George Fraser

1843 -

• Name	George Fraser  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Kirriemuir, Forfar, Scotland
  Christening	26 Mar 1843	Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	George Frazer  [1]
  Occupation	Joiner- journeyman  [3]
  Residence	4 Apr 1881	Kirriemuir, Forfar, Scotland   [2]
  Person ID	I14850	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Helen Macfarlane,   b. 4 Mar 1846, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1876, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1868	Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   [3]
  Children	1. Alexander Fraser,   b. 1869, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James Fraser,   b. 1871, Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Catherine Fraser,   b. 1873, Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Marjory Fraser,   b. 1876, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  1 - 1871 Scotland Census about George Fraser Name: George Fraser Age: 28 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843 Relationship: Head Spouse's name : Helen Fraser Gender: Male Where born: Kirriemuir, Forfarshire Registration number: 646/1 Registration district: Govan Church Civil parish: Govan County: Lanarkshire Address: 22 A Hamilton St Occupation: Ship Joiner ED: 44 Household schedule number: 76 Line: 21 Roll: CSSCT1871_144 Household Members: Name Age George Fraser 28 Helen Fraser 25 Alexander Fraser 1 At 1881 George, his second wife Ann and the four children by his first wife are all listed in Kerriemuir, Forfar. After a royal mandate in 1352, officials from Dundee were allowed to protect their trading interests by going to Kirriemuir to publicly forbid trading in the town and seize the goods of offenders. This indicates that already the town was increasing its manufacturing output. The town's textile industry has been a crucial source of employment in the town for centuries. Handloom weaving in cottages gave way to textile factories in the 19th century when Stewart and Ogilvy's Gairie Linen Works, and Wilkie's Kirriemuir Linen Works became the town's main employers. Kirriemuir's proximity to the Glens and drove roads also ensured that agriculture played an important part in the town's development. Markets, allowed by the town's Burgh of Barony status, swelled the town's population. The influence of farming continues to the present day, although the potato fields and berry fields that were found in the Northmuir area were replaced by housing during the last few decades of the 20th century.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2018] Church of Latter Day Saints, International Genealogical Index - extracted, (Name: Name: Name: http://www.familysearch.org;;;). [S2028] 1881 Census, (Name: Name: Name: 5/6 April 1881;;;), Children of Malcolm and Catherine Ferguson chart by Maure e n Irvine. [S2061] MACFARLANE, Children of Malcolm and Catherine Ferguson chart by Maure e n Irvine.