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Fraser JEFFREY[1]

Male 1884 - 1960  (76 years)


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  • Name Fraser JEFFREY 
    Born 23 Jan 1884  Cobourg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Mar 1960  Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I34  John Cowan Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2019 

    Father John JEFFREY
              b. 14 Feb 1844, Cobourg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Mar 1890, Owen Sound, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Mary SUTHERLAND
              b. 19 Aug 1846, Cobourg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 May 1924, Toronto Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 24 Oct 1866  Port Burwell, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elsie STAFFORD
              b. 14 Feb 1892, Milwaukee Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Jul 1980, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Children 
     1. Helen Elsie JEFFREY
              b. 13 Jan 1918, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 26 Aug 2009, Colorado Springs, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     2. Jean S JEFFREY
     3. John Fraser JEFFREY
              b. Abt 1930
              bur. Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Visited Aunt Jessie (Janet) in 1899 - see signature on Page 2 of Visitor Book (Janet Jeffrey Library Item 4)

      In 1911 he witnessed his sister's (Belle) wedding in Toronto to Wickliffe Greig. At the time (1911) Fraser lived in Cincinnati.

      Lived at 9720 Harding Blvd, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - a house he built in 1936 https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI76881

      His obit in the AIEE Journal reveals that in 1905, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, to work for the Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company. When this company was acquired by Allis-Chalmers in 1910, he moved to Milwaukee. He worked on the design of induction and synchronous motors and at one time was engineer-in-charge of induction motor design. He was assistant chief electrical engineer with Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wis., until his retirement in 1952. He was active on committees and ultimately a life member of the AIEE, American Institute of Electrical Engineers (now IEEE)

      He patented a design for key parts of large electric motors in 1910 https://patents.google.com/patent/US970233

      He may have published various articels in AIEE Transactions

      Burial in the Stafford plot in Section 33 of Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee
      FindAGrave MEMORIAL ID 85227003

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] John Jeffrey Bible, Mary Sutherland, Library/John Jeffrey/2-John Jeffrey Bible. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S96] FindAGrave.com, Fraser & Elsie Jeffrey (Reliability: 3), 6 Feb 2019.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85227003/fraser-jeffrey
      and
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85227028/elsie-s_-jeffrey