John Bell Fraser
Father: Thomas Grant Fraser.
Mother: Hannah Bell.
Sisters: Jane, Margaret Ann Hurd.
Brother: Alva Vickers.
Wife: Frances (Frank or Frankie) Sarah McLean.
Daughters: Florence "Hattie", Olive Alberta, Gertrude Maud, Bata Frances.
Father-in-law: Henry McLean.
John keeps a detailed diary identifying the crops he plants in specific fields and the quantity of garden produce, varieties of potatoes, meat, hay, and grain that he transports and sells in Brockville and other surrounding villages. He’s a bachelor at the beginning of the diary and marries Frances in March 1884. The next fall, he begins studying medicine in Kingston, and in 1888 they move to Spencerville where he practices with Dr S.C. McLean in the village and surrounding townships. The diary ends just before he moves the family to Toronto.
Above Images: John Bell Fraser's Diary
