Settler.
Born at Muiralehouse, Avoch, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland in 1788, son of James Fraser and Christian Miller, he traveled to Rupert’s Land in 1816 and subsequently moved to the Red River Settlement to help manage Hayfield Farm under the stewardship of William Laidlaw. By 1830 he was farming on Lot 15. The home he built there now stands preserved in Lower Fort Garry. In 1851 he was chosen one of the six elders of the newly-opened Kildonan Presbyterian Church. He died in 1862 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
Grandfather of George Fraser Munroe.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, December 1999, 288 pages.
We thank Susan Gillmeister and Jane McKenzie for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 November 2025
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