Clan Fraser in Canada

CLAN ORGANIZATION. 2 I
in the course of not many years it failed to attract any public
attention whatever, and ceased to exist. In its brief career
it gathered some interesting information about the clansmen.
In a report drawn up by the Secretary, De Berry, whose
exertions on its behalf were unwearying, it is stated that
there were then over 12,000 persons, men, women and child-
ren ot the name Fraser, some speaking French, not one of
whom was a day laborer, or "earning daily wages," but all
in comfortable circumstances, many in positions of honour and
trust.
FORMATION
OF THE
CLAN FRASER IN CANADA
Although Mr. John Fraser de Berry's scheme failed it
was believed that there was room for a less pretentious and
more practicable clan organization in Canada. There was
little diminution of the clan feeling ; the desire of those having
the same origin and name, the same glorious clan history, in
common, to enjoy a friendly intercourse, was natural and
reasonable, and at length it assumed a practical form. Early
in the spring of 1894 a meeting was held in the office of the
Toronto Daily Mail, at which there were present : Messrs.
George B. Fraser, commission agent ; Robert Lovat Fraser,
barrister; Alexander R. Fraser, druggist ; Dr. J. B. Fraser,
physician ; Alexander Fraser (of Fraserfield, Glengarry)
Secretary to the Boiler Inspection Company ; W. H. Fraser,
Professor of Languages at the Toronto University ; W. A.
Fraser, civil engineer and contractor ; W. P. Fraser, clerk,