John Fraser (1868 - aft. 1918)

Born 13 Mar 1868 in Cabrich, Inverness, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Annie (Skewis) Fraser — married Sep 1903 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Died after 1918 after age 49 in Wales [uncertain]

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Biography

Born 13 Mar 1868 in Cabrich but his birth was registered in Kiltarlity, Scotland. His parents were John Fraser and Barbara McLeod. ^[1]

Census records give him living in Kiltarlity until at least 1881

The 1901 Census shows him living in Cardiff Wales at Fitzharmon Embankment age 33 and head of the household, occupation draper, with brother Hugh (age 31), niece Jessie Mclennan McLennan-979 (age 20) and a servant, Mary Jones^[2]

John Fraser appears to have married Annie Skewis around Jul-Aug-Sep 1903 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales^[3]. According to census data Annie was born in Felixstowe in 1881.

"LOCAL WEDDING AT HAVERFORDWEST—The marriage took place at Bethesda Chapel, Haverfordwest, on Saturday of Mr John Fraser, of the firm of Messrs J. and H. Fraser, Cardiff, and Miss Annie J Skewis, niece of Mr T. Mathias, estate office, Milford Haven, the ceremony being performed by the Rev W. G. Davies, Penarth. Mr Fraser is well known in connection with social work, particularly in the Saltmead district of Cardiff, where he has done much to foster the Forward Movement. On Thursday night he was the recipient of handsome gifts from his employees. The honeymoon is being spent in Inverness-shire."^[4]

Welsh newspapers report him living at 3 Fitzharmon Embankment in 1899 and 1910

The 1911 census shows him living in Cardiff Wales (age 42) his father John (aged 76), wife Ann (aged 30) and two daughters: Barbara McLeod Fraser (aged 6) and Peggy (or Margaret?) McLeod Fraser (aged 21 months). There was also one child who had died. He is recorded as being a travelling draper and outfitter. The 1911 census also records him having 2 employees. The same census also records his birth place as Cabrich, Inverness-shire although the birth record records it as Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire.^[5]

In 1917 he and a wife with surname Skewis had a daughter Joyce McLeod Fraser born in Cardiff Wales^[6]

Research Notes

Two daughters may have immigrated to New York around 1954, aboard the "Queen Elizabeth" or may have settled and married in Wales. Source needed to clarify.

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYT7-HTB : 12 February 2020), John Fraser, 1868.
2. ↑ 1901 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSMC-Y93 : 29 August 2015), John Fraser, St Mary, Glamorganshire, Wales; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing West Cardiff subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:99ZP-MB2R : 13 December 2014), Entry for John Fraser, 1903; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1903, quarter 3, vol. 11A, p. 1930, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser, 18th September 1903 [1]
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW6V-SKB : 27 June 2019), John Fraser, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:996C-6SLR : 1 October 2014), Entry for Joyce Mcl Fraser, 1917; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Evening Express, October 1910 Drapers Case
• Evening Express, 22nd February 1899, drowning of an apprentice Henry Gillespie who lived at John's home.