Mark: Have HISTORY OF OSWEGO COUNTY book. Will see what I can do. Don Palmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Wentling" <markwdc@hotmail.com> To: <nyoswego-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 4:16 PM Subject: [NYOSWEGO] FRASER, 1870's - seeking volunteer or paid researcher > Hi, > > I'm working on one of my brick walls, and woudl like to enlist the help if > a > volunteer or paid researcher to help me overcome it. > > THE PROBLEM: To learn the names of the parents of my > great-great-great-grandfather, Duncan Fraser. > > BACKGROUND I'VE GOT: > > Duncan Fraser was reputedly born in Scotland (date of birth not known). > He > married Margaret "Maggie" Cheney, born 24 May 1849, daughter of George > Cheney and Rosetta Farley of Mallorytown, Ontario, Canada. > > Duncan & Maggie had two children. The first was John Farley Fraser (my > grt-grt-grandfather), born 9 April 1874 in Scriba, Oswego Co., NY, > according > to his obituary. The second was George E. Fraser, born about 1877. > > *Duncan died while Maggie was pregnant for George* > > I do not know if the family was living in Oswego County or in Ontario when > Duncan died, but the consensus of traditions I've gathered is that they > were > living in Oswego Co. > > After Duncan died, Maggie moved the family back to Ontario where she moved > in with her borther Henry Cheney of Mallorytown. She lived there rest of > her life, dying in 30 December 1837, by then the oldest living resident of > Mallrytown. > > RESEARCH I'VE DONE: > > I have searched Oswego County, and Ontarion census records for 1870, 1871 > and 1880 -- I cannot find this family for any of those years. > > I have checked online burial records for Oswego County and cannot find any > record of a gravesite. Similarly I have searched online Onmtario burial > indices and find no record for Duncan. > > I have one Canadian mariage record that mentions the marriage of a > daughter > of George & Rosetta Cheney of Mallorytown, named Mary, to a Richard Duncan > Fraser of Edwardsburgh, Ontario, Canada, but as tempting as this record > is, > the facts are a bit off. > > Family tradition includes mention of Williamstown, Oswego Co., NY. > > I have a webpage about the family at: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/fraser.html > > I do not live in the area, so I can't do on-site research myself. Can > anyone help me, please? > > Thanks! > Mark > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYOSWEGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Do you have anything on any Rusell's or Neal family in Oswego? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Pal" <dpalmer2@twcny.rr.com> To: <nyoswego@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] FRASER, 1870's - seeking volunteer or paid researcher > Mark: Have HISTORY OF OSWEGO COUNTY book. Will see what I can do. Don > Palmer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Wentling" <markwdc@hotmail.com> > To: <nyoswego-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 4:16 PM > Subject: [NYOSWEGO] FRASER, 1870's - seeking volunteer or paid researcher > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm working on one of my brick walls, and woudl like to enlist the help if > > a > > volunteer or paid researcher to help me overcome it. > > > > THE PROBLEM: To learn the names of the parents of my > > great-great-great-grandfather, Duncan Fraser. > > > > BACKGROUND I'VE GOT: > > > > Duncan Fraser was reputedly born in Scotland (date of birth not known). > > He > > married Margaret "Maggie" Cheney, born 24 May 1849, daughter of George > > Cheney and Rosetta Farley of Mallorytown, Ontario, Canada. > > > > Duncan & Maggie had two children. The first was John Farley Fraser (my > > grt-grt-grandfather), born 9 April 1874 in Scriba, Oswego Co., NY, > > according > > to his obituary. The second was George E. Fraser, born about 1877. > > > > *Duncan died while Maggie was pregnant for George* > > > > I do not know if the family was living in Oswego County or in Ontario when > > Duncan died, but the consensus of traditions I've gathered is that they > > were > > living in Oswego Co. > > > > After Duncan died, Maggie moved the family back to Ontario where she moved > > in with her borther Henry Cheney of Mallorytown. She lived there rest of > > her life, dying in 30 December 1837, by then the oldest living resident of > > Mallrytown. > > > > RESEARCH I'VE DONE: > > > > I have searched Oswego County, and Ontarion census records for 1870, 1871 > > and 1880 -- I cannot find this family for any of those years. > > > > I have checked online burial records for Oswego County and cannot find any > > record of a gravesite. Similarly I have searched online Onmtario burial > > indices and find no record for Duncan. > > > > I have one Canadian mariage record that mentions the marriage of a > > daughter > > of George & Rosetta Cheney of Mallorytown, named Mary, to a Richard Duncan > > Fraser of Edwardsburgh, Ontario, Canada, but as tempting as this record > > is, > > the facts are a bit off. > > > > Family tradition includes mention of Williamstown, Oswego Co., NY. > > > > I have a webpage about the family at: > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/fraser.html > > > > I do not live in the area, so I can't do on-site research myself. Can > > anyone help me, please? > > > > Thanks! > > Mark > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYOSWEGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYOSWEGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message