Donald Allan Fraser, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Presbyterian minister in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
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About Donald Allan Fraser
- Donald Allan Fraser (24 November 1793 – 7 February 1843) was a Scottish-born Presbyterian minister in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.The son of Alexander Fraser, a Church of Scotland minister, and Isabella Maclean, he was born in Torosay, Isle of Mull and was educated in Edinburgh and at the University of Edinburgh.
- In 1814, he was ordained as a minister and, in the same year, married Catherine Isabella Maclean.
- After serving congregations on Mull, in London and at Tain, he came to Pictou County, Nova Scotia in 1817 in response to the requirement there for a Gaelic-speaking minister.
- In 1833, he was chosen as the first moderator of the Synod of Nova Scotia for the Church of Scotland.
- Fraser moved to Lunenburg County in 1838.
- He also served as commissioner of schools there.
- In 1841, Fraser moved to St.
- John's to lead the first Presbyterian congregation there.Fraser died in St.
- John's at the age of 49.His son James Oliphant Fraser and his grandson James Oliphant Fraser, Jr.
- both served in the Newfoundland assembly.
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