Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Premnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Occupation: 1875, Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Residence: 1885, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Census: 5 Apr 1891, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Residence: 1895, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Will: 1900

Notes:

Birth:
May 26, 1830



Frazer. John Frazer in law had a a lawful child by his wife Margaret Beattie baptized called Joseph

Census:
Joseph is working as Ag Labourer (although blacked out?) for the John Davidson family in Premnay. Premnay is a parish that borders on Leslie.

Census:
Joseph Fraser is a "farm servant" working on behalf of Robert Mackie.

Unmarried male, age 20, born at Kennethmont

Census:
Living at Cot Town Law:
Margaret Beattie, Head, Widow, female, age 66, house holder, born at Leslie
Mary Fraisor, Daughter, Unmarried, female, age 32, Dress maker, born at Kennethmont
Joseph Fraisor, Son, Unmarried, male, age 30, Flesher, Born at Kennethmont

Census:
Joseph Fraser, Patient, Unmarried, male age 41, Cattle dealer, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Lunatic

Occupation:
Joseph Fraser, butcher, is listed as proprietor of Clifton House in Insch; George Gordon was occupier. Feu-duties paid to Col A.S. Hay

Census:
Clifton House has several family groupings: The Grants, the Cruickshanks and various others.



Joseph Fraser, Head, Unmarried, male age 50, butcher, born at Kennethmont

Isabella McMaster, w. (widow?), female age 43, domestic servant, born at Oyne

George Davidson, servant, mals age 12, ag labourer, born at Insch

Residence:
Joseph Fraser is associated with several properties in the Insch vicinity on the 1885 valuation rolls.



He is listed as (1) a tenant of the farm and house at Burnside on the Leith-hall estate; (2) proprietor of Clifton House in Insch; and (3) a tenant on other farm land near Insch.



At Clifton House, Joseph Fraser of Burnside (Kennethmont) is listed as the proprietor of a house with several tenants. Tenants are John Morrison (servant), Joseph Robb (butcher), Alexander Reid (retired farmer), Mrs. Mackie, Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Jessiman, and Mrs. Urquhart.



Near Insch, Joseph Fraser is listed as a tenant farmer on "Land, Village Lands" within the Estates of Insch and Nether Boddam.









Census:
Burnside

Joseph Fraser, Head, unmarried, male age 60, farmer, born Kennethmont
Isabella Reid, servant, unmarried, female age 55, domestic servant, born Oyne
Peter Mennie, servant, unmarried, male age 16, farm servant, born Kennethmont

Residence:
Joseph is listed as the tenant/occupier at Burnside Farm, but still retians ownership status for Clifton House in Insch. He is also a tenant on the Insch/Nether Boddam property.

The Burnside Farm is part of the Leith hall estate.

Will:
Joseph Fraser 1830 to 1900

Bequests

50 lbs. to Housekeeper Isabella Reid

30 lbs. to Helen Beattie (cousin)

25 lbs. to two daughters of James Beattie

25 lbs. to Annie Fraser, daughter of Alexander

[Alexander was Joseph's half-brother. By 1900, Annie had immigrated to America and married William McHugh of Green County, Iowa]

25 lbs. to daughters, Ebba and Margarette, and son Edward of Andrew

25 lbs. to Ministers of the Parish, Free and Congregational Churches in the Village of Insch

10 lbs. to Society in Aberdeen for saving life at sea (apparatus for saving life at sea his invention)

10 lbs. to Trustees of Rodger Fund in Insch to be used as they think proper. Trustees to deposit in North of Scotland Bank, Insch, the price of one hundred bolls of oat meal and spend this money with interest thereon from time to time inting working people with families in the parishes of Insch, Leslie and Kennethmont, who are suffering from sickness and trustees consider deserving of help.

Annual income to minister giving sermon once a year on cruelty to animals.

Residue to children of brothers Andrew and Alexander equally among them sharing alike.

Died:

Parish of Insch, 1900

Joseph Fraser, retired Farmer (single)

Died 25 Nov 1900 2:00 am at Clifton House, Insch
Male, 70 years old

Father John Fraser, labourer (deceased)
Mother Margaret Fraser (Beattie) (deceased)

Cause of death: Cancer of stomach

Informant: Andrew St. John, neighbor