Background
The son of Alexander Fraser, a Church of Scotland minister, and Isabella Maclean, he was born in Torosay, Isle of Mull and was educated in Edinburgh and at the University of Edinburgh.
The son of Alexander Fraser, a Church of Scotland minister, and Isabella Maclean, he was born in Torosay, Isle of Mull and was educated in Edinburgh and at the University of Edinburgh.
University of Edinburgh.
In 1814, he was ordained as a minister and, in the same year, married Catherine Isabella Maclean. After serving congregations on Mull, in London and at Tain, he came to Pictou County, Nova Scotia in 1817 in response to the requirement there for a Gaelic-speaking minister. Fraser moved to Lunenburg County in 1838.
He also served as commissioner of schools there.
Fraser died in Saint John"s at the age of 49.