John CRAIG

Date of Birth: 
c 1865
Date of Death: 
13 Oct 1911

John was born in Scotland.

He married Eliza Staff (born in Wellington in 1868) in 1890.

They had 3 daughters & six sons, one of whom died very young. He (Hugh) is the only family member buried at Tito Tiro Rd cemetery.

One son, Andrew, served in WW1. One son-in-law, Arthur Jenkins, died of wounds in Greece in WW2.

John was an accountant. He started in Wellington & returned to Wellington after a short stint in Levin between 1901 & 1905. It was during this time son Hugh died.

Relatives mentioned in profile: 
John Craig, Annie Elizabeth (Eliza) Staff, Walter John Staff, Anne Jane Garbett, Edith Ada Craig, Percy Farquharsen Stevens, Evan Stuart Craig, Winifred Armstrong Aitken, Andrew John Craig, Gwendolyn Stoddart Mitchell, Colin Walter Craig, Adelphia Mary (Adele) Healy, Hugh Douglas Craig, Herbert Sidney John Craig, Violet Rachel Cloughley, Ada Joy Craig, Alfred Hughes Paterson, Denham Fraser Oliphant, Janet Euman Beveridge, Margaret Annie Jean Craig, Arthur Vincent Jenkins, John Stanley Craig, Nora Hurst.