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Fraser, Alexander
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approximately 1761-1837
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Born in Murray Bay, Canada, Alexander Fraser began working for the North West Company as a clerk around 1789. During the years of 1802-1803 he worked at the King's Posts before returning to the North West Company in 1804. He returned to the North West Company in 1804. He settled at Rivière-du-Loup shortly afterward in 1806, where he had purchased the seigneury of Rivière-du-Loup-en-Bas, and lived there until his death in 1837.
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W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. II, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 411p., p. 387. http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/AlexanderFraser-CanadianHistory.htm