Businessman.
Born at Edinburgh, Scotland on 3 March 1852, son of Margaret Jane Fraser and Arthur Fraser, he was educated at Trinity College (Cambridge) and Edinburgh Academy. In 1876, he began practicing as a barrister-at-law at Lincoln’s Inn, London, England. He came to Winnipeg in 1898. He was a Director of the Standard Trust Company, Northwestern Investment Company, and a member of the local board for The Life Association of Scotland.
In 1877, he married Mary Gordon (1852-1938) at St. Leonards, England and they had six daughters, none of whom married: Catherine DeNully Fraser (1879-1980), Margaret Lilias Fraser (1881-1972), Elizabeth O. Fraser (1885-1905), Blanche Monica Fraser (1887-1977), Millicent Clara Fraser (1889-1985), and Violet Ursula Fraser (1899-1995). He was a member of the Canadian Club, Liberal party, and Presbyterian church.
He died at his home in Montreal, Quebec on 1 April 1948 and was buried with his family in the Elmwood Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Bon Accord Block (637 Main Street, Winnipeg)
Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 3 April 1948, page 4.
Obituary [Margaret Lilias Fraser], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 May 1972, page 39.
Obituary [Blanche Monica Fraser], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 November 1977, page 161.
Obituary [Catherine DeNully Fraser], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 August 1980, page 56.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 November 2021
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