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Looking at My Philip Frazer Line

I recently had an some emails from two people who are on the Philip Frazer Line. This first email was from Jeanette:

Hello dear you both. I and my sister are matched with Kay from Australia. She and ourcommon matches show DNA on our third and seventh chromosomes. Estimated fourth or fifth Cousin.
There is also a Donald Hartley match.
Another match is with Janet Susan Fitzgerald (born Frazer). Her tree has Archibald Frazer born 1751 to 1835 whose father is James Frazer of Clerragh 1720 to 1835.
His father was Archibald 1690 to 1749.
I hope this is helpful in our quest to link Mary Taylor to the Frazer family.
I have written to Kay.
Sincerely Jeannette 

The second email was from Richard:

Hi Joel,

In light of Jeannette’s message advising of DNA linkages between her Taylor family and people in the Frazer line, I am forwarding my Frazer/Taylor conclusions for your consideration.  My conclusions are supported by immigration, settlement and naming information. I was launched on this path by a letter sent 50 years ago from my second cousin 3x removed, Muriel Lewis: “My grandmother, on my Mother’s side, Rebecca (Reba) Taylor married John Elliott.  This is why Myrtle [Muriel’s sister] was named Myrtle ‘Taylor’ Lewis.  My grandmother’s sister, a Taylor, married a Fraser, or Frazer [Mary Taylor m. Philip Frazer c. 1822??]”  

Based on that information, I looked into Rebecca Taylor and her relatives who immigrated in 1830 to North Elmsley Twp, Lanark County in what is now Ontario.

    • Edward Taylor (b. Sligo in 1764, d. 1845 in Lanark County ON) was the father of John Taylor (b. 1821 in Sligo) and William Taylor (b. 1829 in Sligo) and all of them immigrated in 1830 and settled near one another in Elmsley Twp, Lanark – includes Perth Ontario).  Edward’s wife was Catharine** (b. 1786 in Sligo, d. 1860 in Lanark ON, maiden name unknown).  I haven’t located their marriage record from Ireland.  In the 1851 Canada Census, Catharine, a widow, lived with John Taylor and his wife Elizabeth and their children Sarah and James.  William Taylor and his wife Margaret lived either in the same log house or next door.  John and William are both listed as farmers.  ** NOTE: most of the census records spell it as Catherine (the normal spelling) but her tombstone reads ‘Catharine.’ Jeannette advises that the Taylor descendants have spelled their Catharines with an ‘a’ in recognition of Edward Taylor’s wife Catharine
    • Rebecca Taylor (b. Sligo c 1814-1816, also immigrated to North Elmsley in 1830) married John Elliott in 1831.  Among their children in the 1851 Canada Census were Catherine Elliott (named after Rebecca’s mother?) and Edward Eilliott (named after Rebecca’s father?).  My conclusion is that Edward Taylor and Catharine _) were Rebecca’s parents – with John Taylor and William Taylor as her brothers.
    • Mary Taylor (b. Sligo in 1805) married Philip Frazer in 1822.  By 1830 they had at least three children and presumably were not interested in emigrating to Canada then.  They had at least two other children after 1830.  Since Mary Taylor is the only Taylor woman who married a Frazer in this family, I conclude that Mary Taylor and Rebecca Taylor were sisters, and that Edward Taylor and Catharine _ were Mary Taylor’s parents.
    • One of the daughters of Philip Frazer and Mary Taylor, Eliza Frazer (b. 1826 at Kilmactranny, Sligo) emigrated to Canada in 1842 (aged 16) but I don’t have any information on who she came with (no immigration records to Canada at that time).  In 1845, she married Courtney Colter in Smith’s Falls (Bathurst District, later Ontario) which is near North Elmsley.  Quite possibly Eliza Frazer stayed with her aunt Rebecca until she was married.  One of the witnesses to her marriage was John Taylor, presumably her uncle.  Eliza and Courtney’s children included Philip (b. 1848), John (b. 1850), William (b. 1852), Mary (b. 1856) and Rebecca (b. 1858), which reinforces the apparent connections to the Taylors.  The family relocated to Brant County, SW Ontario before the 1851 Canada Census – by the way, George Frasier, age 12, was living with Courtney and Eliza in 1851 – potentially our George James Fraser (?) who identified his parents as Philip Frazer and Mary Gray [either a later wife of Philip Frazer or a deliberate ‘error’ as George’s name is stated on the marriage register as John G. Frazer.  His bride, who was pregnant, misstated her parents’ names and they married in another town].
    • My gggrandmother, Ann Frazer (b. 1822 at Kilmactranny, Sligo) was the fourth child of Philip Frazer and Mary Taylor.  I don’t know when she immigrated to Canada but by 1851 her sister Eliza and family were living in Brant County, Ontario. Ann Frazer married Robert Johnston in Oxford County, Ontario (next door to Brant County) in 1853 (according to a Family Bible – no marriage record located yet). Among the children of Ann Frazer and Robert Johnston were Philip Frazer Johnston, Mary Jane Johnston, Rebecca Annie Johnston and Edward Taylor Johnston, providing additional reinforcement of the family relationships with the Taylors. 
    • Another Frazer sister, Rebecca2 (b. c 1837 in Ireland and perhaps named after her aunt Rebecca Taylor), later immigrated to Canada. In the 1861 Ontario Census, Rebecca (daughter of Philip Frazer and Mary Taylor) was living with her sister Ann Frazer, brother in law, Robert Johnston and family.  Rebecca Frazer married William Geddes in 1865, listing her parents as Philip and Mary (Taylor). Rebecca Frazer died in 1877 without children.

So that’s the plot line.  The more I think about it, the more likely it sounds.  If there is any documentation, it might be in Irish records but we know how scarce those are.

Jeannette and I would welcome your thoughts.

Richard 

Here is Richard in my Philip Frazer DNA Tree:

Now, I have that Philip above born about 1800 was the son of another Philip. He had two known sons who were Philip and James Frazer. I have that James Frazer married his first cousin Violet Frazer and that was the line I come from.

Confusingly the Jeanette in the tree above is a different Jeanette. The Jeanette that wrote has Taylor ancestry. I have that at least one Taylor married a Frazer.

The confusing part about this record is that there could be different interpretations. It could be that Philip born around 1800 or likely before married first Jane Johnston. She may have passed away and then Philip married secondly Mary Taylor.

I do have this transcribed record:

This is from a chronological compilation of Frazer records that were available several years ago. JDH is me and MFA is Michael, a Frazer descendant and researcher living in England.

The interpretation from that time appears to be that Jane Johnston married Philip, son of Philip in 1818, had one daughter with that wife named Jane in 1819.

I should note that Richard and Jeannette are looking at the Taylor family. I do not have any known relation to the Taylor family. However, the way the people intermarried, it would not be surprising if I was related in some way. That also means, that as I have no known connection to the Taylor line, it would not be surprising if my family had no matches with Taylor descendants who were not also Frazer desendants or related in some other way.

Also David

I also wrote a Blog about David recently as he shows at Ancestry as being related through the Philip Frazer Line:

David matches my sister Sharon at Ancestry. I notice that David also matches my brother Jim at Gedmatch. Jim tested at FTDNA but not at Ancestry. David is quite sure of his ancestry up through George James Frazer born 1841 in Sligo, but is not convinced that George James was the son of Philip. I had written a Blog about David recently here.

So What Is My Goal?

As I see it now, I have two goals. One goal is to see if Jeanette is related to the Frazers. The other is to see how David is related to the Frazer Line. Both of these goals seem to hinge on whether Philip Frazer who married Mary Taylor at the Kilmactranny Parish was the father of Ann Frazer and George James Frazer who moved to Ontario. I suppose a third goal is to improve my confort in the theory that Philip Frazer born some time between 1758 and 1776 was the father of Philip, George and James. James was my ancestor and Philip Junior the ancestor of the green tree above.

The Genealogy

It is well documented that Philip married first Jane Johnston and secondly Mary Taylor. These are recorded in lists of marriage license bonds and also Philip’s first marriage is recorded in the Kilmactranny Parish records. Here is Kilmactranny:

The dotted line is the border between County Sligo and County Roscommon.

That was Philip Junior and his marriages. Secondly, I have this genealogy from about 75 years ago:

Unfortunately for me, this does not show that James was a son of Philip. However, I believe that he was and the person doing the research was not aware that he was a son of Philip or did not want to empasize that as it would have shown that James married his 1st cousin Violet Frazer.

Third, I have the Tithe Applotment. These were taken probably in 1933 in Derrycashel. I have this from my Frazer Website:

My belief is that Georg, Philip and James Frazer were all the sons of Philip Frazer. In fact, the order may even indicate the birth order. I have these two Frazer  burial records from 1831:

My guess is that the William and George could be the same two listed in the Tithe Applotments above. One problem with that is that I have that the Tithe Applotment was in 1833 and these two deaths were two years earlier. This could be explained if:

  • The Tithe Applotment was taken earlier (say 1831) not published in 1833.
  • The Tithe Applotment knew these two were dead but still named William and George as the properties were still in the family.

Interesting, my 2nd great-grandfather was named George William born about 1838. I think that he could have been named for the George and William who died in 1831.

I know that my 2nd great-grandfather lived in Derrycastle. My Irish relatives even brought me to the property and showed me the house in 2004:

This may even have been the house of James’ father Philip.

Further I have that my ancestor James named his first son Philip. It was often customary for the father to name his first son after his father:

Here is the Philip Frazer genealogy from my Ancestry Tree:

YDNA Proves One of My Theories Wrong

I had written a Blog recently of how I felt that David fit into the Frazer tree and mentioned David above. It turns out that David tested at 23andMe and that company does a rough estimate of your YDNA. I found out very recently David’s YDNA haplogroup. The YDNA is very good at telling you what branch of mankind you are not in along with telling where you fit in. According to AI, there are now over 107,000 branches of YDNA.

David’s 23andMe estimate has him at R-S845. Here is what YFull, a YDNA analysis company shows:

This starts at the top right at “Genetic Adam”. Of importance along the way is the R1b Branch. R1b formed about 22,000 years ago according to YFull. The Frazer group that I belong to is from R1a which formed around the same time. That means that on the paternal only line, David and the North Roscommon, Ireland Frazers have a common ancestors also around that time – not closely related!

Here is SNP Tracker:

This shows that David’s paternal ancestors were likely in Ireland during Roman times.

Another interesting Haplogroup that David has is L21. This Haplogroup has been roughly associated with the Celtic peoples especially of Ireland, England and Scotland. If David was to do more YDNA testing, he would find out more about his paternal line.

For comparison, here is my known Frazer 2nd cousin at 23andMe:

Stan is my 2nd cousin. I am a Hartley and I come out as L21 (a closer match on my Hartley Line to David). Here is what YFull shows for R-L664:

The important difference is that my Frazer Line is from R1a as mentioned above. This R-L664 is still a pretty old Haplogroup going back 4,000 years or more. However, based on BigY testing at Family Tree DNA, we have Haplogroups that are much more recent:

At the bottom right is my second cousin Paul who I had tested and his 3rd cousin Rick. Their common ancestor is James Frazer born about 1804. The Haplogroup of R-Y85652 shows a common ancestor at about 1799 based on the YDNA testing alone.

Correcting the Frazer DNA Tree

When I had added LSW in 2020, I had noted that LSW did not have matches with the rest of the Philip Branch:

I also note that David has a good match with LSW, so for now, I will take off the George James Frazer Line from the Philip Branch.

I am now left with just the Johnston branch of the Philip Line.

Other Corrections

I can disconnect George James Fraser from my Ancestry Tree like this:

In Edit Relationships, I can just X out his mother and father. He will still be in my tree but not connected to my Frazer Line.

It does not look like I had added David’s matches to DNA Painter, so I do not to make any changes there.

Richard’s ThruLines

When I look at Richard’s ThruLines going back to his and my common ancestor of Philip Frazer, I see this:

Richard has his brother and Jeanette that he matches on the Philip Branch. Then he matches 7 people on the James Frazer Line where I am:

Richard matches sm and Gladys on the Richard Frazer Line.

On the George William Frazer Line, Richard matches me, my daughter, my sister, Karen and Mabel.

Richard’s Genealogy

One complicating factor is that Richard and I both have more than one Frazzer Line. Here is Richard’s Ancestry Tree:

Richard’s fourth great-grandfather was Philip Frazer born around 1776. This Philip is our common ancestor making Richard and me 5th cousins.

Richard also shows that he descends from Archibald Frazer and Ann Stinson:

However, I do not believe that I descend from that Line, so Richard and I would go back to the common ancestors of Archibald Frazer born about 1720 and Mary Lilley making us also 6th cousins.

Summary and Conclusions

  • The Blog was a bit long, so I need to break it up
  • I wrote a summary of where I see myself fitting into the Philip Frazer Line.
  • I was surprised to see that David is not a direct Frazer descendant. At least, not on the the line that I am looking at from North Roscommon. However, having said that, there is still some DNA connection.
  • One of my goals was to find out how David fit in to the Frazer Line. I found out based on his 23andMe YDNA Haplogroup that he does not fit in with my Frazer Line. David still may be interested in testing further on his YDNA Line to find out where his paternal line does fit in.
  • Even though I had thought that David should have fit into the Frazer Line, it is good to have certainty in knowing that he does not fit in rather than wondering whether he does or does not fit in.
  • I still have not looked closely into the Taylor Line. That will have to be in a later Blog.

 

 

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1926 Irish Census – Part 3

I’m not sure how many parts this Blog will have. So far I have:

  • Looked at my second great-grandfather, Geoge Frazer, who was quite old in 1926
  • Looked at one of his sons William, his wife and family. William moved to the Boston area and married but moved back to the family homestead after a fireworks accident.
  • I thien looked at his daughter Violet Frazer and family.

George, Son of George William Frazer

Next, I will look at George:

George stays in Irleand. His son George A is shown as living but this cannot be right. In fact, I suspect that all his children likely have passed away. I wonder if I have a photo of George.  In a previous Blog, my best guess was that this was George to the right of “Old George”:

In that Blog, I guessed that the photo was taken in 1899 and that George would have been about 20 years old. From that previous Blog, I mention that George lived at his grandfather’s farm in Derrycashel. I wrote this in that Blog:

George (1879) – He moved in with his Aunt Isabella and worked his grandfather’s farm in Derrycashel, County Roscommon. He married Annie Craig in 1915 and had one girl and three boys and died in 1960.

Let’s start with the 1926 Census as that is new:

The first thing of interest I note is that George is down as being born in Derrycashel. I would have thought that he would have been born where his parents lived in Ballindoon. I do have a record of him being baptized in Kilmactranny which was the Church of Ireland Parish Church for Ballindoon.

At the age of 19, George was living with his unmarried Aunt in Derrycashel. At that time, his birthplace was Sligo, so it must have been Ballindoon.

The 1911 Census is pretty much the same information 10 years later:

The next big event was George’s marriage to Annie Craig:

Annie was born in County Sligo:

Here is Hollybrook:

It is quite close to Mullaghfarna. Here is the Craig family in 1901:

Here is the same family in 1911:

Now we see Richard E who married Martha Fairbanks from my previous Blog. Martha would be George Frazer’s niece, if I have it right.

Violet Frazer Born 1916

Violet marries at the Kilbryan church George Alexander Warren:

Here is the Kilbran Church which I understand is now a private dwelling:

George Warren dies in 1976 and Violet in 2009:

If I have the Drumcliffe Church Yard location right, this is also the burial place of W. B. Yeats:

Here is the Ardtrasna mentioned on the grave stone even further North:

I don’t have a lot of information on Violet’s siblings.

Susan Jane Frazer Born 1887, Ballindoon, County Sligo

Here is what I have now:

 

Here is a DNA relative from Ancestry:

Faye is my third cousin. It looks as if I am better using Faye’s information:

Here is Faye’s timeline:

From this, it would appear that I could find the family in the 1926 Census. Here is what I find in Doreenasoo:

For some reason, the names do not match up. Did the family move away briefly during the Census? Here is the problem. When I search for all of Dooreenasoo, I see this:

A ‘w’ can look like an ‘n’. However, with all the other Crawfords around, common sense would determine that it should have been Crawford.

I do admit that some surnames look like Cranford and some like Crawford.

Here is Dereenasoo:

Here is Faye’s grandfather, George Musgrave Crawford (Susan’s son):

I have to say that genealogy with photos is more fun than without them.

Summary and Conclusions

  • I looked at George, son of George William Frazer who lived at his granfather’s house. The grandfather was James Frazer of Derrycashel, County Roscommon.
  • I looked at George’s daughter Violet who married George Alexander Warren. I believe that family also lived for a while in Derrycashel, but George Warren was buried to the North of Sligo in the same cemetery as W. B. Yeats.
  • I looked at Susan Jane Frazer. She was the youngest daughter of Old George Frazer. She marries Stuart Edward Crawford of Dooreenasoo, County Roscommon and has several children.
  • I was able with the help of one of my DNA matches, Faye, to correct and add to that family’s genealogy in my Ancestry Tree.

 

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MyHeritages Updates of Theories: Part 2

In my previous Blog I looked at some Theories for myself, my Frazer cousin Paul and my mother. In this Blog, I will continue to go down the new theories list.

My Frazer Theory with Christopher

I have done a lot of work on Frazer DNA and genealogy, so let’s check this one out:

Christopher has an American Flag by his name, but he shows his parents were from Australia. Christopher’s paternal side tree goes back to Mary Frazer:

I feel like Christopher will connect, so I will build a floating tree for him in my family tree and then connect it – assuming he fits in. According to Ancestry, it was Christopher’s grandfather who moved from Sligo to Australia:

I would expect to find grandfather Thomas in the 1901 Ireland Census:

He was in Kilmactranny Parish where my Frazer ancestors lived.

According to Google, the Townland is actually Drumsoghla bordering Loch Arrow and County Roscommon:

My relatives live on the NE side of Loch Arrow. As expected, Thomas’ father is George Acheson. And it is George’s mother that I am looking for.

Here is the family in the same place in 1911:

I assume that it was George who did not want the Frazer name to be forgotten. All the boys in the house have a Frazer in their name. It appears that George also made his way to Australia:

Here is George’s

burial place in Tasmania:

How to Get from George to Mary Frazer?

This is some of the information on Christopher’s tree:

From fellow Frazer researchers I have this information:

There were two Mary Frazers born in 1828. The one that Christopher has was apparently the daughter of John Frazer and Isabella. It looks odd that William was born 12 July, but Mary was baptized 22 July. I am looking at my old Frazer Genealogy Web Page and see this:

That means that Isabella would have been the sister of Violet Frazer who was my 3rd great-grandmother. That means that Christopher descends from the Richard Frazer and Archibald Frazer Lines. That puts Christopher most closely related to Michael in my Frazer DNA Trees:

This is the side I am more closely related on:

 

Here I am a 4th cousin once removed to Michael.

Here is some more information from my web site:

OK, I guess I’ll go with what I have. I connected the my floating tree for Christopher with my own tree. I now just have to add Christopher to two of my Frazer DNA Trees:

Christopher and I are 5th cousins on this tree:

Now Michael is not so lonely on his branch. I am one generation further out on the Archibald Line as we descend from Archibald father of Archibald.

DNA Painter

I have a lot going on in my 7th Chromosome:

The red match at the beginning of the Chromosome is where I match Christopher. It is possible I match him a generation further back at Archibald, but more likely it is from Richard Frazer. There appears to be a little overlap with Susan and Ken. However, they descend from James and Violet Frazer. Likely the overlap indicates that the DNA shared with Susan and Ken is from Violet who is the daughter from Richard Frazer as is Isabella. It is interesting that I connected to someone on an Acheson Line as I know I have at least one other Acheson DNA match that I haven’t figured out yet.

Going Through my Sister Heidi’s Theories

I am just looking for Theories that are likely to be real. I see Inguna from my last Blog, so I can add her to Heidi’s DNA Painter profile. Heidi already matches these 2nd cousins on Chromosome 11:

Here is Inguna added:

Heidi and Bill

Bill was one of the early matches. We are 4th cousins and the match goes back to James Frazer and Violet Frazer. This is Heidi’s DNA match with Bill:

Bill overlaps with and confirms other Frazer DNA matches:

Heidi and Alans

Alans is not new, but I have not added him to Heidi’s profile at DNA Painter:

Alans’ big match is on Heidi’s maternal Chromosome 3.

Wrapping Up with My Mom’s Theories

I’m ready to end the Blog, but want to check to see if there are many new Theories for my mother. Gladys’ first new theory is listed as having low confidence:

At Ancestry, I have that Elizabeth was a Rihl:

A further look at Pathways 1-4 of the Theory above has the Renner siblings born in Tenessee.

This seems unlikely as my mother’s family was from Philadelphia.

Mom and Ruta

This looks promising:

I like genealogies with photos. I also have a Gangnus Genealogy book written in German which is helpful. By the looks of the Theory, if it is right, mom and Ruta should be half third cousins. Ruta’s Tree is also helpful:

I’ll add Ruta to my tree as a floating tree and then connect the float assuming she fits. Ruta’s Tree is managed by Robert. Here is Robert at Ancestry:

He shows as descending from Philip J G Gangnus. I have him here on my Gangnus DNA Tree:

Robert shows to be related twice to my mom. That is why these DNA charts are helpful. The Theory has Ruta desecending from Gangnus and Biedermann which would be the third row from the top – the couple that is circled.

Robert has Ruta’s father moving from Riga, Latvia to Cleveland:

Heinrich’s comfirmation record includes his birth date and first names of parents:

This record looks helpful:

Here we get the mother’s name of Gagnus = Gangnus. Heinrich appears to be named for Heinrich Gagnus if I read the record correctly.

According to the Gangnus book written by Gustav Gangnus and published in 2003, Alma was one of 7 children.

Based on Robert’s tree Ruta is most likely his mother (though an Aunt is possible):

That being the case, I can just add Ruta in two places on my Gangnus DNA Tree:

The interesting thing about Ruta (and her relatives) is that they are related on my mother’s paternal grandfather (Rathfelder) and grandmother’s (Gangnus) sides.

Next, I want to connect Ruta to my tree. However, I see I already have her family in my tree:

Also, I spelled Heinrich wrong. I combined Heinrick and Heinrich.

Also when I search for Maria Magdalena, I see I have a duplicate:

These trees are a headache!

So basically, the Theory is wrong, but ny one generation on one side. That means the actual common ancestors are one above Gagnus and Biedermann as shown on the Theory.

Painting Ruta to My Mother’s DNA Profile

Ruta matches my mother here:

Here are the numbers:

The Chromosome 1 match is just under the standard thresshold of 7 cM that DNA Painter adds.

Chromosome 5

I think that this is telling me that Ruta is related on the Gangnus/Niclas side due to the overlap with Gangnus/Biederamann (in bright green):

I could change this segment in DNA Painter to reflect that, but I don’t think I will right now.

Ruta’s matches to my mom on the other chromosomes are not as clearly identified:

The other good news is that Ruta gets my mother’s DNA paternal painted DNA percent up to 50 from 49:

Robert and Long-Term Research

Many years ago, I would see Robert’s match show up at Ancestry and wonder how we were connected. I finally figured out the answer to my question. I wrote that up in a Blog in 2019 which can be seen here. Robert had his Latvian great-grandmother as Magnus rather than Gangnus. Robert corrected his tree, had his mother tested at MyHeritage and here we are. Cooperative research.

Summary and Conclusions

  • I found an interesting new Frazer/Aceshon relative
  • I added some DNA matches to my sister Heidi’s list
  • I found an interesting Latvian match for my mom that added a lot of DNA to her DNA profile
  • It appears that the well has not yet run dry on my mother’s Theories, so I will continue to look at them in a subsequent Blog.

 

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My Siblings’ Frazer and McMaster Clusters at Ancestry

In a previous Blog, I looked at some of my own Ancestry Clusters on my Frazer side. One of my conclusions was that my siblings may have better matches than I do.

Heidi and Mabel

I chose Mabel as she has a good match with Heidi:

Here are the clusters:

Here is the 9 match cluster:

As Keith is in this cluster, I will call this a McMaster Cluster. Here is part of my McMaster DNA Tree:

Keith and Heidi are 3rd cousins once removed.

Morgan

Morgan shows this tree:

Fortunately, the McMaster side is best represented. According to Shared Matches, Morgan could be a first cousin once removed to Keith above. I will try to add Morgan to my Ancestry tree.

For another tree, I see that Violet was born in Tobercurry:

It looks like I already have Frances Jane McMaster in my tree:

Here there are two places where I could connect on the McMaster side. Here are the common ancestors I recognize:

It turns out I already had Morgan in my McMaster DNA Tree:

He is a fourth cousin to Heidi and her siblings.

The 11 Match Cluster

This is also a McMaster Cluster:

However, there are many Frazers in there, but they also descend from Margaret McMaster. Whitney is new to this cluster but descends from Margaret McMaster.

The 18 Match Cluster

Here we have a double cluster. The closer relatives are at the bottom right. Keith and Morgan are the McMasters and the others are in the 2nd cousin range of Frazers. The top left are the Frazer only relatives that are more distant.

The 37 Match Cluster

Here is what I see in general:

BV has been added to the first cluster. Here is the connection:

This gets back to an older McMaster/Frazer connection. After looking more closely at some of the matches, I see that this is the way the clusters should sort out:

This means that it looks like Heidi has more Frazer matches with McMaster connections than without McMaster connections. The second box has Jane as the first match. She matches on two Frazer Lines.

From Jane’s tree showing her grandfather, the lines go back to Archibald Frazer and Anee Stinson and Richard Frazer. The most direct route is on the Richard Frazer Line.

Jane is a fourth cousin once removed to my sister Heidi and her siblings. That is through Violet Frazer on our line who married James Frazer.

Gladys is also in that second cluster. She is a third cousin once removed:

The cluster we are looking at is good because it has 2nd, third and fourth cousins in it. There are many unidentified relatives in the clusters also.

The 38 match cluster is very similar to the 37 match cluster.

Jonathan’s Clusters with Faye

Jon is my brother. Jon and Faye have a good match with each other even though they are 3rd cousins:

I don’t know who NF but he must be in the same relationship range as Faye:

Next, we are up to 7 matches:

This adds in Whitney and Stephen. Here they are in my Frazer DNA tree:

Jumping from 7 to 26 Matches

As above, I am seeing a distinction of two types of Frazer. One does not clearly include McMasters and one includes McMasters. For example, here is the last match, Goosie, who descends from William McMaster and Margaret Frazer:

Jeanette

Jeanette is an interesting match with Jon. Here is her paternal side tree:

Fraser in the cluster is Jeanette’s father. One clue at Ancestry is that Robert Johnston married Ann Frazer. I have Ann in my DNA tree:

I would like to add Jeanette to my Ancestry tree and to my DNA tree. Here is Lethbridge where Jeanette has her grandfather passing away:

I don’t find a lot of clues for Jeanette’s grandfather, so I will have to go with her tree.

Here is Jeanette’s great-grandfather in 1931:

Alexander is buried here:

Here is the family in 1901:

Ancestry has this going back to Ann Frazer (as a suggestion):

Here is Clarence in 1881:

I am thinking that Robert Johnson’s first wife had died by this time as the present wife is only 37. When I add in Robert W Johnston, I get another suggestion:

I do notice this record:

That could be why Michael is in a tight group with Fraser and Jeanette:

Michael descends from the Archibald and Anne Stinson Line through John Frazer:

I have that John was a brother of Mary who married William Johnston. It turns out I had this Line of the Archibald DNA Tree also:

I’ll change the color of this line for consistency:

This is part of the Archibald Frazer/Stinson Line. Michael is on the right in the red circle and I have added his sister Susan.

Here is an old chart I just updated by putting a green box on the right to show another relationship to the Johnston Line It shows the three Frazer brothers:

 

There should be another green line on the right for Mary Frazer who married William Johnston. So, if I have it right (and that is a big if):

  • The Johnston Line is under Philip Frazer and Archibald Frazer
  • My Line (blue) is under Philip Frazer and Richard Frazer
  • I’m not sure if the purple line is right (Falconer)
  • The duller green line with Jane is under Richard and Archibald Frazer.
  • The yellow line (Frazer/Hazzard) is also under Richard and Archibald Frazer
  • Same with the Fraser-Allen Line in a pinkish hue.
  • The least documented line seems to be the Philip Line. I think it is right based on naming patterns and DNA matches.

Here I have added Jeanette’s Line to my tree at Ancestry:

Here is Jeanette’s Line added under my Philip Frazer DNA Tree:

Here she is on the Archibald Line:

Summary and Conclusions

  • It was helpful to look at my older sister and brother to see what some of their Frazer clusters looked like
  • My brother’s clusters added a Johnston Line that I did not have on my Frazer DNA tree previously. This reminded me that the Johnstons are related through the Archibald Line as well as the Philip Frazer Line.
  • This also helped me to work on the Ancestry Tree to update my Johnston connections.
  • I still have two younger sisters who have tested at Ancestry. They may reveal slightly different clusters.
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Clusters from One of My McMaster and Frazer Lines

From studying Frazer DNA matches, I was able to locate one of my Frazer Branches that was more obscure than my obvious line. Here is the closest way to my Frazer ancestry:

My grandmother was Marion M Frazer and her father was James Archibald Frazer. It appears that James’ father George had two Frazer parents. To confuse things more, James’ mother was a McMaster whose maternal great-grandmother was a Frazer. It is this Frazer/McMaster Line that I would like to look at.

My Match with BV

I have a pretty good match with BV considering that she is a 3rd cousin twice removed. Perhaps because of the different ways we are related. Margaret Frazer was married to William McMaster. The family moved to Ontario from Ireland. However, my ancestor, Fanny remained in Ireland and married yet another McMaster.

My Clusters with BV

Here are the DNA clusters that I have with BV:

Before I get into it, it seems my best DNA tree is on the McMaster side:

A 3 Match Cluster

Sometimes simple is better. Here is Robert:

Robert is from the James McMaster Line I was mentioning above. mt must be Robert’s sister:

Here is part of my McMaster DNA Tree:

I added in mt today.

A 4 Cluster Group between BV and Me

I hope that this cluster will be as easy as the first. ck manages B.V.’s kit and is her daughter. It is not obvious to me how Steven and Alannah fit in. Alannah has a pretty good tree:

Johnston is a name associated with Frazer in Ireland. This could be the connection. I have this connection in my tree:

Catherine could be a daughter of William and Mary or John and Jane.

Moving on to a 20 Match Cluster

Here I see 4 clusters. But clusters three and four overlap on Clif and Cluster 1 and 2 overlap on BV and John. This is not surprising considering the Frazers and McMasters intermarrying in my ancestry.

Cluster 1

This is similar to the 3 match cluster above going back to William McMaster and Margaret Frazer. The difference is the addition of Matthew. I know who Matthew is:

Matthew is my third cousin.

Cluster 2

Matthew gives a hint as to Cluster 2. They should be descended from George Frazer and Margaret McMaster. They are all in my Frazer DNA tree already:

I left out my branch, as those matches would be closer than I set the DNA limits.

Some overlap makes sense as we have a McMaster/Frazer cluster next to a Frazer/McMaster cluster.

Cluster 3

I know who Gladys is:

Our connection goes back to two Frazers. Namely, James and Violet:

Kathryn is first cousin or niece to Sandra:

 

It appears that most of the others that I can’t figure out in this Cluster are close relatives to Sandra and Kathryn.

Next is Clif who straddles Cluster 3 and Cluster 4. Here is his tree:

He is also shown as related to Gladys and could be her 1st cousin twice removed. I assume that his connection is on his paternal side which is missing some information.

Clust’er 4

I don’t have a good handle on this cluster. I have been in touch with the administrator for CA’s DNA and she says there is a Frazer connection on her maternal side.

A 26 Match Cluster

These 4 clusters seem someewhat discrete. Cluster 4 does not match with Cluster 3 and Cluster 4 does not match with Cluster 2 except for Clif who I have already mentioned above.

Each cluster seems to go back a generation. Does that mean that Cluster 4 is even older? One common name in that cluster is Acheson. That family lived near my ancestors.

Summary and Conclusions

  • I am still having fun using Ancestry Clusters
  • It is quite helpful being able to choose a person of interest as that focuses the clusters to the area one is interested in.
  • There were no outstanding new revelations, but it is helpful to look at the DNA in a different way
  • There are still other Frazer lines that I may like to cluster.

 

 

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Another Frazer Theory for My Cousin Paul

My cousin Paul is an important match because he is from a generation closer to my Frazer ancestry compared to me. Here is a Theory I see at MyHeritage:

The Theory says that Paul and Michele are 5th cousins going back to Michael Frazer born 1764 and Margaret Stewart. Here is Michele’s tree at MyHeritage:

Here tree shows her going back to Archibald Frazer and Catherine Knott. When I expand Michele’s Tree, it goes back to where we potentially connect:

I have a tree for Michael Frazer which has DNA matches. Here is the part with Archibald Frazer and Catherine Knott:

Apparently, the daughter Catherine married a Petterson and then a Patton – confusing. I already have the tree down to Homer Hanham which Michele shows as her great-grandfather. My Ancestry Tree goes down as far as Rachel Patton. Here is a photo I found at Ancestry:

Here is Rachel in the 1900 Census:

Rachel is buried in Tecumseh, Michigan:

Homer is a teacher in Toledo, Ohio in 1940. Here is Judith Ann in the 1940 Census:

I have added Michele to my Michael Frazer DNA/Genealogy Tree:

Michele’s DNA

Paul and Michele share a match with my sister Sharon:

The three share a match on Chromosome 9:

That should represent a large chunk of DNA from either Michael Frazer or his wife, Margaret Stewart.

DNA Painter

I can add that DNA to Paul’s DNA Painter profile:

I can also ‘paint’ Sharon’s match. For some reason, she does not have the same Theory yet.

The same problem shows where Paul and Sharon are not matching in the middle. This may be due to the centromere:

That is the part of the chromosome shown by the arrow. I probably had Paul and Sharon’s match from a different company. Here is how Sharon and Paul match at MyHeritage:

Note that there is a break in the DNA Painter Profile. Paul and Michele’s match ends and then the Doreen and Gladys matches start. That is where Sharon’s DNA goes from McMaster DNA to Frazer DNA. Or more specifically, from Margaret McMaster’s to George Frazer’s DNA. Doreen and Gladys are from an earlier line of Frazers. Likewise, Margaret McMaster’s ancestry goes back to Michael Frazer and Margaret Stewart. It seems unusual that such a large segment would travel down through the ages.

Visual Phasing of Chromosome 9

I have done visual phasing for my siblings and myself:

Sharon got a full paternal chromosome of Frazer on her Chromosome 9 as seen by the color Blue. My brother Jim got some, so he may match Michele also. I checked my brother Jim’s matches for Michele, but she did not come up. I checked the location of the match and it starts at about the location where my brother Jim’s Frazer DNA inheritance ends – about location 23 or so.

Summary and Conclusions

  • I was happy to find a Frazer Theory for my cousin Paul that filled in some DNA for Paul and my sister Sharon
  • I was able to add Michele to my Michael Frazer DNA/Genealogy Chart
  • For a match going back to the 1700’s, Michele shares a lot of DNA with Paul and Sharon.

 

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Updating My Ancient Irish Ancestors Based on Ancestry ThruLines

In my previous Blog, I was happy to find a match that convinced me that I was on the right track on the origin of my older Frazer ancestors. That DNA match was confirmed at MyHeritage and mapped onto my cousin Paul’s DNA Painter profile. In this Blog, I’ll look further into DNA connections along the same line.

ThruLines of Michael Frazer Born About 1764, Cleragh, County Rosommon

This is what I show:

I am a 5th cousin once removed to one person on each of these three children of Michael Frazer.

I already have Bob on my Micheal Frazer DNA/Genealogy Chart:

However, I have Ann Frazer in a different tree also:

I had Charlene, Karen and Chris in green perhaps because I was unsure of where they fit in.

My genealogy friend Joanna and distant relative has Bob on her ThruLines in the tree with the green lines (above):

I would say, based on the fact that Joanna knows her side of the tree better than me and also looking at the birth dates of proposed siblings in either case, that Ann fits better on Joanna’s side of the tree. Here I have moved Bob from my Michael Tree to my new Archibald (born 1751) Tree:

 

I show the wider view to show how nicely Ann fits in with the other siblings. Where I had her on the Michael Frazer Tree, she was born 13 years before the next child and 20 years before the oldest child. I notice that I had her birth year shown differently in the two trees, so I changed her birth year to 1823 to be consistent with Joanna’s tree.

Where I have Bob right now, that would make him my 5th cousin once removed – quite a distant match. He shows as a 4th cousin match to Joanna which is less unusual than my match. ThruLines goes out to my 5th great-grandparents and James Frazer on this Line is my 6th great-grandparent. That appears to clear up one major discrepancy in my James Frazer DNA/Genealogy Chart.

My Siblings’ ThruLines with Michael Frazer

My sister Heidi has quite a few matches on the Michael Frazer Line:

She has a total of 10 matches that descend from Michael Frazer.

My sister Sharon has the McPartland Matches:

She also matches Patrice as in Heidi’s and my ThruLines.

My brother Jon has four ThruLines:

However, J.F. is Joanna’s brother. So, at least this one ThruLine is apparently wrong. The two Archibalds from the two different lines have created some havoc.

Finally, my other sister Lori’s ThruLines are similar to my older sister Heidi’s:

I will look at the non-Archiabald Lines first as they appear to be easier.

The John Stuart Line Matches

It looks like I do not have John Stuart on my Ancestry tree or on my DNA/Genealogy Tree. This is what Ancestry wants me to look at:

Patrice’s Tree

I’ll add Patrice to my Ancestry as a floating tree. That means I’ll connect him to two parents, then take those parents away. I go to edit relationships:

I put him in as the son of Michael and Margaret, but I will just X them out at parents. This birth certificate fills in some gaps in Patrice’s tree:

I added this to my floating tree:

Unfortunately, Hellen McKay was put in as living by default, so I need to correct that. Ancestry has this potential couple for Hellen:

This marriage transcript gives Hellen’s birth date:

In the 1900 Census, Hellen shows up as Nellie:

Nellie’s father Robert was a paper maker in Flint, Michigan.

When I tried to add Robert’s marriage record, Ancestry tells me that I have already added this record to another tree. I had built a separate tree for Patrice in the past. The marriage was performed by a Roman Catholic Priest. Here is the tree I had:

Here is an obituary for Robert:

Here is the McKay family in 1870 in East Saginaw, Michigan:

Here is the family in 1860:

The family moved from Canada between 1853 and 1856. If the ages are correct, then Mary must have had Elizabeth at about age 17.

This could be their marriage:

This child who was born in 1850 and baptized in 1854 in the Methodist Church may be a clue as to the father of Mary Frazer:

Patrice’s Shared DNA Matches with My Sister Heidi

Patrice and Heidi have 4 pages of shared matches. Here is one with a proposed common ancestor:

However, when I check Joanna’s tree (a top Frazer genealogist), I see this:

Joanna shows that I would be more closely tied in to Michael Frazer through Catherine Matilda Frazer. That should make Heidi and Darlene 5th cousins rather than 6th cousins. I also note that Catherine named one of her sons John Stewart Frazer Brady.

Here is another shared match between Heidi and Patrice. S.C. has Catherine Matilda Frazer as her ancestor:

Using the same reasoning as above, Heidi and S.C. should be 4th cousins once removed.

Back to the genealogy, I see that Joanna has a grave marker for John Stuart Frazer:

The inscription appears to say, “of the Country of Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland:

Joanna has John Stuart Frazer in Tuscola, Michigan in 1860:

This must be close to East Saginaw where the McKay family was living in 1870. Joanna also has this 1860 record:

John McKay is living with John S ‘Frazure’. Also next door is a James Frazure who is apparently John S.’s son, born in New York State.

Based on all the above evidence, I have added John Stuart Frazer to my floating tree:

According to Joanna again, Michael Frazer lived in Church Hill, Roscommon:

Church Hill was within the Parish of Ardcarn:

However, I notice that there is a Mr. Mick Frazer & Co. listed in the Tithe Applotments living and/or owning land in Cleragh in 1834:

The connection between John Stuart Frazer and Michael appears to be in the name of Michaels wife: Margaret Stewart or Stuart.

Adding Patrice to My Michael Frazer DNA/Genealogy Tree

All the above work is to convince myself that I have the right tree and right connection between my sister Heidi and Patrice:

Heidi and Patrice are 5th cousins once removed.

Ellis, Darlen, S.C., and Brieanna

I would like to add these three to my Michael Frazer DNA/Genealogy Tree:

They are on my sister Heidi’s ThruLines. These three descend from Catherine Matilda Frazer born 1825. In addition, here is Brieanna with a proposed match to my sister Lori:

I plan to add these four to my Michael Frazer DNA/Genealogy Tree. Here is Joanna’s record for Catherine Matilda Frazer:

Apparently Mysilla is a variant of Priscilla.

Updating My Michael Frazer DNA/Genealogy Tree

I got this far, but Joanna did not have much information on Margaret Brady:

I see that Ellis has some information on Margaret Brady:

Unfortunately, it appears that Margaret died quite young:

Evans Mills is not far from Ontario:

Here is how the Michael Frazer Line is filling up with DNA matches:

The only caveat is, that if this is right, Mary Frazer married William Frazer, so we would be related on generation back also on the William Frazer Line. They would have been second cousins, but I also desecend from William Frazer’s father. We can’t be sure which side the DNA is from, but it is more likely to come from the Michael Frazer Line.

Michael to Archibald ThruLines

I already have BK on my tree:

I mentioned above that J.F. is under the wrong Arhcibald according to his sister’s genealogy which I trust. Here is what I have for this Archibald:

ThruLines of Michael Frazer Through His Son (Henry) Patrick

Here is what I have so far:

I am not sure why Wejum has a different color. Actually, I looked this person up and Wejum was a ThruLine for Beverly who is a descendant of Archibald and Catherine Knott. Beverly has a lot more ThruLines now:

Beverly is two generations higher on the Michael Frazer tree, so her matches are much better than mine or my siblings’. She is a good check to my matches.

Here is what my sister Heidi shows:

It turns out that Richard is the son of Alvie. I’m not sure why I didn’t add Richard to my tree. I even found a photo of Georg H. Frazer:

Here is his obituary:

Here, I add Richard and add a ThruLine note:

Michael, Son of Michael Frazer ThruLines

My sister Heidi has this:

Looks like Michael Junior moved to Saugherties, New York:

I’m just going to assume based on the Census and the DNA matches that the genealogy is correct. Here is Saugherties:

Michael Frazer DNA/Genealogy Tree

The tree is getting quite large now:

I circled my sister Heidi on the left part of the chart. The part I added is on the right. Here are two things I cannot explain on Heidi and Monica’s shared matches:

 

I know how I am related to Jane and Michael on the other side of the Frazer tree, but not on this side of the tree. So it is interesting that Monica are related to the two. Keith makes sense because he descends from Jame and Fanny McMaster.

Summary and Conclusions

  • Following a match in a previous Blog I wrote, I am more certain than ever that I descend from the Michael Frazer Linen. He was born around 1764 in the Northern part of County Roscommon. I was able to add some ThruLine matches to the Michael Frazer DNA/Genealogy Tree.
  • I moved McPartland out of the Michael Frazer Portion of the Tree. However, I am not certain that was the right move based on the DNA match. I followed Frazer researcher Joanna in this case and used her tree as a reference.
  • These descendants of Michael moved to Ontario, Michigan or New York. My Frazer Line stayed longer in County Sligo and some moved to Massachusetts or England. One family remains in County Sligo.
  • ThruLines have been accurate for the most part for my Michael Frazer descendant relatives. They have a difficult time in interpreting the matches in the cases where the genealogy is already confusing.
  • I found some shared matches from the Michael, son of Michael Line that were difficult to explain. The matches are probably from very old DNA or from unknown genealogical connections.

 

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My Cousin Paul’s Frazer Theory at MyHeritage

I recently looked at my cousin Paul’s Theories of Relativity at MyHeritage and saw this interesting one:

I already have a large Frazer DNA/Genealogy tree for this branch of the Frazers:

There may be some mistakes. I notice that I have McPartland here and also in another branch, so they should not be in both places. I do not have Fitzgerald Frazer here, but do have him on my web page:

Here is Franklyn’s tree at MyHeritage:

Ancestry shows a marriage certificate for William M Frazer:

This line seems pretty well documented:

Here is Haverstraw where Fitzgerald lived:

Frazer DNA

Here is how Franklyn and Paul match by DNA:

The match on Chromosome 17 is 6.8 cM and the cutoff for DNA Painter by default is 7 cM, so I won’t count that little segment. Here is Paul’s already busy Chromosome 12:

Notice that I do not have Michael Frazer in the Key above. Michael would add an important DNA link in this whole puzzle:

Franklyn is the missing piece of the puzzle between Joanna and BV.

Every Picture Tells a Story

I can try to interpret the meaning of all these segments on Paul’s Chromosome 12:

 

There appear to be breaks in the DNA matches which to me indicate breaks between Paul’s inherited Frazer side DNA and the McMaster side DNA.

The first section appears to be McMaster shown in blue. Suzzanne does not have any known McMaster, so this may indicate a small false reading or that Suzanne does have McMaster ancestry somewhere.

Barry has no known McMaster ancestor, so I have his section as Frazer.

The third section has John whose common Ancestor with Paul was Abe McMaster and Margery (no known last name). Keith also has two McMaster ancestors.

The fourth section appears to be just Frazer as Joanna has no known McMaster ancestors. Her ancestor was James Frazer who was born around 1720. Franklyn also has no known McMaster ancestors.

BV and Susan

Notice that BV and Susan are in both the McMaster and Frazer sections. BV descends from William McMaster and Margaret Frazer. So actually the common DNA represented by the orange would be from William McMaster and not his wife.

 

Susan’s McMaster ancestor is Margaret McMaster born 1846 at Kilmactranny, County Sligo. Keith has the ancestors of James and Fanny McMaster, but the common ancestor between him and my ancestors would be James McMaster.

Technically, the DNA that Paul and BV share in the fourth section representing Frazer is from Margaret Frazer born 1780 and not her husband William McMaster.

Adding Franklyn to My Frazer DNA/Genealogy Tree

This tree just represents my older half of my Frazer genealogy going back to James Frazer born about 1720.

Unfortunately, the tree got so large that the program could not handle it. The blank circle should be Franklyn. Also, Susan did not make it onto the chart. She would be on the lower row with Paul:

Here, I split out the Michael Line and added all my cousins in purple:

I guess Michael and his wife would be surprised to know about all their descendants. This chart includes Susan and Franklyn. The only one who is missing from the above chart is Joanna who descends from Michael Frazer’s father James Frazer.

On Second Thought

After looking at Paul’s DNA Painter profile, I thought that this may be a further refinement:

Barry has no known connection to the James Frazer Line. Joanna, BV (Barbara) and Franklyn have no known connections to the Archibald Line. Here is the Elphin Census of 1749 showing Archibald, James and their apparent mother Mary Frazer:

Mary Frazer had one male servant. Susan and the group in the darker green descend from both the Archibald and James Frazer Lines.

Summary and Conclusions

  • Finding Paul’s match to Franklyn at MyHeritage, including an accurate Theory was very helpful
  • That match fills in a gap which appears to solidify the fact that Margaret Frazer born 1780 and married William McMaster was indeed the daughter of Michael Frazer and Margaret Stewart.
  • By looking at Paul’s DNA Painter profile, it is possible to separate out different Frazer and McMaster ancestry.

 

 

 

 

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Fun with My Frazer Enhanced Shared DNA Matches at Ancestry

I recently signed up for Pro Tools at Ancestry. The only Pro Tool I have used so far is the enhanced Shared Matches. One Quarter of my ancestry is Frazer. Then that goes back to Clarke and McMaster, so I’d like to take a look at what I have.

Here is my grandmother’s tree so far:

I’m stuck more on the Clark side.

Frazer Enhanced Matches

I’ll start here as it should be simpler than the Clarke side:

Many of these matches are from FTDNA, MyHeritage and 23andMe. Enhanced matches are just from Ancestry. It appears that my Ancestry DNA Frazer matches are at the third cousin level. However, that should include McMaster also technically as the common ancestors for this group are George William Frazer and Margaret McMaster.

One way to see my maches are through ThruLines:

I do have one match at the 2nd cousin level. That is Mabel. Interestingly, I match Faye, my third cousin with more DNA. Here is Mabel and my shared match list:

These are the first five after my niece:

  1. Matthew – on my chart
  2. Rebecca – on my chart
  3. Stephen – need to add
  4. Faye – on my chart
  5. B.V. – older match

Actually, I need to add Mabel. She is the sister of Raymond and Emily:

After adding Mabel, I realized that she and Emily are the same person!

Adding Stephen

I had a note already that Stephen was related to Whitney. When I choose Stephen’s Shared matches with me, I see this:

Whitney is Stephen’s Niece:

Here I have added him to my Frazer DNA/Genealogy Chart. Stephen must be Lisa’s brother and my third cousin. I made a note at Ancestry to that effect.

Here is how BV is related:

The relationship is on the McMaster side. However, William McMaster married a Frazer. This Frazer is quite distantly related to me.

The next 5 on Mabel and my match list could be more difficult:

I know how I am related to Gladys:

Our common ancestors were James Frazer and Violet Frazer. i believe that they were first cousins. I don’t think I have the other four on the list. However, I have noted previously that they all match Gladys.

Where is Lisa on My Chart?

Next I choose Lisa on my shared match list. I look on the right to see her highest shared match:

Fortunately, that match is with Linda and I have a shared ancestor with her. Ancestry guesses that Lisa is a 1st cousin once removed to Linda.

I don’t know exactly where Lisa fits in, but my guess is around here:

Lisa probably descends from James Clarence Frazer.

When I look at Spen, she is likely from the same branch as Lisa.

I get two hints for Kathryn:

Kathryn is either first cousin or haf niece to SM and Linda. I see that SM is not on my chart, so I will add her as a daughter of Clarence Frazer:

Finally, I have John on my list. John is most closely related to Brad:

However, the blue dot by Brad means that I haven’t even looked at his results.

John’s second largest match is with Matthew:

Matthew is my 3rd cousin:

John has no family tree, but his results are managed by Dawn. Dawn has this tree with her husband in it. This is her husbands part of the tree:

John’s maternal grandfather was my great-grandfather’s brother. That means that I can at least add John to my tree:

John would be my 2nd cousin once removed. I need to write to Dawn to find out if the John who took the test was her husband. It looks like from my notes that I did write two years ago, but didn’t hear back. It is helpful to have John on the Chart above as it reminds me who he is when the Ancestry match comes up.

Continuing with Mabel

Now I have only three because this is the end of page one of three of shared matches between myself and Mabel. As I side note, I could do this with my four other siblings who have tested at Ancestry and I would get different results and in different order. I don’t know about Alannah, but Matthew and Jan are on my chart.

Here is Alannah’s tree:

The Johnston name comes up a lot in my research, so that could be the link. Alannah’s highest shared match is with BV mentioned above. That match is only 47 cM. My guess is that the connection is quite old – as in the 1700’s.

Here are the first two matches on Page 2 of Mabel and my shared matches. I know where keith fits in on my McMaster side. I am not familiar with Lila. Lila’s tree shows some ancestors that came from Ireland and went to Ontario. I found a first and a second cousin to Lila, but their trees were not useful.

Five More on Page 2

I’m still interested in the list, so will keep going:

All these shared matches have some sort of tree. There is one match that I have not looked at named KS.

Morgan is and estimated 1st cousin once removed with Keith. I see that he is already on my chart.

Morgan should show up on my ThruLines, but perhaps I haven’t kept up at Ancestry with my McMaster side. Also Morgan does not have a linked tree, so we would not show on ThruLines because of that.

Mary

Mary is the sister of Lila. Mary and Lila are still a bit of a mystery.

K.S.

Here is KS’ tree:

A lot of these names have come up in my DNA matches, but they have stumped me so far. KS’ largest DNA match is with Mabel.

John

His match seems to go back to the 1700’s in Ireland on my Mcmaster or Frazer side or both.

n.f.

n.f. is most closely related to Matthew.

That means that he must descend from Hubert Frazer.

Looking at the Clarkes

Here is my closest Clarke descendant match at Ancestry:

Ronald is also related to me on my McMaster side, but more distantly, so that creates some potential difficulties.

Above are the top six shared matches I have with Ron.

Cheryl

Cheryl has no tree. However, she shows as a first cousin once removed to Kyle who has this tree:

There is the Lougheed name again. They are from County Sligo where my McMaster and Clarke ancestors lived. Frazers lived there also, but earlier, they were in North Roscommon. My guess is that Cheryl also has Lougheed ancestry.

Another unusual thing about Cheryl is that I have 13 pages of shared matches with her. I didn’t check every match but every match she had with a good tree had a Lougheed in it. One theory, based on the number of Lougheed matches is that Lougheed is the mother of Jane Spratt:

However, this match is still a mystery until I can work out the genealogy.

Nina – A Spratt Connection?

L.R. is Shani’s child, so I will move on to Nina. Here is Nina’s tree:

I think that Spratt is a relatively uncommon name. The connection must be on the Spratt side. Nina has a large match with Ed:

Deb also has a good match with a better tree:

Deb’s paternal side:

Here it is clear that Deb is in fact a half niece as Wray Lionel must have had two marriages.

Craig also has an interesting match to Nina:

That means that Ancsetry is right is saying that Craig is Nina’s 2nd cousin once removed:

Notice that there are no Lougheed ancestors. Ancestry thinks that Nina and I could be third cousins once removed. Assuming that is right, our common ancestors could be:

1775 seems a long time ago, but third cousin once removed does not seem like that distant of a relationship. However, I would not be surprised if the connection is at least a generation back. I have three out of found sibllings at Ancestry that showed shared matches with Nina and all their matches are at a lower level than mine.

Helena

Helena matches Nina and me with modest amounts of DNA:

Helena’s maternal genealogy goes back to William Spratt:

It appears that Christopher was older than average when he had Rachel and George. It is also possible that the Jane Spratt in my tree born in or around 1830 is a daughter of Christopher Spratt or a daughter of one of his brothers.

Summary and Conclusions

  • I started out looking at my somewhat easier Frazer shared matches
  • By looking at shared matches, I added some names to my Frazer DNA/Genealogy Charts. Other names I could figure out where they should be approximately on those Charts
  • I then looked at the more difficult Clarke side
  • The name Lougheed comes up quite often. My guess is that name is associated with Jane Spratt’s (b. 1830) maternal side
  • Another separate group of shared matches went back to earlier Spratts of Enniskiilen, Ireland (Fermanagh County). This line is likely the line of Jane Spratt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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My Cousin Paul’s Theories of Relativity

MyHeritage does Theories of Relativity. They are like Ancestry’s ThruLines. MyHeritage compares ancestral trees and matches them with DNA matches. This can be very helpful. I have looked at Paul’s Theories in the past, but they need updating.

Here are Paul’s Theories:

These Theories will be from the Frazer and McMaster families as that is where Paul and I match. Here is an update of my chart:

This is my attempt to be more comprehensive in my look at Paul’s Theories. For example, I don’t have Melanie on Paul’s DNA Painter profile, but I don’t need her there as her mother is already there. I have one of the John’s on my McMaster DNA/Genealogy Chart, but I forgot to put him on Paul’s DNA Painter profile. The blanks are ones that I appear to not have looked at yet.

John on the Robert Line and DNA Painter

Here is John on the Robert Line:

Paul and John should be 4th cousins and MyHeritage’s Theory of Relativity agrees. Here is where Paul and John match:

The Chromosome 8 match looks large, but it is only 6 cM which is below the standard amount that DNA Painter will add.

On Chromosome 14, John adds some new mappimg area. On Chromosome 18, John shows that matches with Emily, Raymond, and Faye are actually on the McMaster side and not on the Frazer side. Further, it explains on which McMaster line this DNA comes from:

My second great-grandmother Margaret McMaster had two McMaster parents. This DNA was from the James McMaster side.

Painting John to My Sister Heidi

Heidi and John match on the first two chromosomes:

Heidi’s match on Chromosome 1 was too small to paint. Here is Chromosome 2;

The blue matches are on my Hartley side. Here, John’s DNA identifies the match with Susan as being on the McMaster and not the Frazer side. I didn’t have other DNA painted from Abraham McMaster and his wife, so I added that for Heidi.

Painting John to my Sister Sharon’s DNA Painter Profile

Sharon and John:

Sharon’s Chromosome match with John is large enough to paint.

Again John paints a new area for Sharon on Chromosome 1 and identifies other Frazer/McMaster matches on Chromosome 2.

Paul and Brian

MyHeritage shows:

I will create a floating tree for Brian. Here is an obituary for Ethel:

In 1900, James McMaster was a farm laborer in Hinsdale, Massachusetts:

Here is Hinsdale:

Here is the tree I have so far:

This tree is following the Theory.

Here is some more information on James McMaster (which my tree shows as McMasters):

According to the 1880 Census, Charles McMaster must have been born in Ireland:

Unfortunately, Charles had apparently died as Rachel shows as a widow. I notice that Brian has this interesting note on his family tree at Ancestry:

I would tend to agree with Brian. The William I descend from had children who were etiher in Ontario or stayed in Ireland.

I see that this is likely the same family in 1870 in Berlin, New York:

Ancestry has the surname as McMartus, though I can also see where this could be McMasters. The transcriber has Mary Blowers which makes sense as Brian has Rachel as Rachel Blowers.

I also see that Berlin is not far from Massachusetts and Vermont:

Here is where Brian matches my cousin Paul:

Here I have put Brian under Abraham McMaster, on Paul’s DNA Painter profile though there were some doubts as expressed above:

That tells me that Paul matches his Frazer relatives on the McMaster side on Chromosome 2 where those matches over lap with Brian.

Paul and Berenice

Paul and Berenice show as 4th cousins at MyHeritage. I’m going to shortcut and not evaluate Berenice. Besides, she shows as a 1st cousin to the John I already have on this line.

Paul and Brad

I don’t recall this match:

Unfortunately, Brad’s tree is missing some information:

It appears that Brad would have his mother a Long rather than a McMaster. Brad does show his paternal grandmother as a McMaster:

It looks like I can fill in some blanks. John had Andrew who married Evelyn:

That should be enough to go on for now. This stone is from the West Bothwell Cemetery in Ontario:

However, something still does not add up. MyHeritage has that Brad is in his 70’s. That means that he was born in the late 1940’s or early 1950’s. If Evelyn was mother this would make more sense as she would be in her 20’s at that time. The person who manages Brad’s DNA is clearly the daughter of Evelyn McMaster. I will assume that Bev is Brad’s sister.

It looks like Evelyn would have been about 32 when Bev was born. Here is Evelyn in 1931:

Below is Evelyn potential great-grandfather William at age 98. I think that it will be difficult to place this family with certainty.

Here is where Brad matches Paul by DNA:

The 1891 Census appears to show an extended McMaster family group:

William J is living with siblings and parents: William and Sarah McMaster. An elder Eliza McMaster is also living with them. She is perhaps the grandmother bron about 1810.

William’s parents names are given on his death certificate:

This says that William’s parents were Abraham McMaster and Bessie Johnston. I have this already on my McMaster DNA/Genealogy Tree:

I had added in the past to the Abraham McMaster/Bessie Johnston Line but did not save it. I’ll add Brad now.

We think that Eliza made it to Ontario and perhaps her husband. Also I see that brothers William and Mark McMaster both married Crundwells.

Next, I add Brad to Paul’s DNA Painter Profile:

These are new sections painted to Paul’s chromosomes and the first from the Abraham McMaster/Bessie Johnston Line. This raised Paul’s overall painted DNA from 12 to 13%. That doesn’t seem like much, but I am only looking at Paul’s paternal side, so he is painted 26% on his paternal side.

While I’m at it, I’ll add Christina’s match to Paul on his profile:

I also mention Christina in my previous Blog.

Paul and Justin

Here is a progress update. Hopefully it is accurate:

Se that there are twice as many identified McMaster Theories compared to Frazer Theories. Justin shows in the Frazer camp:

I am initially skeptical of this connection. Here is the full Theory:

Many on the connections have low probabilities of being correct. I’ll move on to the next Theory.

Pamela and Paul on the McMaster Side

For some reason, two generations show as ‘Deleted profile’. First, I will try to recreate Pamela’s tree but putting Pamela in my tree as a floating tree. It appears that Elsie’s father should be Archibald:

Here is Steiglitz, near Melbourne:

I borrowed from an Ancestry tree to see that Archibald is actually Archibald McPherson III.

In my own tree, I have this information:

This is from an email I received in 2009.

So my tree for Pamela should have a McMaster by now, but has a Tait:

Here we have possibilities:

  1. Archibald had two different wives
  2. One tree is right and one is wrong.
  3. There was more than one Archibald born around 1860

Here is a gravestone from Meredith, AUS:

Meredith appears to be in the right part of the World:

I am not sure where the confusion is, but I am going with the Archibald from the gravestone above. My tree has an Archibald born 1860 and another Ancestry tree has this Archibald McPherson born 1867. I am not sure if this is the discrepancy:

So between the DNA match, my old email and other Ancestry Trees, I will add this Line in to my tree. This appears to be the other McPherson, buried in Gisorne:

I’ll add Pamela to my McMaster DNA/Genealogy Chart:

Here is Pamela on Paul’s DNA Painter profile:

This is confusing as this shows overlapping DNA from the McMaster and Frazer side on Chromosome 12. This suggests that Suzzanne could be related on the McMaster side.

Finally, Paul and Josephine

Josephine is Paul’s last Theory at this time:

 

Based on other Archibald McMaster/Elizabeth Meehan descendants, this connection seems likely. Paul and Josephine match on Chromosome 14 in this area:

This is the John that I mention earlier in the Blog who descends from Robert McMaster.

Based on the share matches between Paul and Josephine, the connection seems pretty certain. Here is Lalbert where Elizabeth McMaster Meehan was buried:

Here is a birth record for Margaret Mary Meehan borrowed from an Ancestry Tree:

This record is helpful:

Again, I will borrow this record from another Ancestry Tree:

That seems to close the circle. I will now add Josephine to my McMaster DNA/Genealogy Tree:

All that is left to do is to add the DNA match to Paul’s DNA Painter Profile:

Here is a summary:

Summary and Conclusions

  • It was helpful to look at Paul’s Theories at MyHeritage as Paul is one generation closer to common ancestors than me or my siblings.
  • The McMaster tree is quite large. This is just the tree I go back on on my James McMaster side. I have another tree for Fanny McMaster who married James McMaster.
  • The McMaster families that I tracked were in the US, Canada and Australia.
  • There was some confusion on some of the Frazer Theories. The connection for Justin was unclear. I already know the connection for Joanna, but MyHeritage did not show the right connection. This is understandable as the connection is a bit convoluted. I already had the connection to Suzzanne, but when mapped on Paul’s DNA Painter Profile, it appears that Suzzanne’s connection could be on the McMaster side.
  • I agreed with Brian that his McMaster connection was through Archiabald McMaster, but based on naming conventions, I could also see the possibility that he could be connected on the William McMaster side.