Simon William Fraser (1821 - 1898)

Born 16 Apr 1821 in St. Andrews West, Cornwall Township, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (McDonald) Fraser — married 17 Nov 1842 in Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, Canada

Died 1898 at about age 76 in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Ancestry page says Simon William Fraser was born 16 Apr 1821 in Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, Canada.

I see you manage the profile for Simon William Fraser, but I do not think you know the significance of that family, and if you permit me, I will give you some info you can share with the profile managers for his father, grandfather and great grandfather.

Simon William Fraser was son of Simon Fraser Jr. and Catherine McDonell / McDonald [a McDonell connection for you]. Simon Fraser Jr. the famous Canadian Explorer who along with David Thompson of Williamstown Glengarry have their names on the two greatest rivers of British Columbia Canada [the Thompson and Fraser Rivers]. Simon and Catherine Fraser are buried at St Andrews West Ontario, 5 miles from my Cornwall home .

Simon Fraser Jr. was the son of Simon Fraser Sr. who died at Albany NY in 1779 while held prisoner of the American Patriots. I think he and 5 of his brothers all died in the service of their King George III, his wife was Isobella / Isobel Duldreggan Grant daughter of Aeneas / Angus Grant and Hannah Grant who held the Wadset for Duldreggan Glenmoriston Scotland who were also parents of my John Duldreggan Grant Lots 25 & 26 Street Road Charlottenburg Glengarry [that makes you and I cousins, cousin] ; Aeneas / Angus and Hannah were also parents of Janet / Jennet Duldreggan Grant who married her cousin Black Peter Grant one of the 8 Good Men of Glenmoriston who hid Bonnie Prince Charlie after his defeat at Culloden 1746. After Simon Fraser Sr. died 1779, Isobel Duldreggan Grant brought her children [eight I think] through the bush from NY to settle at St. Andrews West Ontario, not at Chelsea Quebec as the Profile Manager has it.

Simon Fraser Sr. was the son of William Fraser [I think the Profile Manager has him right] and Mary Ardnabie McDonell daughter of John McDonell IV Ardnabie, and sister to Donald McDonell V Ardnabie, and sister to my Captain John Dhu McDonell VI Ardnabie, and sister to Lieutenant Ranald McDonell these last 2 fought at Culloden, both were on Pearl 1773 to New York, settled Kingsborough Patent, and served King's Royal Regiment of New York aka KRRNY as did John Dhu's 5 sons including eldest son my Allen Bhuide McDonell UE [making us cousins again, this time through McDonell line] .

Source: J. Young (Jan. 3, 2017)

SIMON WILLIAM2 FRASER was born on 16 Apr 1821 in St. Andrews West, Cornwall Twp, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1896 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He married ISABELLA MACDONALD on 17 Nov 1842 in St. Andrews West, Cornwall Twp, Ontario, daughter of Angus MacDonald and Mary MacMillan.

More About Simon William Fraser:

• Baptism: 16 Apr 1821 in St. Andrew's West, Cornwall Twp, Stormont County, Ontario
• Residence: 1871 ; Kingston, Ontario
• Census: 1871
• Occupation: Penitentiary Guard at Kingston
• Residence: Left home as a young man & went to Albany N.Y.
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• AltName: William Fraser
• Relationship: Grandson Angus Fraser joined U.S. Army, fought in the Philippines in the Spanish-American War & rose eventually to the rank of General. Became prominent citizen in North Dakota. Served as Adjutant General of National Guard. Died 1957.

Source: Descendants of Simon Fraser from www.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Records

Ontario Deaths and Overseas Deaths:

• Name Simon Wm. Fraser
• Occupation Watchman
• Event Type Death
• Cause of Death Senile Decay
• Event Date 01 Jul 1898
• Residence 323 King St. E.
• Event Place Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario
• Gender Male
• Age 77
• Birthplace Ontario
• Birth Year (Estimated) 1821

Census

Canada Census 1871 (living in Victoria Ward a, Kingston 66, Ontario, Canada):

• Simon W Fraser M Married 49y 1822 Ont
• Isabella Fraser F Married 49y 1822 Ont
• James Fraser M 21y 1850 Ont
• Maggie Fraser F 14y 1857 Ont

Canada Census 1881 (living in Barton, Wentworth South, Ontario, Canada):

Sources

• "Canada, Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7Z-39P : 5 September 2017), Simon W Fraser, Provincial Penitentiary, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 1, line 47; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1023-1024, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,847.

• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QN-YVN : 13 November 2014), Simon W Fraser in household of Maggie Fraser, Victoria Ward, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 18, line 1; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9999, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,352.
• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QN-YVN : 18 March 2021), Simon W Fraser, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVFN-2Z4 : 2 March 2021), Simon Wm Frasier, Barton, Gore, Canada West, British Colonial America; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Simon Wm Frasier, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6K1-VJQ : 25 June 2015), Simon Wm. Fraser, 01 Jul 1898; citing Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, yr 1898 cn 23451, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,388.

• Descendants of Simon Fraser from www.rootsweb.ancestry.com