Schoolmaster Gravestone Kirkton of Monikie Angus Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of the Robert Craig gravestone in the graveyard on ancestry visit toKirkton of Monikie in Angus, Scotland. In loving remembrance of Robert Craig, 26 years Schoolmaster in Newbigging, born 6th January, 1827, died 17th March, 1887. The Craig surname is of Scottish locational origin from any of the various places thus called, including Craig in North East Forfarshire, and Craig in South Ayrshire. The name derives from the Old Gaelic " creag " meaning rock, a word that has been borrowed in Middle English as " crag ". In some instances, the name may be topographical, from residence by a steep or precipitous rock. Anneys del Crage of Edinburgh and Johan del Cragge of Lanarkshire rendered homage to John Balliol in 1296, and in 1323 reference was made to the land of James del Crag, son and heir of John del Crag, in Ayrshire.

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