Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Fraser, Dr. J. B. |
Othernames |
Reverend Doctor J. B. Fraser |
Born |
1846 |
Birthplace |
Bond Head, Canada West (Ontario) |
Places of residence |
Formosa, China (3 years there) Queensville, Ontario (5 years) Annan / Leith area, Sydenham Township, Grey County (33 years) 976 6th Ave. East, Owen Sound 1916- 1929 |
Titles & honors |
Rev. Dr. Fraser was Ontario's first medical missionary to go to a foreign field |
Father |
Rev. William Fraser, D.D. |
Nationality |
Canadian |
Education |
Public school at Bond Head, high school at Bradford Victoria College (graduated spring of 1869) Knox College (Toronto), for a 3-year Theological Course, ordained in ___ |
Notes |
In a school group photograph of the Annan School (SS No. 3, Sydenham Township, 1971.021.003), Dr. J. B. Fraser is at the right in the first row. He was not the teacher, as Mrs. Watson was. He was a clergyman in the area at the time the image was taken. He served as the minister of the Leith Presbyterian Church after Rev. Alexander Hunter did. He also ministered at the Annan Presbyterian Church from 1884-1916. The Grey County Archives has the following images: 1971.021.007 Rev. Dr. Fraser standing at a pulpit near an organ 1971.021.008 Portrait photograph of Mrs. J. B. Fraser 1964.004.004 (another one of Mrs. J. B. Fraser) 1964.004.003 Portrait photograph (head and shoulders) of Rev. J. B. Fraser |
Occupation |
Schoolteacher Medical Doctor (2 years) Presbyterian Minister / Clergyman / Reverend Writer / Editorial Columns of the Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times. |
Publications |
HISTORY OF SYDENHAM TOWNSHIP, 1967, see pp. 146-151 re Annan Presbyterian Church "Owen Sound Loses Beloved Citizen in Rev. Dr. J. B. Fraser", 1929 (seen on BG0Gs microfiche collection), OWEN SOUND DAILY SUN-TIMES. |
Role |
Clergy/Religiou |
Spouse |
1. _______, m. ___, 2.________, m. ___ |
Children |
Lillian Fraser Edith Fraser (m. George Ritchie) Mattie Fraser (m. Alex M. Dewar) J. Wells Fraser Dorothy Fraser (d. 1918 in the Spanish Influenza pandemic) |
