Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Fraser was born on 25 October 1892, in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Fraser, was 29 and her mother, Catherine Sophia Smith, was 33. She married Henry Norman on 25 June 1915, in Foxtrap, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in District of St. John's West, Newfoundland for about 14 years. She died on 23 January 1975, in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 82.
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- Margaret Norman in household of Henry Norman, "Newfoundland Census, 1935"
- Wilhelmina M Hoggan, "Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949"
- Margarett Norman in household of Henry Norman, "Newfoundland Census, 1945"
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1896 · Opening of the Glasgow Subway.
The Glasgow Subway opened on 14 December and is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world. It is one of very few subways that have a running gauge of 4 feet, but its twin circular lines were never expanded.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1914
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
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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