Gilbert Fraser 
Gilbert was born about 1189 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland. Gilbert's father is Udard Fraser and his mother is ? Fraser. His paternal grandfather was Simon Fraser; his maternal grandfather is Kylvert Fraser. He was an only child. He died about 1263 in Touch-Fraser, Stirlingshire, Scotland.General Notes
REFN: 2713AN
REFN: P2714
Gilbert (Sir), of Oliver Castle; born by 1214; Sheriff of Tweeddale 1233-5
9; married Christian Lascelles (probably cognate with Leslie) and died c12
63. [Burke's Peerage]
The following is from "Scotland and her Tartans" by Alexander Fulton.
The first known Fraser in Scotland was Simon Fraser, who in about 1160 don
ated the Church of Keith to Kelso Abbey. The name came from the lordsh
ip of LaFraseliere in Anjou, and a descendant of Simon Fraser, Sir Gilbe
rt Fraser, established the main line of the family in about 1250 at Touch-
Fraser, Stirlingshire. His direct descendant, Alexander Fraser was knight
ed by King Robert I (the Bruce) before the battle of Bannockburn in 131
4. After the battle he married the Bruce's sister, Lady Mary - who had be
en strung up in a cage for four years by King Edward I of England in repri
sal for the Bruce's coronation - and he was later Chamberlain of Scotlan
d. Their grandson gained the lands of Philorth in Buchan by his marria
ge in 1375.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1068 in Tweeddale, Peebleshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1098 in Tweeddale, Peebleshire, Scotland
- b.1043 in Scotland d.1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1085 in Scotland
- b.1070 in England d. in Scotland
- b.~ 1125 in Keth Symon, East Lothian, Scotland d.< 1190
- b.~ 1151 in Drumeizier, Peebleshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1189 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland d.~ 1263 in Touch-Fraser, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1145 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1170 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland
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Children
Simon Fraser
Simon was born about 1210 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland. He died about 1280.
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