Alex W. Fraser

1940

ALEX W FRASER, born 1940 in Charlottenburgh Township, Lancaster, Ontario, County of Glengarry, whose United Empire Loyalist ancestors settled in the area in 1784, attended school in Lancaster and Williamstown. After leaving High School he worked with Bell Canada for a few years. In 1967 Alex got ill while attending school in Ottawa, Ontario. During convalescence from this illness, in 1971, he was inspired to use his spare time to interest himself in the ancestry of his mother and his father and began actively to pursue this quest by searching local records, visiting cemeteries, etc. It was in this pursuit that he realized the necessity to preserve headstone inscriptions and so set about to copy them in full. The interest and response people showed in his endeavour led to the publication of Gravestones of Glengarry Volume 1, Williamstown, in September 1976, Volume 2 in 1978. This effort in preserving local Glengarry County area history has kept him busy for the last 34 years. Mr. Fraser has been genealogist for the Glengarry Historical Society, the genealogist (Glengarry County) & founding member for the St Lawrence United Empire Loyalists Branch of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. He was also the 1st host for the counties of Glengarry, Stormont, Prescott Ontario with the Ontario GenWeb and 1st host for the counties of Soulanges & Vaudreuil Quebec with the Quebec GenWeb. Alex, now lives in Courtenay, BC with his wife, helper, companion and adviser, Rhoda Ross as they continue their efforts in preserving local Glengarry area history. This present work being the latest of that endeavour. RHODA P WESTLAKE ROSS, born 1932 in Montreal, Quebec whose ancestors came from England in 1875 and Stornoway, Scotland about 1928. Educated in local Montreal schools, she married John Ross of Curry Hill, Ontario in 1951 and had 5 children, 3 boys and 2 girls. She presently has 12 grandchildren. After her husband John died in the summer of 1976 she became involved in helping Alex with his research, collecting information and publishing. They have been working as a team ever since. Rhoda also enjoys oil painting, baking and gardening. May 2005 Here is a more complete list downloadable http://www.glengarrycounty.com/awfrr.pdf also my book announcement page http://www.glengarrycounty.com/ none of my books are out of print for those who desire to find me except gravestones of glengarry volume 1 1976 Take care and God bless Alex W Fraser Courtenay, BC e mail info@glengarrycounty.com tel # 1-866-338-6334 or 250-338-6334

• St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Williamstown, Ontario--register of baptisms and marriages, from 1779-1804
• 1001 name index of descendants of John Cameron "The Wise"
• Cote St. George Presbyterian Church, Soulanges County, Quebec
• Gravestones of Glengarry Volume 1
• Gravestones of Glengarry Vol 1 Williamstown
• Knox United Church, Lancaster Village, Glengarry County
• Salem United Church, Summerstown, Ontario
• St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church: Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, 1884-1978 South Lancaster, Ontario, Glengarry County
• St. Andrew's United Church, 2nd Concession, Lancaster Township, Bainsville, Ontario
• St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Williamstown, Ontario
• St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Lancaster, Ontario
• The Methodist Church baptisms, marriages 1878-1903 & name index (Lancaster, Ont.)