the last name fraser comes from france.
the last name fraser comes from france.
where does the last name fraser come from?
france
the frasers are believed to have come from anjou in france. the name fraser may be derived from fredarius, fresel or freseau. another suggestion is that the frasers were a tribe in roman gaul, whose badge was a strawberry plant ("fraisier" in french). the first fraser to appear in scotland was in about 1160 when simon fraser held lands at keith in east lothian .









































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clan fraser
the name fraser island comes from eliza fraser and her story of survival from a shipwreck on the island. captain james fraser and his wife, eliza fraser, were shipwrecked on the island in 1836. their ship, the brig "stirling castle", set sail from sydney to singapore with 18 crew and passengers. the ship was holed on coral while travelling through the great barrier reef north of the island. transferring to two lifeboats, the crew set a course south, attempting to reach the settlement at moreton (now brisbane). during this trip in the lifeboats, captain fraser's pregnant wife gave birth in the leaking lifeboat. the infant died soon after birth. the captain's lifeboat was becoming more and more unseaworthy and was soon left behind by the other lifeboat which continued on. the sinking boat and its crew was beached on what was then known as the great sandy island. whether the survivors died due to disease, hunger, exhaustion or battles with the native population will never be known for sure; most likely a little of all of the above. captain fraser died leaving eliza living among the local peoples. she was rescued 6 weeks later by a convict, john graham, who had lived in the bush as an escapee and who spoke the aboriginal language. he was sent from the settlement at moreton by the authorities there who had heard about eliza's plight, and negotiated her return. within 6 months, eliza had married another sea captain. she moved to england and became a sideshow attraction in hyde park telling ever more lurid tales about her experiences with white slavery, cannibalism, torture, and murder. as she is known to have told several versions of the story, it is unknown which version is the most accurate. she was killed in a carriage accident in melbourne in 1858 during a visit.
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