Memorable Manitobans: George Frazer (1858-1940)

Farmer.

Born on 8 March 1858, he came to Manitoba in 1880 and took up a homestead claim, remaining on it for three years, after moving to Clanwilliam where he bought a small farm. He gradually acquired more land until he had 3,200 acres. He was a promoter of the Minnedosa dam project and served as a Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Minto (1903-1904). He and wife Suzanah Price (1858-1927) had four children: Richard Price Frazer, James C. Frazer (1894-?), Harvey Frazer (1896-?), and Clifford Frazer (1899-?). He was a member of the IOOF. He died at Brandon on 14 April 1940 and was buried in the Boyd Cemetery.

Sources:

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.

Death registrations [Susan Frazer, George Frazer], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary, Brandon Sun, 18 April 1940, page 6.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

Suzanah Price Frazer, FindAGrave.

We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 June 2024

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