(1827-29 Nov. 1874), farmer. Born presumably at Fraserfield, GC. Parents: Col. Alexander Fraser and his wife Ann Macdonell. Archibald ran unsuccessfully against his brother-in-law Donald A. (Sandfield) Macdonald in the GC election of Jan. 1858 for the Legislative Assembly. The Cornwall Freeholder of 7 Feb. 1868 stated, “As many of our readers are aware, during the past year the Fraserfield estate passed out of Mr. Fraser’s possession into that of the Trust and Loan Company… before the expiry of the year the ownership passed to the Loan Company, and Mr. Barrett obtained a lease of all but the house and some outbuildings still in occupation by Mr. Fraser.” (Also Cornwall Freeholder 17 Jan. 1868, for Mr Barratt, who was reeve of Charlottenburgh, and the lease) Archibald died at Fraserfield. The property had apparently long been in financial trouble. Shortly after Archibald’s death it was purchased by Joshua C. Bowen. Though Fraserfield has long since passed out of the Fraser family, it has carried the Fraserfield name down to the present.
Archibald was married to Mary Catherine Scott (1831- 21 Jan. 1915), who outlived her husband by 40 years. Mrs Fraser spent her married life in GC, but she died in Toronto. She was the sister of Sir Richard Scott (1825-1913), who was a secretary of state in the Mackenzie and Laurier governments; he was a senator for almost 40 years, beginning in the year of Archibald Fraser’s death. W.L. Scott, who wrote on GC history, was Sir Richard’s son.
Among the children of Mr and Mrs Archibald Fraser was Harriet Isabel, who in 1892 married Francis Alexander Anglin (1865-1933), later chief justice of Canada.
Alexander Fraser (Nov. 1858- 8 Feb. 1900), son of Mr and Mrs Archibald Fraser, died in Toronto aged 41, and was at the time of his death secretary-treasurer of the Ontario Boiler Inspection Company and was described in his Glengarry News obituary as “one of the most prominent business men of Toronto.” He was born at Fraserfield, attended Williamstown High School, and was at one time employed in the federal civil service at Ottawa. He was probably the Alic Fraser of the Post office dept., Ottawa, who was a correspondent of Andrew McBain and who observed in a letter to McBain 21 May 1877 that “There are some in Ottawa who once lived or almost lived on my father some years ago but who hardly notice us now that the tide of fortune has turned.”
Fraser, Gravestones, I. 24-25 * obituary of Mrs Archibald Fraser, Cornwall Standard 28 Jan. 1915 * Anglin: MDict; appointed chief justice, Glengarry News 19 Sept. 1924 * obituary of Alexander Fraser, GN 16 Feb. 1900, repr. Fraser Obits. 61, also an obituary in U E Loyalists’ Association, Vol. III, Annual Transactions 1899-1900, p. 19 * Jan. 1858 election: Toronto Globe, 8, 13, 18 Jan. 1858 * Archives of Ontario, Acc. 9333: McBain Papers * obituary of J.S.Chisholm Fraser (15 March 1869-3 Nov. 1914), bank manager, born at Fraserfield, CS 12 Nov. 1914 * obituary of Miss Mary Catherine Fraser, born at Fraserfield, dau. of Mr and Mrs Archibald Fraser, Standard Freeholder 28 March 1934 *advert. for meeting of Highland Society of Canada, signed by Archibald Fraser as secretary, The Constitutional (Cornwall), 16 July 1857 * editor, Cornwall Freeholder 1 Feb. 1860, thanks A. Fraser for tour of Fraserfield