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| <tab>Simon Fraser died at St. Andrew's, and is buried in the St. Andrew's cemetery (the tiny, beautiful, old cemetery beside the river; John Sandfield Macdonald is buried nearby). Roman Catholic. He was married in 1820 to Catherine Macdonell, born 17 March 1790, daughter of Allan Macdonell of Matilda Township, Upper Canada, of the Macdonells of Leek. (children) She died the day after her husband. She was a relative of Sir Richard Scott and W.L. Scott, and the Fraser's daughter Harriet lived for some years in the elder Scott's Ottawa home after the death of her parents. (Harkness 49, 396) | <tab>Simon Fraser died at St. Andrew's, and is buried in the St. Andrew's cemetery (the tiny, beautiful, old cemetery beside the river; John Sandfield Macdonald is buried nearby). Roman Catholic. He was married in 1820 to Catherine Macdonell, born 17 March 1790, daughter of Allan Macdonell of Matilda Township, Upper Canada, of the Macdonells of Leek. (children) She died the day after her husband. She was a relative of Sir Richard Scott and W.L. Scott, and the Fraser's daughter Harriet lived for some years in the elder Scott's Ottawa home after the death of her parents. (Harkness 49, 396) |
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| <tab>Besides the Fraser River, his name is commemorated in Western Canadian topography by Fraser Lake (lake and village), Simon Bay on Fraser Lake, Fort Fraser and Mount Fraser. On this mountain the peaks are called Simon, Bennington, and (in memory of Fraser's wife) McDonell. There are also Simon Glacier, Bennington Glacier, Fraser Glacier and Simon Creek. (Rayburn p. 199) Simon Fraser University founded in Burnaby, B.C. in 1963 and the Simon Fraser Library in Cornwall were named after him. The HBC placed a monument on his grave at St. Andrew's in 1921. In 1936 Ontario Premier Hepburn ordered the "rehabilitation" of the graves of Simon Fraser and John Sandfield Macdonald. (//Standard Freeholder// 31 July, 5 & 7 Aug. 1936) See also C. C. Cuneo and Col. Donald McGregor. | <tab>Besides the Fraser River, his name is commemorated in Western Canadian topography by Fraser Lake (lake and village), Simon Bay on Fraser Lake, Fort Fraser and Mount Fraser. On this mountain the peaks are called Simon, Bennington, and (in memory of Fraser's wife) McDonell. There are also Simon Glacier, Bennington Glacier, Fraser Glacier and Simon Creek. (Rayburn p. 199) Simon Fraser University founded in Burnaby, B.C. in 1963 and the Simon Fraser Library in Cornwall were named after him. The HBC placed a monument on his grave at St. Andrew's in 1921. In 1936 Ontario Premier Hepburn ordered the "rehabilitation" of the graves of Simon Fraser and John Sandfield Macdonald. (//Standard Freeholder// 31 July, 5 & 7 Aug. 1936) See also [[cuneo_cyrus_cincinatto|C. C. Cuneo]] and [[mcgregor_donald|Col. Donald McGregor]]. |
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