Joseph Fraser

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Fraser was born on 15 June 1827, in Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Fraser, was 23 and his mother, Mary Leech, was 22. He married Georgina Sneddon on 3 May 1851, in Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841 and Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 29 October 1888, in Armadale, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 61, and was buried in Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Fraser
1827–1888
Georgina Sneddon
1832–1890
Marriage: 3 May 1851
Elizabeth Fraser
1852–
Mary Fraser
1855–1924
Georgina Fraser
1856–1895
Joseph Fraser
1858–1943
Margaret Fraser
1860–
Alexander Fraser
1862–1941
Marion Fraser
1865–
Agnes Fraser
1867–1894
Janet Fraser
1869–
Thomas Sneddon Fraser
1871–1927
George Wise Fraser
1874–
James Sneddon Fraser
1876–1948

Sources (20)

  • Joseph Fraser, "Scotland Census, 1881"
  • Joseph Frazer, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Joseph Frazer, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"

World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1832 · The Scottish Reform Act

The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.

1847 · The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland is established.

The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland was formed in 1847. For most of its existence the United Presbyterian Church was the third largest Presbyterian Church in Scotland and flourished in Scotland for 53 years. After being reunited with the Church of Scotland in 1929, it continues to bring relief to the local communities.

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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