Wolfe Island BiographiesWalter FRASER, M.D.Submitted by George HalladyWALTER FRASER, M.D. Dr. Walter Fraser was born on Wolfe Island, in the province of Ontario, Canada, April 10, 1870. His father, Alexander Fraser, was a carpenter and came to Iowa in 1880, settling in Kossuth County. Alexander's wife, Eleanor Anderson, and the children came later to join her husband. Walter Fraser became a student in the medical department of the State University of Iowa and later attended Marion Sims College of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. where he graduated on March 23, 1893. He practiced in Luverne, Kossuth County, Iowa for one and one-half years and then moved to Taylor county, Iowa for 3 and 1/2 years. He then located at Corwith, Hancock county, Iowa until 1906. In 1906 he moved to Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa and opened his practice there. On Dec. 25, 1894, Walter Fraser married Rosa Scott, dau. of R.V. and Alma (Liscomb) Scott of Luverne, both of whom were graduates of Baxter University of Music at Friendship, NY, being accomplished on the violin and piano. Dr. Walter and Rosa Fraser are the parents of 3 children: Remsen Scott, born April 14, 1898; Eleanor, July 6, 1900; and Walter Alexander, July 9, 1910. |