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Hi Aspen

You don’t need a sub to FMP. for a 1921 census. Everyone pays for a download, it is just that subscribers get a tiny discount.

It is a bit unusual to have the same surname once a marriage has taken place. As Charles appears to be deceased then she may well have been trying to hide a illegitimate birth.
So the name she is using for herself may also be false.

Added: there is a possible death for Elizabeth M Stewart- Craig in Sussex 1947 and is also on the 1939 register as a widow.
It would probably be worth getting that death certificate from the GRO. You can get the refs you need from www.freebmd.org.uk

I can see she has Craig as her surname and Stewart-Craig as her maiden name. There are no census for 1921 in all of Ireland. I think they were done in 1926. However, there is a chance that I could find something in England. Thank you for that and I did not think of that. I do have a subscription with Find My Past.

The use of her maiden name would indicate that she and Charles Craig were not married. Or was the given as ‘previously’ The situation of unmarried mothers was particular tough in Ireland and this could well be the same for a ‘widow’.

Where have you looked for the family? The 1901 and 1911 census are more or less intact. The 1921 census is available on Find My Past. You can do some searching for free but everyone has to pay for a download.

Trying to find information for William John Carswell Craig born 18th October 1916 Londonderry. The mother gave her names as Elizabeth Stewart-Cherry and the father Charles Glen Craig, a Commercial Traveller, deceased. I can find nothing for the parents or William.
Any help will be appreciated