Individual Details

Corona Daily Independent, Corona, California, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1957, Front Page, Col. 4: 'Tad' Fraser Died Yesterday at Ninety-two. Came Here in 1893; Became City's First Electric Contractor. Thomas Allan (Tad) Fraser, a long-time resident of Corona and the first electrical contractor here, passed away at his home at 718 Howard St., last night. He was 92. Mr. Fraser was born Oct. 21, 1864, in Kingborn, Ont., Can. He was educated at Ontario Agricultural College. He came to Corona with his parents Major and Mrs. Allen Fraser, and his sisters, Mary and Catherine in 1893. Miss Catherine Fraser now lives in Los Angeles.
Corona has been Mr. Fraser's home ever since 1893. He was married in 1906 [1907] to Miss Florence Mabel (Belle) Clayson, of Corona, who is a sister of Walter Clayson, local attorney. For many years Mr. Fraser was an electrical contractor here, retiring from business in 1952.
When asked by the daily Independent how he felt on his ninetieth birthday, he said he felt "just fine' and demonstrated his limberness and strength by doing a nimble---knee-bend. The photograph shows him at that time.
Survivors---In addition to his sister Catherine, he is survived by his widow; two daughters, Mr. Charlotte Carroll of Corona; and Mrs. Florence Stark of Grass Valley; and four grandchildren, Dorothy, Doris and Kenneth Carroll, all of Corona and Thomas Stark, attending college nearby, who has been staying with his grandparents in Corona.
Private funeral services will be conducted at the Bell-Thomas Mortuary Chapel Friday, by the Rev. Stanley W. Graf, pastor of the First Congregational Church. Interment will follow at Sunnyslope Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary tomorrow afternoon and evening.

Birth	1864	Canada
Birth	21 Oct 1864	Kingborn, Ontario, Canada
Marriage	5 Jun 1907	Rhyolite, Nye Co., Nevada - Florence Maybelle Clayson
Death	5 Feb 1957	Corona, Riverside Co., California
Burial		Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery, Corona, Riverside Co., California

Spouse	Florence Maybelle Clayson (1874 - 1963)
Child	Florence Mary Fraser (1909 - 1998)
Child	Charlotte Allan Fraser (1912 - 2008)