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Robert Craig and Isabella Gilchrist |
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Robert Craig and his wife Isabella Gilchrist left Greenock, Scotland,
on the ship "Commerce" on May 11, 1821. Accompanying them on their
voyage were five of their six children: John, William, Robert,
Ellen, and their year-old son Stewart Douglas
Craig. They arrived in Quebec on June 20, 1821, travelling as
part of a group called the "Camlachie Emigration Society." Robert Craig died 2 November, 1871, age 85, and Isabella Gilchrist died March 26, 1866. Both are buried in the Hopetown Cemetery, Plot 25, Row 4. |
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Photo submitted by Judy Woodley. |