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NancyMary(Polly)"Sally"Craig formerly Whitaker

Daughter of John Whitaker Jr. and Susan (Graham) Whitaker

Sister of John Whitaker III[half], Priscilla (Whitaker) Keel[half], Polly Whitaker[half], John Whitaker[half], William Whitaker, Mary (Whitaker) Tudor[half], Nathaniel Whitaker, Temperance Whitaker, Mary Sarah Whitaker, Nancy Mary Whitaker, Elijah Whitaker, James Whitaker and Simon Cape Whitaker

Mother of William Morgan Craig, Sarah Catherine (Craig) Wade and Nathaniel Craig

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Biography

Nancy “Sally” Whitaker was born in 1819. She passed away in 1875.

Parents

• Capt John Whitaker Jr 1755–1835
• Susan Graham Whitaker 1790–1865

Spouse

• Leonard Claude Craig 1819–1894

Siblings

• John Hancock Whitaker III 1783–1867
• Priscilla Whitaker Keel 1784–1870
• John Winneford Whitaker 1798–
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  Posts Tagged With: Ireland

  In a former life I was, for three years, Chief Geologist at the Super Pit,  Australia’s largest gold mine consuming what’s left from undergound mining of Kalgoorlie’s Golden Mile. The richest concentration of gold in the world. Mining has been carried on continuously here since 1893, when gold was first discovered by one Paddy Hannan, from the village of Quin in County Clare.

  The Golden Mile in 1905.  Photo JJ Dwyer.  WA Museum

  The Golden Mile in 2017.  The Super Pit.  Eastern Goldfields Historical Society

  Don’t get me wrong, Paddy was not a scoundrel; I’ll talk about those characters in a bit.  Paddy Hannan led a party of three Irishmen that changed the history of Western Australia, starting a rush that populated the desert and rescued a depressed economy.  There are many reminders of the man – Hannan Street, Hannan’s Hotel, Hannan’s Lager (now sadly defunct) and a statue in the main street erected in the 1920s.  Before the name was changed to Kalgoorlie the place was even called Hannan’s.

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  In a former life I was, for three years, Chief Geologist at the Super Pit,  Australia’s largest gold mine consuming what’s left from undergound mining of Kalgoorlie’s Golden Mile. The richest concentration of gold in the world. Mining has been carried on continuously here since 1893, when gold was first discovered by one Paddy Hannan, from the village of Quin in County Clare.

  The Golden Mile in 1905.  Photo JJ Dwyer.  WA Museum

  The Golden Mile in 2017.  The Super Pit.  Eastern Goldfields Historical Society

  Don’t get me wrong, Paddy was not a scoundrel; I’ll talk about those characters in a bit.  Paddy Hannan led a party of three Irishmen that changed the history of Western Australia, starting a rush that populated the desert and rescued a depressed economy.  There are many reminders of the man – Hannan Street, Hannan’s Hotel, Hannan’s Lager (now sadly defunct) and a statue in the main street erected in the 1920s.  Before the name was changed to Kalgoorlie the place was even called Hannan’s.