Biography

CHARLES FRASER

Burial register ID: 14090
Surname: FRASER
First name: CHARLES
Middle names:
Gender: Male
Age: 74 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 17-Feb-1924
Date of burial: 20-Feb-1924

Block: 171
Plot: 1
Inscription:

In loving memory of

My beloved husband

CHARLES FRASER

Died Feb. 17 1924

Aged 74 years

Also JOHN MICHAEL

2nd son of above

Drowned at Steynsdorp, South Africa

Dec. 20 1903 aged 26 years

Also CATHERINE

3rd daughter of the above

Died Feb. 19 1885 aged 8 weeks

Also MARY ANN

Beloved wife of

CHARLES FRASER

Died 20th Dec 1940

R.I.P.

Bio contributor: Dr Martin C. Round

Charles Fraser, the son of Donald Fraser and Harriet Clark, was born at Tynallan, Strathnairn, in the parish of Daviot and Dunlichty, Inverness-shire, and was baptised on 16 December 1850. He came to New Zealand with his parents and siblings on the Robert Henderson, which arrived at Bluff on 4 September 1862.

Charles joined the Otago Daily Times in 1869 and became sub-editor in 1885. For 22 years he held this position, and was twice acting editor, until 1907, when he became editor of the Otago Witness.

Charles married Mary Ann McCarthy, the daughter of Michael McCarthy and Julia Scully, at the home of Joseph Walsam, Moray Place, Dunedin, on 27 January 1874. Their children were Donald, James, John, Charles, Harriet, Marian, Catherine (died as an infant), Violet and Ethel. Charles died on 17 February 1924 at 18 Queen’s Drive, Musselburgh, Dunedin, and is buried in the Northern Cemetery with his wife, his daughter Catherine, and the still-born child of his daughter Harriet and her husband Herbert Beer.

— Other burials recorded at this site:
Catherine FRASER d. 1885,
Baby BEER d. 1910,
and Mary Ann FRASER d. 1940.

There are 4 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
BEER BABY 0 Days 24-Sep-1910 26-Sep-1910
FRASER CATHERINE 8 Weeks 19-Feb-1885 21-Feb-1885
FRASER CHARLES 74 Years 17-Feb-1924 20-Feb-1924
FRASER MARY ANN 84 Years 17-Dec-1940 20-Dec-1940