Fraser

Male10 October 1755–January 1756

Brief Life History of Fraser

When Fraser was born on 10 October 1755, in Indian Camp, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, his father, John Fraser, was 34 and his mother, Jane Bell, was 20. He died in January 1756, in Indian Camp, Fulton, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

John Fraser
1721–1773
Jane Bell
1735–1815
Fraser
1755–1756
Benjamin Fraser
1757–1781
Margaret Fraser
1756–1826
Lieutenant William Fraser
1759–1844
James Fraser
1761–1825
Jane Fraser
1764–1764
Catherine Fraser
1765–1839
Mary Ann Fraser
1766–1839
Amelia Fraser
1770–1829

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    Name Meaning

    Scottish: apparently a nickname from Anglo-Norman French fraser(e), fresere ‘strawberry plant’. Fresel and Frisel, from Anglo-Norman French fresel ‘strawberry’, are early variants of the Fraser surname, the modern Gaelicized form of which is Friseal. See Frizzell . The crest on the Scottish family's coat of arms takes the form of a strawberry plant, but its antiquity is unknown. Claims of a habitational derivation, in particular from a place called la Frézelière in Anjou (France), are attractive but they lack verifiable evidence.

    Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.

    History: There are two clans Fraser in Scotland, with common ancestry going back to Simon Fraser of Keith in East Lothian, who lived in the 12th century. One of these clans has its seat at Philorth Castle (subsequently re-named Cairnbulg) on the northeast coast of Scotland. Sir Alexander Fraser, 8th laird of Philorth (c. 1536–1623) converted the fishing village of Faithlie into the burgh of Fraserburgh in the 1590s. The other clan is Fraser of Lovat, associated mainly with the city of Inverness are. They are descended from Simon Fraser, a younger son, who lived in the early 14th century. In Gaelic, the head of Clan Fraser of Lovat is known as Mac Shimi ‘son of Simon’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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