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| <tab>James Fraser was a Presbyterian. He and his family attended church first at Martintown, where he was an elder in the Free Church (Burns Church). Afterwards he took part in founding the first permanent Protestant congregation in Alexandria, where in 1873 he was ordained one of its earliest elders. Then again from 1880 the Frasers attended the Burns Church at Martintown. | <tab>James Fraser was a Presbyterian. He and his family attended church first at Martintown, where he was an elder in the Free Church (Burns Church). Afterwards he took part in founding the first permanent Protestant congregation in Alexandria, where in 1873 he was ordained one of its earliest elders. Then again from 1880 the Frasers attended the Burns Church at Martintown. |
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| <tab>In 1844 he was married to Isabella McDonald (1819-30 Dec. 1902) of Dundee Township. (five children) She operated the post office for some years after her husband’s death. James Fraser died at Loch Garry. At his funeral there were “over 100 sleighs in the cortege.” (obituary) His pallbearers were J. Rayside, MLA, A. McNab ex-MP, John Simpson, J.A. McDougald, and a McArthur and Kennedy who were probably Archibald McArthur and Peter Kennedy of the present dictionary. James Fraser was noted (as this list suggests) in his own time as a prominent citizen and supporter of the community and was known by posterity as the founder of a distinguished line. He was the father of Angus W. Fraser and John Fraser (auditor general) and grandfather of Robert James Fraser. See also Ranald Sandfield Macdonald. | <tab>In 1844 he was married to Isabella McDonald (1819-30 Dec. 1902) of Dundee Township. (five children) She operated the post office for some years after her husband’s death. James Fraser died at Loch Garry. At his funeral there were “over 100 sleighs in the cortege.” (obituary) His pallbearers were J. Rayside, MLA, A. McNab ex-MP, John Simpson, J.A. McDougald, and a McArthur and Kennedy who were probably Archibald McArthur and Peter Kennedy of the present dictionary. James Fraser was noted (as this list suggests) in his own time as a prominent citizen and supporter of the community and was known by posterity as the founder of a distinguished line. He was the father of Angus W. Fraser and John Fraser (auditor general) and grandfather of Robert James Fraser. See also [[macdonald_ranald_sandfield|Ranald Sandfield Macdonald]]. |
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