Marian Worsley (Colvin) Fraser (1841 - 1869)

Born 29 Sep 1841 in Calcutta, India

Ancestors

Wife of Simon James Gordon Fraser MA — married 27 May 1862 in Brighton, Sussex, England

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1869 at age 28 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

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Biography

Life events

Marian Worsley Colvin was born in 1841 at Calcutta, the daughter of the Hon. John Russell Colvin and Emma Sophia Sneyd.^[1]

On the 27th May 1862, she married the Rev. Simon James Gordon Fraser, M.A., in Brighton, Sussex.^[2][3][4]

Marian Worsley Fraser née Colvin died at "Bramblys," the family home in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on the 28th November 1869, aged twenty-eight years.^[5][6]

Census enumerations

1861 census (England):

• Emma S. Colvin, head, widow, age 54; born in Isle of White [sic], Hants.
• James Hy B, son, unmarried, age 32, late Bengal Civil Service; born in Hyshavad, East Indies
• Emma, daughter, unmarried, age 21; born in Allohabad Indies [sic]
• Maria Worsley, daughter, unmarried, age 19; born in Calcutta, East Indies
• Constance, daughter, unmarried, age 15; born in London, Middlesex
• Walter Mytton, son, unmarried, age 13; born in Moulmein Bwamah [Burmah]
• household servants (4), including at attendant for an invalid.
• census place: 18 Montpelier Villas, The Palace, Brighton, Sussex.^[7]

Legacy

Children

• Walter Simon Fraser (1864–1929)
• Gordon Colquhoun Fraser (1866–1952)

Sources

1. ↑ India Select Births and Baptisms, 1786–1947. Marian Worsley Colvin, born 29th September 1841 at Calcutta; daughter of John Russell and Emma Colvin; baptised 26th November 1841. Microfilm copy held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (FHL film no. 498979); index online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-08-18).
2. ↑ London Evening Standard, 30 May 1862 (pg 7). Marriage notice: “FRASER—COLVIN.—On the 27th inst., at the parish church, Brighton, by the Rev. Evan Nepean, Canon of Westminter, assisted by the Rev. J. St. John Blunt, vicar of Old Windsor, the Rev. Simon J.G. Fraser, her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools, to Maryan Worsley, second daughter of the late John Russell Colvin, Esq.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-18).
3. ↑ England and Wales Marriages, 1538–1988. Simon James Gordon Fraser, son of Simon Fraser, and Marian Worsley Colvin, daughter of John Russell Colvin; married 27th May 1862 at Brighton, Sussex. Microfilm copy held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (FHL film no. 1067128); index online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-08-18).
4. ↑ Index of civil registrations of marriages, England. Marian Worsley Colvin and Simon James Gordon Fraser, 2nd quarter ending 30th June 1862, Brighton RD (Sussex), vol. 2b, pg. 290. Index and digital image online at FreeBMD, www.freebmd.org.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-18).
5. ↑ Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian, Glamorgan, Monmouth, and Brecon Gazette, 4 December 1869 (pg 8). Death notice: “FRASER.—On the 28th ult. (Advent Sunday morning), at Bramblys, Basingstoke, Marian Worsley, the dearly loved wife of the Rev. S.J.G. Fraser, H.M.’s Inpsector of Schools, deeply lamented.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-19).
6. ↑ Index of civil registrations of deaths, England. Marian Worsley Fraser, aged 28 years, 4th quarter ending 31st December 1869, Basingstoke RD (Hampshire), vol. 2c, pg. 121. Index and digital image online at FreeBMD, www.freebmd.org.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-19).
7. ↑ England 1861 Census. Emma S. Colvin [née Sneyd], widow, age 54; with children, James Hy B (32), Emma (21), Maria Worsley (19), Constance (15), and Walter Mytton (13); in Brighton, Sussex. Original record: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861; PRO ref. RG9, piece 602, folio 75, pg. 23, household schedule no. 172; Brighton registration district, The Palace sub-registration district, enumeration district no. 17. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-09, by subscription).