William Craig, son of Alexander Craig and Elizabeth Craig, born at Bankend Farm, Avondale, Lanarkshire on 26 May 1787.1National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1787 621 20/14
Jean Anderson, daughter of Gilbert Anderson and Jean Blackwood, born at Townhead of Greenock Farm, Muirkirk, Ayrshire on 25 June 1804.2National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1804 607 20/79
William and Jean were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Avondale on 11 September 18303National Records of Scotland, OPR Banns & Marriages, 1830 621 40/237 and in the parish of Muirkirk on 23 September 1830.4National Records of Scotland, OPR Banns & Marriages, 1830 607 30/343
William and Jean are at Bankend Farm on the 1841,5National Records of Scotland, 1841 Census, 621 3/3 18516National Records of Scotland, 1851 Census, 621 3/8 and 18617National Records of Scotland, 1861 Census, 621 3/2 Census.
Jean, now widowed, is at Bankend Farm on the 1871 Census8National Records of Scotland, 1871 Census, 621 3/3 and living in Strathaven on the 1881 Census9National Records of Scotland, 1881 Census, 621 9/15.
CHILDREN
Jean Craig, born at Bankend Farm on 22 October 1831.10National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1831 621 40/73
Jean is with her parents at Bankend Farm on the 1841 and 1851 Census.
Jean married Thomas Lindsay (b. Avondale, Lanarkshire on 23 March 1822), son of James Lindsay and Jean Allan,11National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1822 621 40/16 at Bankend Farm on 28 November 1856.12National Records of Scotland, 1856 Marriages, 621 40
Jean and Thomas are at West Dykehead Farm, Avondale on the 186113National Records of Scotland, 1861 Census, 621 3/10 and 187114National Records of Scotland, 1871 Census, 621 3/9 Census.
On the 1881 Census, Jean is at West Dykehead Farm15National Records of Scotland, 1881 Census, 621 3/9 and Thomas is at Ryeland Farm, Avondale.16National Records of Scotland, 1881 Census, 621 5/6
Both are at West Dykehead Farm on the 1891 Census,17National Records of Scotland, 1891 Census, 621 3/11 and at Lochwood Mains Farm, Johnstone, Dumfriesshire on the 1901 Census.18National Records of Scotland, 1901 Census, 832 3/2
Jean died at Lochwood Mains Farm on 10 February 1904, age 72.19National Records of Scotland, 1904 Deaths, 832 1
Thomas died at Wynholm Farm, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire on 9 October 1907, age 85.20National Records of Scotland, 1907 Deaths, 831 2
Elizabeth Craig, born at Bankend Farm on 3 March 1834.21National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1834 621 40/88
Elizabeth is with her parents at Bankend Farm on the 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871 Census. She is with her mother in Kirk Street, Strathaven on the 1881 Census.
Elizabeth married James Somerville, Joiner (b. Wiston and Roberton, Lanarkshire on 23 October 1825), son of William Somerville and Margaret Waugh,22National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1825 660 20/14 at Kirk Street on 22 December 1885.23National Records of Scotland, 1885 Marriages, 621 33
Elizabeth and James are in Kirk Street on the 189124National Records of Scotland, 1891 Census, 621 9/14 and 190125National Records of Scotland, 1901 Census, 621 10/10 Census, latterly at number 26.
James died in Avondale in 1906, age 80.26National Records of Scotland, 1906 Deaths, 621 28
Elizabeth died at 26 Kirk Street on 1 October 1907, age 73.27National Records of Scotland, 1907 Deaths, 621 75
Alexander Craig, born at Bankend Farm on 12 July 1836.28National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1836 621 40/102
Alexander lived at Bankend Farm nearly all his life; he is living there on every census from 1841 through to 1911.
Alexander married Jane Fleming (b. Avondale, Lanarkshire on 5 March 1850), daughter of William Fleming and Isabella Morrison,29National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1850 621 40/184 at Templeland Farm, Avondale on 30 June 1875.30National Records of Scotland, 1875 Marriages, 621 20
Jane died at Bankend Farm on 30 July 1908, age 58.31National Records of Scotland, 1908 Deaths, 621 37
Alexander died at his retirement home, “Craigmains”, 59 Lethame Road, Strathaven on 9 May 1930, age 93.32National Records of Scotland, 1930 Deaths, 621 38
Gilbert Craig, born at Bankend Farm on 19 May 1838.33National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1838 621 40/113
Gilbert died on 5 January 1839. The entry in the Old Parish Register gives his name as ‘Gabreal’.34National Records of Scotland, OPR Deaths and Burials, 1839 621 40/415
James Craig, born at Bankend Farm on 4 April 1840.35National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1840 621 40/124
James is with his parents on the 1841 Census, but not any later than that. He may have died in infancy.
Gilbert Craig, born at Bankend Farm on 4 December 1841.36National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1841 621 40/134
Gilbert died on 21 March 1844. As with the previous Gilbert, the name in the Old Parish Register is given as ‘Gabriel’.37National Records of Scotland, OPR Deaths and Burials, 1844 621 40/445
Mary Craig, born at Bankend Farm on 23 April 1843.38National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1843 621 40/142
Mary is with her parents at Bankend Farm on the 1851 and 1861 Census.
On the 1881 Census she is at High Ploughland Farm, Avondale.39National Records of Scotland, 1881 Census, 621 3/7
She is at 31 Kirk Street on the 1901 Census with her sister Janet.40National Records of Scotland, 1901 Census, 621 10/5
Mary died at North Halls Farm, Avondale on 7 July 1936, age 93. Her usual address is given as 63 Kirk Street, Strathaven.41National Records of Scotland, 1936 Deaths, 621 40
Janet Craig, born at Bankend Farm on 16 July 1844.42National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1844, 621 40/150
Janet is with her parents at Bankend Farm on the 1851 and 1861 Census.
On the 1881 Census she is at High Ploughland Farm, Avondale.
She is with her sister Mary at 31 Kirk Street on the 1901 Census.
Janet died at 31 Kirk Street on 1 December 1921, age 77.43National Records of Scotland, 1921 Deaths, 621 50
Margaret Craig, born at Bankend Farm on 28 July 1848.44National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1848, 621 40/174
Margaret is with her parents at Bankend Farm on the 1851, 1861 and 1871 Census.
Margaret married John Craig of Ploughland Farm, Avondale (b. Avondale, Lanarkshire on 1 May 1842), son of John Craig and Margaret Anderson,45National Records of Scotland, OPR Births, 1842, 621 40/137 at Bankend Farm on 2 June 1871.46National Records of Scotland, 1871 Marriages, 621 8 Margaret and John are cousins,
Margaret and John are at High Ploughland Farm, Avondale on the 1881,47National Records of Scotland, 1881 Census, 621 3/7 189148National Records of Scotland, 1891 Census, 621 3/9 and 190149National Records of Scotland, 1901 Census, 621 3/9 Census.
Margaret died at High Ploughland Farm on 11 August 1909, age 61.50National Records of Scotland, 1909 Deaths, 621 48
John died at High Ploughland Farm on 1 April 1923, age 80.51National Records of Scotland, 1923 Deaths, 621 19
DEATHS
William died at Bankend Farm on 19 February 1871, age 83.52National Records of Scotland, 1871 Deaths, 621 22
Jean died in Kirk Street, Strathaven on 17 February 1883, age 78.53National Records of Scotland, 1883 Deaths, 621 14
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