Fraser, Colin

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Fraser, Colin

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        Sr 1807-1867; Jr 1842-1941

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        Colin Fraser, born around 1805 in Assynt, Sutherlandshire, journeyed to Canada on July 12, 1828 as the piper to Sir George Simpson, Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Colin Fraser remained with the Hudson’s Bay Company for many years, eventually rising to the rank of Clerk around 1859. He also served as a postmaster at Fort Edmonton in 1853,

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