 1839 - 1857 (17 years)
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| Name |
Craig, William Akin |
| Born |
18 May 1839 |
Dungog, New South Wales, Australia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
24 Feb 1857 |
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
| Buried |
25 Feb 1857 |
Ipswich Cemetary, Queensland, Australia |
| Person ID |
I01337 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
10 Nov 2017 |
| Father |
Craig, William, b. Abt. 1802, Preston Pans, East Lothian, Scotland , d. 2 Jan 1869, Warwick, Queensland, Australia (Age ~ 67 years) |
| Mother |
Falla, Isabella, c. 1 May 1802, Dunse, Berkwickshire, Scotland , d. 26 Aug 1869, Warwick, Queensland, Australia (Age ~ 67 years) |
| Married |
31 Dec 1827 |
St Georges, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] |
| Family ID |
F00350 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Accidently shot and killed while cleaning a weapon at Ipswich, Queensland.
Name: William A Craig Death Date: 1857 Death Place: New South Wales Father's Name: William Mother's name: Isabelle Registration Year: 1857 Registration Place: Ipswich, New South Wales Registration number: 2971
Moreton Bay Courier February 28th 1857.
Ipswich February 25th.
A most melancholy affair occurred here this morning. A young man named CRAIG the son of Mr. Craig blacksmith in Warwick, about 17 years of age, in the employment of Mr. Basilie, the blacksmith of this place, shot himself dead.
The following as near as can be gathered, the particulars of the case, the young man, who was lodging at Mr. Maxwell?s, took up a gun, it is supposed, to clean it. He put the nipple of the gun in a lighted candle and the mussel in his mouth, and endeavored to blow down the barrel so as to put the candle out through the nipple.
Unfortunately the gun happened to be loaded, went off, and shot him dead on the spot. The body awaits the usual magisterial inquiry. The affair was purely accidental.
He was buried in Ipswich Cemetery New South Wales on the 25th February 1857
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