily Adeline CRAIG	Cooktown, Queensland, Australia	1880/C954
09 Jan 1883	37	Birth of son Thomas Ernest CRAIG	Queensland, Australia	1883/C1419
28 Feb 1885	39	Birth of daughter Florence Henrietta CRAIG	Queensland, Australia	1885/C1772
14 Sep 1886	40	John Adam CRAIG died	Fly River, PNG		12

Personal Notes:

From Karen Thomson:
CAPTAIN JOHN ADAM CRAIG
..info from marriage cert of Nov 1878 of John Adam Craig and Emily Evennett...
it states that John Craig was born in London England about 1851. His occupation was a Master Mariner and he was a bachelor living in Cooktown at the time of his marriage.
John was 27 when he married Emily , aged 17, on the 13 Nov 1878 at the Office of the District Registrar in Cooktown , QLd
EMILY CRAIG ( nee EVENNETT )LATER MARRIED THOMAS JAMES THOMSON IN MARCH
1889 AND HAD ANOTHER 2 BOYS IN NOVEMEBR 1889 AND 1891)
The following is from an article, found when searching John Adam Craig...
Joseph Woodville Bolles (brother in law to John Adam Craig) died in Townsville, Queensland on April 8, 1930 at age 87 and was buried in the West End Cemetery in Townsville, Queensland, Australia; Block C, Row 1, Grave 1. He is buried with Henrietta “Ettie” Bowles (sister to John Adam Craig) who died at age 41 in 1902. Exploits of the whalers and Joseph Bolles can be found in the book written by his grandson in 1993, Herb Bolles, entitled "Shipwreck, Massacre and Meyhem”.
Henrietta Jane Craig of Edinburgh, Bolles second wife, sailed aboard the British Indian steamship “Merkara” to Cooktown to live with her brother Capt. John Adam Craig, who was subsequently murdered by a native crew when pearling in his Cooktown ketch “Emily” in the Louisiade Archipelago, of New Guinea, on September 14, 1886. The following year, on July 26, 1887, her then fiance, William Hanson, was similarly murdered by local natives when pearling in the Cooktown cutter “Cecilia”, in Orangerie Bay of New Guinea. Bolles then married his second wife, Jane Craig in Cooktown in 1890 and they moved to Townsville where Jessie Adaleen Bolles was born in 1892, who later married Hugh Roberts and his son Joseph Thomas Herbert Bolles was born in 1899. Bolles and his family than moved to Townsville where he continued building ships until his retirement in 1915. Bolles was the owner and master of a small steam coaster in the late 1890’s, called the “Dove”. Financially, it was a disaster and today its rusted out boiler lies in mangroves at Port Douglass; used as a bollard for fishing boats.

Source References:

12. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Genes reunited, Title: Genes

- Reference = Karen Davies tree (Death)

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