Clarke Family Tree » Alexander Fraser (1862-1942)
Personal data Alexander Fraser
Source 1- He was born on December 16, 1862 in Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
- He died on August 9, 1942 in Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, he was 79 years old.
- A child of Alexander Fraser and Jane Watson
Household of Alexander Fraser
He is married to Alexandrina Sands Ritchie.
They got married on 16th-12-1892 at Camelon Manse, Falkirk, he was 29 years old.
Child(ren):
- Alexr Fraser ± 1894-????
- Agnes Nicol Ritchie Fraser ± 1894-????
- Jane Fraser ± 1895-????
- Mary Fraser ± 1897-????
- Alexandrina Ritchie Fraser 1898-1965
- Geo Fraser ± 1900-
Timeline Alexander Fraser
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Historical events
Birthday December 16, 1862
- The temperature on December 16, 1862 was about -1.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 15 » American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, Lloyd surrenders the following day.
- February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
- July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
- November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
- November 14 » American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
- December 1 » In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
Day of death August 9, 1942
- The temperature on August 9, 1942 was between 11.8 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
- March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces gave ultimatum to Dutch East Indies Governor General Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer and KNIL Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Hein Ter Poorten, to unconditionally surrender.
- June 10 » World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
- July 10 » World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
- September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp.
- October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
- December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.
Same birth/death day
- 1861 » Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator († 1917)
- 1863 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet († 1952)
- 1865 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet († 1918)
- 1866 » Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist († 1944)
- 1867 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian († 1951)
- 1869 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1952)
- 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
- 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
- 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
- 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
- 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
- 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
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The Clarke Family Tree publication was prepared by Stephen Clarke.
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Stephen Clarke, "Clarke Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/clarke-family-tree/I392494365212.php : accessed May 2, 2025), "Alexander Fraser (1862-1942)".
Stephen Clarke, "Clarke Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/clarke-family-tree/I392494365212.php : accessed May 2, 2025), "Alexander Fraser (1862-1942)".