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Fraser, Alexander, 1763-1837
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Dates of existence
1763-1837
History
Alexander Fraser was born in 1763 in Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont, Quebec.
He was a fur-trader. In 1787, he left for the Western prairies to trade furs. In 1799, he became one of the partners of the North West Company. In 1802, Fraser acquired from Henry Caldwell the seigneury of Rivière-du-Loup and Madawaska where he built a house. He retired from the fur-trade about 1806. In 1823, he moved with his family to Cabano (Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac) to develop the Madawaska seigniory. In 1835, he returned to Rivière-du-Loup.
In 1789, he married Angélique Meadows, a daughter of an Amerindian chief who saved his life after quarreling with his clan. After the revocation of this marriage, in 1815, he married Pauline Michaud. He died on June 14, 1837, in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec.