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Evan Fraser (other)
Evan Fraser may refer to: * Evan Fraser of Balconie, namesake of the town Evanton * Evan Eugene Fraser Evan Eugene Fraser (March 15, 1865 – August 4, 1949) was an Ontario contractor and political figure. He represented the provincial riding of Welland in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1914 as a Conservative member; and the ... (1865–1949), Ontario contractor and political figure * Evan Fraser (academic), Canadian author and professor of geography {{hndis, Fraser, Evan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Fraser Of Balconie
Captain Evan Baillie Fraser of Balconie was the son of Alexander Fraser of Inchcoulter/Balconie who founded the modern town of Evanton, naming it after his son. Evan married Christine Nicol in 1838 who bore him children: Alexander Thomas (1839), John Thomas (1842) and Elma (1843). He became a Collector of Stamps with the Excise Service. The Reverend Thomas Munro, minister of Kiltearn, writing in the 1840s lists him among five landowners in the parish of Kiltearn at the time, and tells us that "all of them, except Captain Fraser, renon-resident in the parish". The new village was partly a convenient way of absorbing the numbers of people in the parish who were being evicted to make way for sheep, a process which was part of the historical phenomenon known as the Highland Clearances The Highland Clearances ( gd, Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal , the "eviction of the Gaels") were the evictions of a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, mostly in two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Eugene Fraser
Evan Eugene Fraser (March 15, 1865 – August 4, 1949) was an Ontario contractor and political figure. He represented the provincial riding of Welland in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1914 as a Conservative member; and the federal riding of Welland in the House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ... from 1918 to 1921 as a Unionist member. The son of Alexander Fraser and Phoebe Upper, he was born in Allanburg, Canada West in 1865. and was educated in Thorold. In 1887, Fraser married Susie Hardie. References External links * 1865 births 1949 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Unionist Party (Canada) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |