1820 - 1878 (57 years)
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Name |
Thomas Stevenson CRAIG |
Prefix |
Rev. |
Suffix |
,of Chequer Hall,1st Minister of Ballyweaney Presbyterian Church |
Born |
6 Aug 1820 |
Faughenvale, Londonderry, Ireland |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
19 Jan 1878 |
Thargomindah, Queensland, Australia |
Cause: general debility. |
- Ref:The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 29 January 1878 p 2 Family Notices"CRAIG. - On the 19th January, at Thurgomindah, the Rev. Thomas Craig, late Pastor of St Stephen's, Ipswich, and Police Magistrate for the last twelve months at Thurgomindah, aged 57 years.
The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 2 February 1878
"The Late Rev. Thomas Craig. IN another column is announced the death at Thorgomindah of the Rev. Thomas Craig. From data furnished us by a friend of the deceased gentleman, we gather the following particulars respecting his history :— Mr., Craig was ordained and inducted, under the Route Presbytery, into the pastoral charge of a congregation in the county of Antrim, Ireland, in 1840, and for twelve years ministered to them to their great satisfaction, and refusing many offer of a better position and larger income. In 1852, acting on the advice of his friends, the Revs. Drs. Cooke and Stewart, he emigrated to Melbourne, under the auspices of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland, and was highly recommended by the gentlemen mentioned. On his arrival in Melbourne he was offered the charge several churches, both Free and Established, but chose to cast in his lot with the adherents of the Established Church. Subsquently Mr. Craig did much to bring about a union of the Presbyterian Churches of Victoria, and, after spending some years in that colony, passed over to New South Wales on the invitation of the congregation of St. Andrew's, Parramatta, whose pastor he became. Failing health and a bronchial affection induced him to come to this colony, where he for some time occupied the position of pastor in St. Stephen's church, Ipswich. His voice, however, failed him so much that he was obliged to desist from preaching and retire from the ministry. The respect in which he was generally held, and the influence of his friends, induced the Government to appoint Mr. Craig Police Magistrate at Thargomindah, in the Lower Warrego disstrict."
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Buried |
20 Jan 1878 |
Thargomindah, Queensland, Australia |
Person ID |
I21837 |
Kirkpatrick Family |
Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
Family |
Jane Gray KIRKPATRICK, b. 24 Sep 1820, Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland , d. 30 Apr 1884, "Closeburn", Taringa, Queensland, Australia (Age 63 years) |
Married |
21 Mar 1843 |
Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
- Ref:Belfast News-Letter Antrim, Northern Ireland 28 Mar 1843 Thomas, Jane and their children departed Liverpool ,England,on the 8th May 1852 on board the Australia(on it's maiden voyage to Melbourne) ,arriving at Port Fairy in Victoria ,Australia on the 22nd August 1852.
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Children |
| 1. Grace Kirkpatrick CRAIG, b. 25 Feb 1845, County Antrim, Northern Ireland , d. 10 Jul 1934, Taringa, Queensland, Australia (Age 89 years) |
| 2. Richard Stevenson CRAIG, ,of Avon Plains,Victoria ,Australia, b. 7 Aug 1847, Londonderry , Northern Ireland , d. 21 Aug 1912, Dalby, Queensland, Australia (Age 65 years) |
| 3. James Kirkpatrick CRAIG, ,Post and Telegraph Master, b. 5 Jun 1848, County Antrim, Northern Ireland , d. 17 Apr 1924, Alderley, Queensland, Australia (Age 75 years) |
| 4. Maude Annie Kirkpatrick CRAIG, b. 22 Aug 1850, County Antrim, Northern Ireland , d. 27 May 1879, Sandhurst East, Victoria, Australia (Age 28 years) |
| 5. Florence Henrietta Kirkpatrick CRAIG, b. 1853, Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia , d. 21 Feb 1898, "Closeburn" Taringa, Brisbane, Qld, Australia (Age 45 years) |
| 6. Charles Kirkpatrick Gray CRAIG, ,of the Town and Country Bank,Twelve Mile ,N.T., b. 1855, Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia , d. 18 Nov 1922, Townsville, Queensland.Australia (Age 67 years) |
| 7. Thomas Stevenson CRAIG, b. 1857, Essendon, Victoria, Australia , d. 4 Jan 1882, Thargomindah, Queensland, Australia (Age 25 years) |
| 8. John Ebenezer CRAIG, b. 1860, Essendon, Victoria, Australia , d. 19 Feb 1935, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia (Age 75 years) |
| 9. Henry Cooke CRAIG, , of The Works Department, Brisbane, b. 28 Sep 1863, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia , d. 29 Nov 1896, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 33 years) |
| 10. William Alexander Sibthorpe CRAIG, b. 22 Mar 1865, Ipswich , Queensland , Australia , d. 24 Dec 1936, Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 71 years) |
| 11. Walter Francis Scott CRAIG, b. 11 Dec 1867, Tamworth , New South Wales, Australia , d. 12 May 1945, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 77 years) |
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Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
Family ID |
F3453 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Thomas was a Presbyterian minister, being ordained at Ballyweaney in 1840(Ballyweaney has had 11 ministers since it was founded ,with the Rev. Thomas Craig the first to hold the post ,from 1840 to 1852), before emigrating to Australia in 1852.In 1876, he was appointed pastor of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Ipswich,but left the ministry due to failing health and relocated to Thargomindah, Queensland where it was thought the dry country air of out-back Queensland might assist in his recovery.He was appointed Police Magistrate at Thargomindah .This change of climate did not assist his recovery and he died in 1878.
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