Hannah Elizabeth Craig [Jones Collingwood]
Hannah was a strong American woman. She traveled by wagon from Utah to Oregon with her first husband Isaac Jones and their young son. They settled on Ingram Island near Monroe, Oregon. This is an area of land bordered on two sides by a large bend in the Willamette River with a creek on the other sides. Their home is no longer there, it is now a field or pasture.
My mother, Bernice, Hannah’s granddaughter, still has memories of this farm and the house they owned and then moved into after the original burned to the ground. My mother tells me that this final house was built on stilts because of a history of severe flooding of the Willamette River.
Hannah spent her childhood in Spanish Fork Utah, born into a Morman family. Her father and mother were Robert and Elizabeth Craig. She was born 2 Nov 1867, their eldest living child.
The 1880 US Census reports Hannah’s year of birth as 1867. It states she was 13 years old at that time. Her parents are listed as Robert and Elizabeth Craig, living in Spanish Fork, Utah. The household members for that Census record are listed as Robert 45, Elizabeth 36, Hannah 13, Agnes 6, Margaret 3, and William 2 months.
She had three siblings that died young, Robert A. Craig 1866-1867; James Enos Craig 1870-1871; Sarah H. Craig 1871-1873. Her living siblings were Agnes 1874 – 1924, Margaret Miller Craig 1877-1933 and William John Craig 1880-1947.
[1880 US Census information found at this website]
The following information on Hannah’s parents comes from the LDS.org website:
Robert Silch Craig (father)
DOB: 15 February 1834 Northumberland, England
DOD: 30 Sep 1880 Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States,
Elizabeth Clark (mother)
DOB: 8 May 1844 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
DOD: 2 (or 9th) Dec 1926 Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah
Hannah was my great grandmother and the grandmother of many of the Jones, Tolman, Collingwood and Archibald lines of our family tree. Hannah’s married names were Jones and Collingwood.
Hannah’s first husband was Isaac Jones. The record shows that Isaac Jones married Hannah Craig on 20 May 1888 in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah. This information about their marriage was found in Utah Marriages – 1887-1966 at this website
Isaac Jones was NOT a Mormon. He came from South Wales. They were married in Spanish Fork, Utah in 1888. He was born in South Wales, UK in 1837, and although I have no date for his death, he did die before 1907 when Hannah married again. If my dates are correct then it appears that Isaac was about 50 years old when he married 20 year old Hannah. This seems about right for the times, as in those days a man had to be able to provide for a family before he married. His history is unknown by me at this time. [Was he married before? Did he have other children from a previous marriage? These are mysteries that I hope to solve. A cousin, Janet Jones (maiden name), his granddaughter may have this information. I was able to talk to Janet just a couple of nights ago, and she will be sending me more information on her family genealogy. I will update this page when I have more information.]
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| Aaron Collingwood, Hannah Elizabeth Craig Jones Collingwood, William Aaron Collingwood, and Isaac Jones (left to right) |
From this first marriage my mother’s Uncle Isaac was born. I vaguely remember Uncle Isaac from when I was a child. The funny thing is I remember the cracked sidewalk in front of their house clearly but the rest is just a shadow. I was just a child after all.
Her first son, Isaac Jones was born when she was 26 years old. No known middle name.
It appears that Isaac came by wagon with his parents when they came to Oregon. [The date of their migration is unknown by me. Do you have any further information?]
Here is an interesting thing that I do know about Hannah (from my mother’s verbal story): When Isaac Jones knew that he was dying he made arrangements for his wife to marry their farm hand, I assume to care for their son and keep the farm operating for him until he was old enough to take responsibility for it. My great-grandfather was that farm hand.
Hannah married her second husband, (the farm hand) Aaron Collingwood, in 1907. They married in Lane Co. Oregon. Aaron’s granddaughter Bernice (my mother) states that he had no middle name. [Does anyone have any different information?] Aaron was a widower. His first wife, Eliza was born 20 May 1858 in Canada, and died 2 Oct 1904 in Lane County, OR. The cause of her death is unknown, as is the date of their marriage and if they had children.
Aaron Collingwood was born 3 Jun 1847 in Rockland, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA. He was 61 years old when his son William was born and Hannah was about 39 to 41 years old (there are differences in the data). Bill was still a boy when Aaron died, 22 Feb 1923 in the Santa Clara area of Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA.
Their son’s information is as follows: William Aaron Collingwood, DOB 7 Sep 1908 (probably at home on the farm on Ingram Island) in Lane county, Oregon. His DOD was 7 Jun 1970 in Portland, Clackamas Co, Oregon. He was known as Bill to many.
The 1880 US Census shows Hannah living in Spanish Fork, Utah with her parents. The 1900 US Census shows her living in Irving, Oregon. The 1920 and 1930 US Census’ shows her living in Lone Pine, Oregon.
Hannah died in her home in Lane County Oregon on 18 Oct, 1933. Hannah is buried in the Eugene Pioneer Cemetery blk 229 plot # is unknown. Information can be found on http://www.eugenepioneercemetery.org/
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