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John Grant Fraser 1748 – 1831 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Oct 1748

Birth Location: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 5 Jan 1831

Death Location: Sunny Corner, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: John Fraser

Mother: Jean Brown

Spouse(s): Mary Gillis

Children(s): JANE FRASER

According to available records, John Grant Fraser was born in 1748 in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of John Grant Fraser and Jean Mason Brown. Following those early years, John Grant Fraser married Mary Gillis, and their family grew to include JANE FRASER. In the later years of life, John Grant Fraser died in 1831 in Sunny Corner, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Parents

John Fraser
1712 – 1795
Birth Location: Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK
JF
Jean Brown
1729 – 1821
Birth Location: Edinburgh , Midlothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Mary Gillis
1750 – 1802
Birth Location: North Esk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada
MG

Children(s)

JANE FRASER
1813 – 1897
Birth Location: North Esk, Northumberland, New Brunswick Colony, Great Britain
JF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 Oct 1748
    Event Place: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 5 Jan 1831
    Event Place: Sunny Corner, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada
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