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FRASER, George Merchant in London
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FRASER, George Merchant in London 1 2 3 4 5
- Baptised: 30 March 1764, Fraserburgh parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2 3
- Died: 8 August 1838 4
User ID: B830.
General Notes:
"FRASER
GEORGE
WILLM. FRASER/
M
30/03/1764
196/ 10 157
Fraserburgh"
from Births and Baptisms
Old Parish Registers
Fraserburgh parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms
"1764
Do (Ditto - March from previous entry) 30
Fraser
Mr Willm Fraser factor for Lord Saltoun had a Son baptised & named George Witnesses Lord Saltoun & Captn James Gordon"
"George Fraser, a prosperous merchant in London. He bought the estate of Park from his sisters (to whom it had been left) 'at a price far exceeding its actual value'. (Notes from Mr. J. A. Henderson.)"
from Lesmoir
"He (William Fraser) left that property equally between his two daughters ..... Besides these daughters there were two sons - George, who became a prosperous merchant in London, and John, who entered the army, saw much active service, was knighted ..... "
from Epitaphs and Inscriptions 2 3 4 5
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Sources
1
National Records of Scotland, 1801 Fraser, William (Wills and testaments Reference CC1/6/64, Aberdeen Commissary Court).
2
GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.
3
Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Fraserburgh parish Aberdeenshire Baptisms.
4
e-books, Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions by John A. Henderson (1907) Fraserburgh parish.
5
e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Lesmoir by Douglas Wimberley.
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