Fraser family (Eigg Mountain Settlement History)

Donald Fraser

Ronald Fraser (b. 1789 - d. September 10, 1865) NSVS born Scotland “interred in the parish cemetery of St. Margarets Arisaig on the 6^th day of September 1865” SMAR married Mary or Margaret MacIsaac (b. 1790 - d. August 29, 1865) NSVS born Scotland “interred in the parish cemetery of Arisaig on the 28 of August 1865” SMAR

Alexander “Sandy” Fraser (b. 1820-d. 1895) Obit born Scotland married Margaret MacDonald (b. 1837-d. 1919) Obit d/o Colin (Loddy) and Mary MacDonald married February 7, 1857 at Arisaig SMAR

1871 Census Arisaig District Division 2 # 67

1881 Census Arisaig District # 52

1891 Census Arisaig District # 43

1901 Census Arisaig District # 41

Angus Fraser (b. 1858-d. 1902) Obit

1901 Census Arisaig District # 41

Donald “Dan” Alexander Fraser (b. 1860-d. 1949) living at Morar when he died married Sarah Gillis (b. 1871)

1901 Census Arisaig District # 41

1911 Census Arisaig District declared “vacant farm” DA Fraser which likely meant Donald s/o Alexander Fraser

1911 Census Maryvale District # 54

Margaret Fraser (b. 1903)

Flora Fraser (b. 1862) married John MacDougall US

Colin Fraser (b. 1863) lumberman “whereabouts unknown” Rankin

Margaret Fraser (b. 1864) married Joe Dan MacGregor Rankin

Margaret Fraser (b. 1865)

Christy “Jennie” Fraser (b. 1867-d. 1897) Obit

Mary Fraser (b. 1870)

Mary Fraser (b. 1826)

1901 Census Arisaig District # 41

Malcolm Fraser (b.1827-1899) married Ann MacArthur/MacIsaac (b.1829-d. 1893) married 1857 at Malignant Cove NSVS

1871 Census Arisaig District Division 2 #73

1881 Census Arisaig District # 35

1891 Census Arisaig District # 32

Angus Fraser (b. 1859-d.1947) obit died at Antigonish married Isabella MacLellan (b.1870-d.1924) obit died at Antigonish married November 27, 1906 at Arisaig both born and living at Maple Ridge NSVS

1911 Census Arisaig District # 82

1921 Census Arisaig District # 63

John Fraser (b. January 9, 1860-d.1943) married Maria MacDonald

Alexander Fraser (b. April 3, 1861-d.1929) US

1901 Census Arisaig District # 49

1911 Census Arisaig District # 82

Sarah Fraser (b. November 26, 1862) tailor

Margaret Fraser (b.1864) married Rory MacDonald

MaryAnn Fraser (b. February 15, 1866) married to James MacDonald

John Fraser (b. 1867-d. August 3, 1869) died at Eigg Mountain NSVS

Flora Fraser (b. August 12, 1875) born at Eigg Mountain NSVS

Donald Fraser (b. 1869-d. August 20, 1870) died at Summerville NSVS

Ronald Fraser (b. May 8, 1870) not

1901 Census Arisaig District # 49

Mary Christina “Christy” Fraser (b. February 17, 1872) born Eigg Mountain married James MacPherson (b.1857) mechanic born Cape George living in Antigonish  married  October 29, 1907 at Antigonish – she was living at Pleasant Valley when married. NSVS

Angus Fraser (b. 1815-d. December 23, 1871) born Scotland married Rebecca

“Effy/Effie” MacIsaac (b. 1813-d. January 27, 1910) d/o John MacIsaac Cape George died at Maple Ridge NSVS

1871 Census Arisaig District Division 2 #82

1881 Census Arisaig District # 50

1891 Census Arisaig District # 35

1901 Census Arisaig District # 46

Angus Fraser (b. 1832-d. 1912)

1881 Census Arisaig District # 50

1891 Census Arisaig District # 35

1901 Census Arisaig District # 46

1911 Census Arisaig District # 81

John Fraser (b. 1834-d. June 10, 1912) probate file A-1614 page 42/1328 Antigonish Estate File 1914-1915 died interstate

1881 Census Arisaig District # 50

1891 Census Arisaig District # 35

1901 Census Arisaig District # 46

1911 Census Arisaig District # 81

Mary Fraser (b. 1837) married John MacDougall Rear Georgeville

Catherine “Katie” Fraser (b. April 20, 1846) married Ronald MacDonald (Loddy) Maple Ridge – see MacDonald Loddy family

Margaret Fraser (b. February 20, 1848) not married

1881 Census Arisaig District # 50

Ronald Fraser (b. 1850-d. May 19, 1926) died at Antigonish “the

plasterer” married Catherine “Katie” MacDonald (b. 1859)

1891 Census Arisaig District # 35

1901 Census Arisaig District # 45

1911 Census Arisaig District # 81

1921 Census Arisaig District # 63

Angus Fraser (b. November 8, 1888) SMAR

John Fraser (b. 1890)

Archibald Fraser (b. 1892)

Ann Fraser (b. November 19, 1893) SMAR

Elizabeth Fraser (b. May 2, 1895-d.1896) Eigg Mountain SMAR

Christy Mary Fraser (b. May 31, 1897) SMAR

J John Fraser (b. 1900)

Sarah Fraser (b. 1852-d. 1880)

Mary Fraser (b. 1854-d. 1941) born at Maple Ridge died at Doctor’s Brook NSVS married Colin “Coll” MacDonald (Loddy) Maple Ridge

Donald Fraser (b.1812-d. 1899) married Mary MacDonell (b.1819-d. 1906) living

with her son Angus in 1901 – blind

1871 Census Arisaig District Division 2 #69

1881 Census Arisaig District # 33

1891 Census Arisaig District # 37

1901 Census Arisaig District # 45

Angus Donald Fraser (b.1844-d. November, 1905) probate file A-1275 page 414/1153 Antigonish Estate File 1905-1907 married Flora MacDonald (b.1859-d. 1933) died at New Glasgow Obit

1901 Census Arisaig District # 45

1911 Census moved to Pictou County

Alexander Fraser (b. February 23, 1883-d. 1961) born Eigg Mountain SMAR died at New Glasgow Obit married Josephine Coleman (b. 1883-d. 1957) Obit Knoydart

James Fraser (b. May 28, 1884) born at Eigg Mountain SMAR

D John Fraser (b. 1885)

J John “George” Fraser (b. May 15, 1887-d. 1923) Obit SMAR died at New Glasgow NSVS

Margaret Fraser (b. October 19, 1888-d. 1907) SMAR

Lewis Fraser (b. 1890-d. 1916)

Angus Fraser (b. 1892)

Donald Fraser (b. December 4, 1893) SMAR

Mary Fraser (b. September 18, 1895) SMAR

Charles Alexander Fraser (b. July 22, 1897) born at Eigg Mountain SMAR

Agnes Fraser (b. 1899)

Mary Ann Fraser (b. May 20, 1903) SMAR

Alexander Fraser (b. 1845)

Margaret Fraser (b. June 1, 1846-d. June 8, 1871) born and died at Eigg Mountain NSVS  

Archibald Fraser (b. November 1, 1848) US shoemaker

Catherine Fraser (b. 1851) married Charles MacGillivray “poet” November 18, 1875

Isabella Fraser (b. 1853) married MacDonald and a widow by 1881 with a son Rory born 1880 - living with her brother Angus in 1901

1881 Census Arisaig District # 33

1891 Census Arisaig District # 37

1901 Census Arisaig District # 45

Rory MacDonald (b. 1880)

Margaret Fraser (b. June 1, 1857) married Donald MacIsaac, Maple Ridge

Flora Fraser (b. November 26, 1859)

John Fraser (born and died September 1861) SMAR

Alexander Fraser (b.1821-d. 1895) born Scotland married Margaret MacDonald (b.1837-d. 1919) obit d/o Colin MacDonald Arisaig married February 7, 1857 at Arisaig

1871 Census Arisaig District Division 2 # 67

1881 Census Arisaig District # 52

1891 Census Arisaig District # 43

1901 Census Arisaig District # 41

Angus Fraser (b.1859-d. 1902)

Daniel Fraser (b. November 20, 1860-d. 1949) died at Maryvale Obit

married Sarah Gillis

Flora Fraser (b. May 3, 1862) US

Colin Fraser (b. May 16, 1863)

Margaret Fraser (b. February 1, 1865) married John Dan MacGregor

Margaret Fraser (b. July 8, 1866)

Alexander Fraser (b. 1867-d. April 5, 1869) died at Eigg Mountain NSVS

Christy Fraser (b. April 18, 1868) born back settlement of Arisaig NSVS

Mary Fraser (b. June 27, 1870-d. 1897))

Reference List

McAlpine Publishing. McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08. Halifax: McAlpine Publishing Company, 1908.

Rankin, Duncan Joseph. A History of the County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1929.