Caroline Euphemia "Carrie" Fraser was born to William Fraser and Euphemia (Shand) Fraser on July 4, 1882 at Bear Point, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, the youngest of three children. Carrie's mother died shortly after her birth and Carrie was subsequently adopted by her mother's brother John Miln Shand and his wife Susan. Carrie went to elementary school in Bear Point and Bridgewater, and then high school in Barrington Passage.
She began teaching when she was 18 and while teaching at a school in Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia she met her future husband, Netson Ross Craig, who was principle of that school. Carrie and Netson were married in February of 1909 in the Anglican Church in Barrington Passage, where Carrie was the organist as a young girl.
After their marriage Carrie and Netson returned to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where Netson was a partner in a law firm. They had six children, Mary Kathleen July 19, 1910, James Shand December 17, 1912, John Fraser November 13, 1914, Charles Edward March 19, 1917, Nancy Rosamond November 13, 1918, and William Hardy February 8, 1921. John Fraser died January 19, 1915 at two months old.
At various times she was president of the Women's Golf Club, the Women's Art Association, the Red Cross, the Canadian Club, the Women's Conservative Association and chairman of the women's branch of the Moose Jaw Exhibition Association and at the time of her death was the honorary chairman of this branch. She was also president of the women's auxiliary of the YMCA and treasurer of the women's auxiliary of the General Hospital Board. She had been for many years a member of the L.O.B.A.
Her work in needlepoint and petit-point was nationally acclaimed, and one of her petit-point pictures took first prize at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. She passed that talent down to her daughters, granddaughter and great-granddaughter.
Carrie enjoyed travelling, returning to Nova Scotia to visit her extended family, vacationing in British Columbia annually with her husband and children, and spending three months on her own in Europe in 1927. Her family has a wonderful travel journal of that trip.
Her house in Moose Jaw always had a dish of candy waiting for grandchildren to appear (she was very proud of the fact that they would ask before taking any candy!) She loved all holidays, especially Christmas. The family had a tradition of marching down the stairs to music Christmas morning, smallest first. Since Carrie was quite a bit under five feet she was always one of the first ones down, much to her delight. Carrie died October 24, 1955 after an illness of several months.
She began teaching when she was 18 and while teaching at a school in Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia she met her future husband, Netson Ross Craig, who was principle of that school. Carrie and Netson were married in February of 1909 in the Anglican Church in Barrington Passage, where Carrie was the organist as a young girl.
After their marriage Carrie and Netson returned to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where Netson was a partner in a law firm. They had six children, Mary Kathleen July 19, 1910, James Shand December 17, 1912, John Fraser November 13, 1914, Charles Edward March 19, 1917, Nancy Rosamond November 13, 1918, and William Hardy February 8, 1921. John Fraser died January 19, 1915 at two months old.
At various times she was president of the Women's Golf Club, the Women's Art Association, the Red Cross, the Canadian Club, the Women's Conservative Association and chairman of the women's branch of the Moose Jaw Exhibition Association and at the time of her death was the honorary chairman of this branch. She was also president of the women's auxiliary of the YMCA and treasurer of the women's auxiliary of the General Hospital Board. She had been for many years a member of the L.O.B.A.
Her work in needlepoint and petit-point was nationally acclaimed, and one of her petit-point pictures took first prize at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. She passed that talent down to her daughters, granddaughter and great-granddaughter.
Carrie enjoyed travelling, returning to Nova Scotia to visit her extended family, vacationing in British Columbia annually with her husband and children, and spending three months on her own in Europe in 1927. Her family has a wonderful travel journal of that trip.
Her house in Moose Jaw always had a dish of candy waiting for grandchildren to appear (she was very proud of the fact that they would ask before taking any candy!) She loved all holidays, especially Christmas. The family had a tradition of marching down the stairs to music Christmas morning, smallest first. Since Carrie was quite a bit under five feet she was always one of the first ones down, much to her delight. Carrie died October 24, 1955 after an illness of several months.
Caroline Euphemia "Carrie" Fraser was born to William Fraser and Euphemia (Shand) Fraser on July 4, 1882 at Bear Point, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, the youngest of three children. Carrie's mother died shortly after her birth and Carrie was subsequently adopted by her mother's brother John Miln Shand and his wife Susan. Carrie went to elementary school in Bear Point and Bridgewater, and then high school in Barrington Passage.
She began teaching when she was 18 and while teaching at a school in Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia she met her future husband, Netson Ross Craig, who was principle of that school. Carrie and Netson were married in February of 1909 in the Anglican Church in Barrington Passage, where Carrie was the organist as a young girl.
After their marriage Carrie and Netson returned to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where Netson was a partner in a law firm. They had six children, Mary Kathleen July 19, 1910, James Shand December 17, 1912, John Fraser November 13, 1914, Charles Edward March 19, 1917, Nancy Rosamond November 13, 1918, and William Hardy February 8, 1921. John Fraser died January 19, 1915 at two months old.
At various times she was president of the Women's Golf Club, the Women's Art Association, the Red Cross, the Canadian Club, the Women's Conservative Association and chairman of the women's branch of the Moose Jaw Exhibition Association and at the time of her death was the honorary chairman of this branch. She was also president of the women's auxiliary of the YMCA and treasurer of the women's auxiliary of the General Hospital Board. She had been for many years a member of the L.O.B.A.
Her work in needlepoint and petit-point was nationally acclaimed, and one of her petit-point pictures took first prize at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. She passed that talent down to her daughters, granddaughter and great-granddaughter.
Carrie enjoyed travelling, returning to Nova Scotia to visit her extended family, vacationing in British Columbia annually with her husband and children, and spending three months on her own in Europe in 1927. Her family has a wonderful travel journal of that trip.
Her house in Moose Jaw always had a dish of candy waiting for grandchildren to appear (she was very proud of the fact that they would ask before taking any candy!) She loved all holidays, especially Christmas. The family had a tradition of marching down the stairs to music Christmas morning, smallest first. Since Carrie was quite a bit under five feet she was always one of the first ones down, much to her delight. Carrie died October 24, 1955 after an illness of several months.
She began teaching when she was 18 and while teaching at a school in Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia she met her future husband, Netson Ross Craig, who was principle of that school. Carrie and Netson were married in February of 1909 in the Anglican Church in Barrington Passage, where Carrie was the organist as a young girl.
After their marriage Carrie and Netson returned to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where Netson was a partner in a law firm. They had six children, Mary Kathleen July 19, 1910, James Shand December 17, 1912, John Fraser November 13, 1914, Charles Edward March 19, 1917, Nancy Rosamond November 13, 1918, and William Hardy February 8, 1921. John Fraser died January 19, 1915 at two months old.
At various times she was president of the Women's Golf Club, the Women's Art Association, the Red Cross, the Canadian Club, the Women's Conservative Association and chairman of the women's branch of the Moose Jaw Exhibition Association and at the time of her death was the honorary chairman of this branch. She was also president of the women's auxiliary of the YMCA and treasurer of the women's auxiliary of the General Hospital Board. She had been for many years a member of the L.O.B.A.
Her work in needlepoint and petit-point was nationally acclaimed, and one of her petit-point pictures took first prize at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. She passed that talent down to her daughters, granddaughter and great-granddaughter.
Carrie enjoyed travelling, returning to Nova Scotia to visit her extended family, vacationing in British Columbia annually with her husband and children, and spending three months on her own in Europe in 1927. Her family has a wonderful travel journal of that trip.
Her house in Moose Jaw always had a dish of candy waiting for grandchildren to appear (she was very proud of the fact that they would ask before taking any candy!) She loved all holidays, especially Christmas. The family had a tradition of marching down the stairs to music Christmas morning, smallest first. Since Carrie was quite a bit under five feet she was always one of the first ones down, much to her delight. Carrie died October 24, 1955 after an illness of several months.
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