Joseph Fraser
1830 - 1900 (70 years)Person ID: I1130 | Tree: Rudeen-Rademacher | Last Modified: 24 Jul 2020
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Name Joseph Fraser Birth 26 May 1830 Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 
[1] - May 26, 1830
Frazer. John Frazer in law had a a lawful child by his wife Margaret Beattie baptized called Joseph
1830 Birth Joseph Fraser Gender Male Died 25 Nov 1900 Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [2]
Parish of Insch, 1900
Joseph Fraser, retired Farmer (single)
Died 25 Nov 1900 2:00 am at Clifton House, Insch
Male, 70 years old
Father John Fraser, labourer (deceased)
Mother Margaret Fraser (Beattie) (deceased)
Cause of death: Cancer of stomach
Informant: Andrew St. John, neighbor
1900 Death Record Joseph Fraser - May 26, 1830
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Parents
Father John Fraser (ID:I1127), b. Yes, date unknown d. 1830, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Mother Margaret Beattie (ID:I5956), b. 11 Nov 1793, Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 15 Sep 1879, Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 85 years) Marriage 9 Jul 1827 Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [15] - Kennethmont
Fraser & Beattie
John Fraser in the parish of Leslie and Margaret Beattie in this parish having been regularly proclaimed, were married July 9th 1827.
1827 Marriage John Fraser Margaret Beattie Children (Siblings) 1. Mary Fraser (ID:I1132), b. 28 Jun 1828, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 23 Feb 1862, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 33 years)2. Margaret Fraser (ID:I1131), b. 28 Jun 1828, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown3. Joseph Fraser (ID:I1130), b. 26 May 1830, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 25 Nov 1900, Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 70 years) - Kennethmont
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Other Personal Events
Census 6 Jun 1841 Premnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [3] - Joseph is working as Ag Labourer (although blacked out?) for the John Davidson family in Premnay. Premnay is a parish that borders on Leslie.
1841 Census Joseph Fraser Census 30 Mar 1851 Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [4] - Joseph Fraser is a "farm servant" working on behalf of Robert Mackie.
Unmarried male, age 20, born at Kennethmont
1851 Census Joseph Fraser Census 7 Apr 1861 Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [5] - Living at Cot Town Law:
Margaret Beattie, Head, Widow, female, age 66, house holder, born at Leslie
Mary Fraisor, Daughter, Unmarried, female, age 32, Dress maker, born at Kennethmont
Joseph Fraisor, Son, Unmarried, male, age 30, Flesher, Born at Kennethmont
1861 Census Margaret Beattie family Census 2 Apr 1871 Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [6] - Joseph Fraser, Patient, Unmarried, male age 41, Cattle dealer, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Lunatic
1871 Census Cover Sheet - Joseph Fraser 
1871 Census Joseph Fraser Occupation 1875 Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [7] - Joseph Fraser, butcher, is listed as proprietor of Clifton House in Insch; George Gordon was occupier. Feu-duties paid to Col A.S. Hay
1875 Valuation Roll - Joseph Fraser Census 3 Apr 1881 Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [8] - Clifton House has several family groupings: The Grants, the Cruickshanks and various others.
Joseph Fraser, Head, Unmarried, male age 50, butcher, born at Kennethmont
Isabella McMaster, w. (widow?), female age 43, domestic servant, born at Oyne
George Davidson, servant, mals age 12, ag labourer, born at Insch
1881 Census Record - Joseph Fraser Residence 1885 Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [9, 10, 11] - Joseph Fraser is associated with several properties in the Insch vicinity on the 1885 valuation rolls.
He is listed as (1) a tenant of the farm and house at Burnside on the Leith-hall estate; (2) proprietor of Clifton House in Insch; and (3) a tenant on other farm land near Insch.
At Clifton House, Joseph Fraser of Burnside (Kennethmont) is listed as the proprietor of a house with several tenants. Tenants are John Morrison (servant), Joseph Robb (butcher), Alexander Reid (retired farmer), Mrs. Mackie, Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Jessiman, and Mrs. Urquhart.
Near Insch, Joseph Fraser is listed as a tenant farmer on "Land, Village Lands" within the Estates of Insch and Nether Boddam.
1885 Valuation - Joseph Fraser - Burnside 
1885 Valuation - Joseph Fraser - Clifton house 
1885 Valuation - Joseph Fraser - lands in Insch Census 5 Apr 1891 Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [12] - Burnside
Joseph Fraser, Head, unmarried, male age 60, farmer, born Kennethmont
Isabella Reid, servant, unmarried, female age 55, domestic servant, born Oyne
Peter Mennie, servant, unmarried, male age 16, farm servant, born Kennethmont
Residence 1895 Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [13] - Joseph is listed as the tenant/occupier at Burnside Farm, but still retians ownership status for Clifton House in Insch. He is also a tenant on the Insch/Nether Boddam property.
The Burnside Farm is part of the Leith hall estate.
Will 1900 [14] - Joseph Fraser 1830 to 1900
Bequests
50 lbs. to Housekeeper Isabella Reid
30 lbs. to Helen Beattie (cousin)
25 lbs. to two daughters of James Beattie
25 lbs. to Annie Fraser, daughter of Alexander
[Alexander was Joseph's half-brother. By 1900, Annie had immigrated to America and married William McHugh of Green County, Iowa]
25 lbs. to daughters, Ebba and Margarette, and son Edward of Andrew
25 lbs. to Ministers of the Parish, Free and Congregational Churches in the Village of Insch
10 lbs. to Society in Aberdeen for saving life at sea (apparatus for saving life at sea his invention)
10 lbs. to Trustees of Rodger Fund in Insch to be used as they think proper. Trustees to deposit in North of Scotland Bank, Insch, the price of one hundred bolls of oat meal and spend this money with interest thereon from time to time inting working people with families in the parishes of Insch, Leslie and Kennethmont, who are suffering from sickness and trustees consider deserving of help.
Annual income to minister giving sermon once a year on cruelty to animals.
Residue to children of brothers Andrew and Alexander equally among them sharing alike.
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Event Map
Birth - 26 May 1830 - Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 
Census - 6 Jun 1841 - Premnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Census - 30 Mar 1851 - Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Census - 7 Apr 1861 - Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 
Census - 2 Apr 1871 - Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 
Occupation - 1875 - Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Census - 3 Apr 1881 - Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Residence - 1885 - Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Census - 5 Apr 1891 - Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Residence - 1895 - Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Died - 25 Nov 1900 - Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
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"Joseph Fraser birth record,"; accessed 18 Jun 2016 - [S218] ScotlandsPeople., Statutory Death Register, (Name: scotlandspeople.gov.uk :n.d.;), Insch, Aberdeenshire." 203/00 0022, accessed 18 Jun 2016.
- [S1] Scotland., 1841 census of Scotland. Digital images, (Name: ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk. n.d.;), Premnay, Aberdeenshire, enumeration district (ED) 002, page 5.
- [S4] Scotland., 1851 census of Scotland. Digital images, (Name: http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : n.d.;), Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, enumeration district (ED) 004, page 8(http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : ).
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- [S10] Scotland., 1871 census of Scotland. Digital images, (Name: /i scotlandspeople.gov.uk/i0 . n.d.;), Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, enumeration district (ED) 036, page 11.
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- [S16] Scotland., 1881 census of Scotland. Digital images, (Name: scotlandspeople.gov.uk : n.d.;), Insch, Aberdeenshire, enumeration district (ED) 001, page 19(scotlandspeople.gov.uk : ).
- [S281] Scotland Valuation Rolls, VR87/79/139, Joseph Fraser (scotlandspeople.gov.uk).
Burnside Farm - [S281] Scotland Valuation Rolls, VR87/79/126, Joseph Fraser (scotlandspeople.gov.uk).
Clifton House - [S281] Scotland Valuation Rolls, VR87/79/126, Joseph Fraser (scotlandspeople.gov.uk).
Lands in Insch - [S20] Scotland., 1891 census of Scotland. Digital images, (Name: scotlandspeople.gov.uk : n.d.;), Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, enumeration district (ED) 005, page 3(scotlandspeople.gov.uk : ).
- [S219] Scotland, Digital images, (Name: scotlandspeople.gov.uk : n.d.;), p. VR87/89/197, Joseph Fraser (scotlandspeople.gov.uk).
- [S171] "Research by Mary Anne Hrubesky Saathoff"; report ; as posted on ancestry.com; not independently verified.
- [S120] Leslie (Aberdeenshire, Scotland), Digital images, (Name: scotlandspeople.gov.uk.;), "Fraser-Beattie marriage record,"; accessed 18 Jun 2016.