Thomas Meiklehose Fraser 

Source: New Register House, Edinburgh and his Canadian Passport.

Source: New Register House, Edinburgh.

Source: New Register House, Edinburgh.

Sarah Rodger was on holiday in Prestwick when her mother, Sophia Fraser, was called away because of Thomas's death.

Buried in Eastwood Cemetery, Glasgow.

Dr. Daniel Thomson also delivered Sarah Rodger.

Agnes Fraser was Thomas Fraser's (Puncle's) wife, who lived in the apartment above the Frasers at 104 Riverford Road.

1. Andrew Fraser (Errand Boy) was born in 1848/49 in Hamilton. Andrew is believed to have died on the 21st of April 1866 at age 17.  His father had another son Andrew, by his second wife, the following year.  By coincidence, this son also died at age 17.
2. David Fraser was born in 1851 in Hamilton. David may have married a Martha Whittingham in 1878 in Hamilton. (verify)
3. Jemima Fraser was born in 1852/53 in Hamilton, and married on the 14th of June 1872 in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire to Nathaniel Dunsheath (Printfield Worker).  Jemima died of senility and myocardial degeneration at Sykes Terrace in Neilston on the 23rd of August 1949 at age 96.  Sister Jane lived with Jemima's family at Cottage Row, Mearns, Renfrewshire in the 1881 census.  According to a pedigree resource file, Nathaniel was born in Kildrum, Ireland.
   • Andrew Dunsheath was born in 1872/73 in Busby, Renfrewshire.
   • Esther Dunsheath was born in 1874/75 in Busby, Renfrewshire.
   • William John Dunsheath was born in 1876/77 in Busby, Renfrewshire.
   • Jane Dunsheath was born in 1878/79 in Busby, Renfrewshire.
   • James Dunsheath reported his mother's death in 1949.
   • Others unknown.
4. John Frazer (Slater) was born on the 15th of May 1855 in Hamilton.
5. Helen Dykes Fraser (Message Servant) was born on the 18th of October 1857 in Hamilton.
6. Thomas Meiklehose Fraser was born on the 7th of November 1859 in Hamilton and married on the 4th of March 1881 in Shotts to Sarah Brisbane.
7. Jane Hamilton Fraser was born on the 23rd of August 1861 in Hamilton.  Jane may have married a William Cunningham in 1892 in Hamilton.  (verify)
8. William Fraser (Slater) was born on the 13th of November 1863 in Hamilton. William may have married a Sarah Jane Millar in 1888 in Hamilton. (verify)

1. Andrew Fraser was born on the 28th of April 1867 in Hamilton and died on the 3rd of May 1884 in Hamilton at age 17.  Buried at Bent Cemetery, Hamilton, Lair 17 and 18 Division New South Section D.
2. Mary Penman Fraser was born on the 15th of July 1869 in Hamilton and married in 1889 in Hamilton to Thomas Graham. Mary died on the 6th of May 1909 at 9 Morgan Street, Hamilton, at age 39, and is buried in Bent Cemetery, Lair 899 and 900.  Thomas was born on the 26th of July 1865 in Buthkenny or Bothkennar, Stirlingshire to Adam Graham and Janet Anderson.
• Nelly Graham was born in 1889/90 in Hamilton.
• Adam Graham was born in 1891 in Hamilton.
• Janet Graham was born in 1892/93 in Hamilton.
• Andrew Fraser Graham was born on the 11th of December 1894 in Hamilton and married on the 26th of November 1920 in Larkhall to Jean Forsyth Pollock.  Andrew died on the 12th of May 1973 in Motherwell.  Had at least five children.
• Annie Graham was born in 1896/97 in Hamilton.
3. Alexander Fraser was born on the 11th of November 1871 in Hamilton, was married on the 21st of July 1893 in Glasgow to Elizabeth Brodie Laing of 52 West Nile Street, Glasgow, and married a second time after 1923 to Elizabeth Berry.  Alexander registered his father's death in 1891.  Elizabeth Brodie Laing died on the 4th of April 1923 in the Western Infirmary.  Alexander died on the 28th of October 1939 at 67 Flemington Street, Motherwell, at age 67.
   • Andrew Fraser was born on the 4th of September 1893 at Bridgend, Symington.
   • Thomas Laing Fraser was born in 1894/95, but died in 1895 in Hamilton at age 0.
   • Helen McLair Fraser was born on the 14th of July 1898 in Hamilton, but died on the 4th of October 1898 at 21 Holmes Street, Hamilton, at age 2 months.  (twin)
   • Alexander McLair Fraser was born on the 19th of July 1898 at 21 Holmes Street, Hamilton.  (twin)
   • Elizabeth Brodie Laing Fraser was born on the 9th of June 1901 at 21 Holmes Street, Hamilton.  
   • Mary Fraser was born on the 13th of May 1902 at 21 Holmes Street, Hamilton.
   • Ann Fraser was born on the 22nd of October 1903 at 21 Holmes Street, Hamilton.
4. Ann Fraser (Housekeeper) was born on the 22nd of February 1874 in Hamilton, and was married in 1895 in Hamilton to George Fletcher Dargavel (Steel Works Timekeeper).  Ann died on the 18th of November 1944 at 97 Airbles Street, Motherwell, at age 71.
   • David Dargavel
   • Helen Dargavel
   • Jean Dargavel
5. Jessie Fraser was born on the 23rd of November 1876 in Hamilton, and was married on the 23rd of April 1897 in Hamilton to Walter White.  Jessie died on the 25th of February 1923 at 49 Muir Street, Hamilton, at age 46.
   • Walter White was born on the 18th of August 1898 at 47 Muir Street, Hamilton, but died on the 16th of April 1918, killed in action in France at age 19.
   • Andrew Fraser White was born on the 20th of September 1901 at 47 Muir Street, Hamilton.
6. Loudon Fraser was born on the 19th of February 1879 in Hamilton and died on the 4th of May 1881 in Hamilton at age 2.
7. Eliza Beatrice Russel Fraser was born on the 2nd of February 1881 in Hamilton but died on the 22nd of April 1881 in Hamilton at the age of 2 months.
8. Loudon Hamilton Fraser was born on the 19th of November 1882 in Hamilton and married in 1905 in Hamilton to Agnes McQueen Robertson.  Sarah Rodger remembers a Loudon Fraser coming to visit 104 Riverford Road, Pollockshaws when she was a small girl, perhaps around 1930. She had no idea who he was. He played so loudly on their piano that she thought the keys were going to break. She remembers that the visit was a very big occasion for the whole family.  Loudon died on the 23rd of November 1944 at 16 Maxwell Road, Glasgow, at age 62.
9. Catherine Fraser was born on the 22nd of May 1886 in Hamilton, and was married on the 15th of July 1912 to Robert Gillespie (Blacksmith) of 50 Wellington Street, Glasgow.  Catherine died on the 4th of December 1953 at 144 Watson Street, Motherwell, at age 67.
   • Helen McLair Gillespie was born in February 1913, but died on the 28th of March 1913 at age 43 days.
   • Andrew Fraser Gillespie was born in 1914 but died on the 18th of November 1915 at age 14 months.
   • Loudon Hamilton Gillespie was born in 1919/20, but died on the 18th of June 1920 at age 6 months.
   • Charles Fraser Alexander Gillespie
   • David Gillespie
   • Agnes Gillespie

Did not find any of the pre-1855 Frasers in the Hamilton Old Parish Registers even though the family was in Hamilton in both the 1851 and 1861 Hamilton censuses.

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76 Muir Street

Tom's family before he was born.

In this census, Jane Fraser is listed as "Blind or Deaf and Dumb". It is highly likely that Jane was deaf, and that this is the explanation why her maiden surname is always different every time it is listed. A real mystery solved!
 

1861 Census - Hamilton, Lanarkshire - Film 0103867 District 4 Page 6

27 Muir Street, Hamilton. - One room with one or more windows.
 

1871 Census - Hamilton, Lanarkshire - Film 0104038 ED 1 Page 46.

6 Beckford Street, Hamilton.

Thomas's mother Jane Hose has died and he now has a step-mother Helen McLare.
 

1881 Census - Shotts (Eastern District), Lanarkshire - Film 0203704 655-2 ED 1 Page 10

Main Street, Linds Land, Harthill, Shotts (Eastern District)
 

1881 Census - Hamilton, Lanarkshire - Film 0203692 ED 12 Page 33&34

19 Holmes Street.

Thomas' father, stepmother, brother William, and many step-siblings.
 

1881 Census - Mearns, Renfrewshire - Film 0203578 ED 2 Page 1

Cottage Row.

Thomas' older sister, Jemima and family, and also his younger sister, Jane..
 

1891 Census - Eastwood, Renfrewshire - Film 0220181 Ed 6 Page 30.

11 Wilson Street, Eastwood, Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire.
 

1891 Census - Hamilton, Lanarkshire - Film 0220344 Ed 11 Page 36.

23 Gateside St.

Tom's step-sister Mary Penman Fraser has married and started a family.
 

1901 Census - Eastwood, Renfrewshire - Entry 203, Page 39 of 54..

38 Maxwell St., Pollockshaws, Eastwood,  East Renfrewshire.

• 22 Muir Street, Hamilton. 1859 (birth)
• 27 Muir Street, Hamilton. 1861
• Busby. 1881
• Main Street, Linds Land, Harthill. 1881 (marriage)
• 95 Queen Street, Govan. 1883
• Neilston. 1890
• 11 Wilson Street, Eastwood. 1891
• 38 Maxwell Street, Pollockshaws, Eastwood.  1901
• 104 Riverford Road, Eastwood, Glasgow. 1921
• Ontario, Canada. 1923
• 104 Riverford Road, Eastwood, Glasgow. 1926 (death)

• Ironstone Miner
• Plasterer. 
  

Other descendants:

Kenneth Fraser (amfraser@onetel.net.uk )
        Andrew Fraser (c1801) and Jane Haddow Hamilton
        Andrew Fraser (1823/24) and Ellen McLair
        Loudon Hamilton Fraser (1882) and Agnes McQueen Robertson

Andrew Fraser Graham (andy@afg1960.wanadoo.co.uk )
        Andrew Fraser (c1801) and Jane Haddow Hamilton
        Andrew Fraser (1823/24) and Ellen McLair
        Mary Penman Fraser (1869) and Thomas Graham
        Andrew Fraser Graham (1894) and Jean Forsyth Pollock

Tall, handsome and fair haired. Later in life he had a big white moustache and beard.

Did the fancy plaster cornice work you can see a lot in Glasgow houses.

Went out to Ontario, Canada in 1923 to join his son James and look for employment, but returned to Scotland.

Very fond of a drink. Had to hand over his pay packet to Sarah, so on pay day used to seal a florin up in the plaster of the house he was working on, and then dig it out later at an appropriate time.

Said of his wife, "When I married ye, Sarah, I lo'ed ye so much I could have eaten ye. And I wisht tae God I hud!"

Good singer. Always singing and reciting poetry.

Clay pipe smoker. (Probable cause of his mouth cancer)

Knew the stars and constellations.

Some connection with the Inverness area?

Fraser Tartan 

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