Margaret (MacKay) Fraser (abt. 1779 - abt. 1858)

Born about 1779 in Engdalmore, Gairloch, Ross-shire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Murdoch Fraser — married about 1802 in Gairloch, Ross-shire, Scotland

Descendants

Died about 1858 at about age 79 in Nova Scotia

Biography

Margaret was born in the late 1770s probably at Engdalmore, Gairloch, Ross-shire, Scotland. She was the daughter of John MacKay and Margaret MacRae. Some sources list her as the first daughter, but there is no record of her birth. She is most likely to be the third daughter, named after her mother.

She married Murdoch Fraser, her second cousin, about 1802. Their first daughter, Margaret, was born at Talladale^[1], the rest in Nova Scotia. They had at least nine children.

1. Margaret (1803^[2] - 1834^[3])
2. Arabella (1805 - )
3. Alexander (1806 - 1883^[4])
4. Mary (1808 - 1873^[5])
5. Roderick (1810 - 1883^[6])
6. John (1813 - 1852^[7])
7. Elizabeth (1819 - 1831)
8. Catherine (1822 - 1897)
9. Ann or Nancy (1824 - 1891)

She emigrated with her husband and daughter in June 1805 from Stornoway, Lewis and Harris on the Sir Sydney Smith to Nova Scotia^[8] at the same time as her parents and sisters except for one. By 1811 she had settled with her husband and six children at East River, Pictou County^[9].

Margaret died in 1858 in Nova Scotia.

Research Notes

More research is needed to confirm the names and dates of all of the children.

Note that Margaret Bailey Allison has DNA matches to descendants of five of Margaret's children, Margaret, Alexander, Roderick, Mary and Catherine. (Dickson-4413 23:57, 11 July 2024 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ7M-J8F : 12 February 2020), Margaret Mc Kay in entry for Margaret Fraser, 1803. Accessed 23 May 2020
2. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", citing Digital film/folder number: 007907476; FHL microfilm: 990583, FamilySearch Record: VQ7M-J86 Accessed 12 Jul 2024
   Margaret Fraser baptism on 22 Oct 1803, daughter of Murdock Fraser & Margaret Mc Kay, in Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138408395/margaret-fraser: accessed July 12, 2024), memorial page for Margaret Fraser (1803–1834), Find A Grave: Memorial #138408395; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by esco (contributor 47339147).
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117566241/alexander-fraser: accessed July 12, 2024), memorial page for Alexander Fraser (1806–5 Aug 1883), Find A Grave: Memorial #117566241, citing Riverside Cemetery, New Glasgow, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by Matthew H Fraser Moat (contributor 48364109).
5. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Death Registration. Accessed 12 Jul 2024
   1873/12538 McDonald, Mary Age=65Y DOD=10/9/1873
6. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Death Registration. Accessed 21 Oct 2021
   1883/4950 Fraser, Roderick Age=73Y DOD=18/09/1883
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117370474/john-fraser: accessed July 12, 2024), memorial page for John Fraser (1813–18 May 1852), Find A Grave: Memorial #117370474, citing Riverside Cemetery, New Glasgow, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by Ken Thompson (contributor 46888098).
8. ↑ Pipers Mackay Accessed 23 May 2020
9. ↑ Whyte, Donald. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada Before Confederation. Vol. 2 (Ontario Genealogical Society Vol.1 1986 & Vol.2 1995)

• Greg McLean, “McLean Genealogy (and related families),” database Margaret MacKay Accessed 23 May 2020

• Gibson, John G. Nova Scotia Historical Review. Vol 2 No 2, "Piper John MacKay and Roderick McLennan; A Tale of Two Immigrants and Their Incomplete Genealogy",1982, p 69 - 82.

Acknowledgements

• Biography written by Margaret Bailey Allison and Tom Dickson