hello Joan, Mitchell belonged to the Innes Clan. I couldn't find Caldow in my book. I had Calder and Caldwell. I have a little info on Innes Clan if you want. Send me your e-mail address as I missed your post and must have deleted it. Carolyn > Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:49:09 EST > From: Pattyfraz@aol.com > To: CLANS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CLANS-L] Re: CLANS Question > In a message dated 2/3/1999 9:24:22 AM Central Standard Time, CLANS-D- > request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > Hi All, > > > > Being new to not only the CLANS list, but genealogy research, I hope > > that I am not going to make a fool of myself with this question? I have two > > lots of ancestors that came from Scotland, MITCHELL's and CALDOW's, are > > there clans of these names??, I've never heard of there being any. > > > > Regards, > > Joan. > > AUSTRALIA. > > > > I am in the same boat as Joan. I am fairly new to genealogy research in > general, but am just starting to research outside of the United States. I > have been in touch with a new "cousin" in Ottawa, Canada, who has shared his > many years of research of the FRAZER/FRASER family with me and my husband. I > have searched some of the clan sites (one being a FRASER clan website) and > still cannot make out from what information I have what clan would be ours, as > it looks to me like there is more than one FRAZER/FRASER clan. > > So far, Samuel FRAZER is as far back as the family has been researched. He > was born in 1751 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, but apparently moved to and lived > the rest of his life in County Armagh, Ireland. His descendants (he was > supposedly married four or five times and had at least 21 children) spread > throughout the world into Canada, England, Australia, and the United States > (that I know of) with both the spellings of FRASER and FRAZER. Of the last > five of his children, two used FRASER and three used FRAZER. My husband is > descended from the fourth from the last child, William FRAZER. William was > born ca. 1812 in County Armagh, Ireland - came to the Bytown (Ottawa), Canada, > area in the 1847-1849 timeframe. He was a boot and shoemaker. He married > first Mary ??? in Ireland and second Margaret FULTON in Canada. Margaret was > also from County Armagh, but the families did not know each other in Ireland. > William died May 12, 1889 and is buried in St. James Cemetery in Hull, Quebec > (cemetery records supposedly destroyed in a fire). > > Can anyone help me identify the FRAZER/FRASER clan for this family or if you > have any additional information about this family. Please let me know if > additional details will help. > > Thanks! > > Patty Frazer > Pattyfraz@aol.com > St. Louis, MO, USA > > ______________________________ >