Frasers of Hillcrest Farm Dundee, QC: The Legacy of Albert Herbert Fraser, Fraser Ancestors, Life Challenges & Family Impact (1821-1961)
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This book is a story of the author’s father, born on Sherwood Farm, southwest of Montreal near the St. Lawrence River. Born in 1906, his mother Janet McNicol, died in 1907 at age 25, 3 months after his birth and he was brought up as an only child by his Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Emma Grant on Hillcrest Farm 3 farms east of Sherwood.
After Albert lost his biological father to suicide in 1936, he married Alma Cockerline in 1943 and the author was the middle of their family of three boys and two girls. Sadly, in the late 1950s, Albert battled depression from which he never recovered, leading to his tragic suicide in 1961.
This book covers Albert’s 54-year lifespan and that of his Fraser ancestors dating back 140 years to his great grandfather’s emigration in 1821 from Inverness, Scotland to Dundee, after being shipwrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Prior to 1066 AD, the author’s Fraser ancestors crossed the English Channel from France to England and migrated north to Scotland. This book highlights this lineage, including the Lord Lovat Frasers of Beauly, the Jacobite Risings, fighting on the Plains of Abraham of Quebec, and the author’s 6th cousin Simon Fraser as a fur trader, exploring Western Canada and naming the Fraser River of British Columbia.
*Preorders to be placed via emailing the author at the Contact page ONLY. Shipping extra.*
This book is a story of the author’s father, born on Sherwood Farm, southwest of Montreal near the St. Lawrence River. Born in 1906, his mother Janet McNicol, died in 1907 at age 25, 3 months after his birth and he was brought up as an only child by his Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Emma Grant on Hillcrest Farm 3 farms east of Sherwood.
After Albert lost his biological father to suicide in 1936, he married Alma Cockerline in 1943 and the author was the middle of their family of three boys and two girls. Sadly, in the late 1950s, Albert battled depression from which he never recovered, leading to his tragic suicide in 1961.
This book covers Albert’s 54-year lifespan and that of his Fraser ancestors dating back 140 years to his great grandfather’s emigration in 1821 from Inverness, Scotland to Dundee, after being shipwrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Prior to 1066 AD, the author’s Fraser ancestors crossed the English Channel from France to England and migrated north to Scotland. This book highlights this lineage, including the Lord Lovat Frasers of Beauly, the Jacobite Risings, fighting on the Plains of Abraham of Quebec, and the author’s 6th cousin Simon Fraser as a fur trader, exploring Western Canada and naming the Fraser River of British Columbia.
*Preorders to be placed via emailing the author at the Contact page ONLY. Shipping extra.*
This book is a story of the author’s father, born on Sherwood Farm, southwest of Montreal near the St. Lawrence River. Born in 1906, his mother Janet McNicol, died in 1907 at age 25, 3 months after his birth and he was brought up as an only child by his Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Emma Grant on Hillcrest Farm 3 farms east of Sherwood.
After Albert lost his biological father to suicide in 1936, he married Alma Cockerline in 1943 and the author was the middle of their family of three boys and two girls. Sadly, in the late 1950s, Albert battled depression from which he never recovered, leading to his tragic suicide in 1961.
This book covers Albert’s 54-year lifespan and that of his Fraser ancestors dating back 140 years to his great grandfather’s emigration in 1821 from Inverness, Scotland to Dundee, after being shipwrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Prior to 1066 AD, the author’s Fraser ancestors crossed the English Channel from France to England and migrated north to Scotland. This book highlights this lineage, including the Lord Lovat Frasers of Beauly, the Jacobite Risings, fighting on the Plains of Abraham of Quebec, and the author’s 6th cousin Simon Fraser as a fur trader, exploring Western Canada and naming the Fraser River of British Columbia.