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the breadth of our land, trace back
to this grand old corps,
their kinsfoiks across the sea and Simon Fraser’s companions-at-arms, the
McDonalds—Campbells—McDonnells—McPhersons—Stewarts—Rosses—Murrays—
Camerons—Menzies—Nairns ||—Munros—McKenzies—Cuthberts, so deeply rooted in
our soil. A descendant, the Honorable John Fraser de Berry, of St. Mark,
near Montreal, in 1868, carried away by his gushing love of country, set
to work to reorganize the Clan, notwithstanding the inroads committed by
time, intermarriages with other races, loss of language, &c. * The scheme
did not succeed, and gave rise to many humorous comments.
II One of his descendants, the late seigneur of Murray
Bay, John Nairn, Esquire, married Miss Leslie, a daughter of the Hon.
James Leslie, one of our most respected public men. (See Appendix Letter
C.)
* FRASER CLAN.
"THE "FRASERS" of the
Province of Quebec, are respectfully requested to meet at the office of
Messrs. THOMAS FRASER & CO., at the Lower town, Quebec, on SATURDAY, the
twenty-fifth day of January, 1868, at TEN o’clock A.M., to take into
consideration the advisibility of organizing the "CLAN
"for the Dominion of Canada.
JOHN FRASER DE BERRY, A. FRASER, A. FRASER
Senr., A. FRASER, JR., J. R.
FRASER, FRED. FRASER, JOHN FRASER. J. FRASER.
Jany. 21, 1868. (Quebec Morning
Chornicle, January 1868.")
THE CLAN OF THE FRASERS.
"At a meeting of the "Frasers" of
the Province of Quebec, held at Mrs. Brown’s city hotel, Garden St., on
the 8th February, 1868, Alexander Fraser, Esq., notary, ex-Member for the
county of Kamouraska, now resident in Quebec, in the chair; Mr. Omer
Fraser, of St. Croix, acting as Secretary.
1. It was unanimously resolved:
That it is desirable that the family
of the "Frasers" do organize themselves into a clan with a purely and
benevolent, social object, and, with that view, they do now proceed to
such organization, by recommending the choice of
A Chief for the Dominion of Canada;
A Chief for each Province; A Chief for each electoral division; A Chief
for each County; A chief for each locality and township.
2. That the Chief of the Dominion of
Canada be named "The Fraser," and that he be chosen at the general meeting
of the "Frasers" of all the provinces; |
