FRAZER, James William (1868-1936) was born at Gateshead, Co. Durham, England and articled with J.H. Morton, FRIBA at South Shields, Engl. (in 1884-89), and was later an assistant to H. Wilkinson Moore, FRIBA, of Oxford and Robert Willey, FRIBA, London. He emigrated to Canada c. 1917 and settled in Montreal where he was assistant in the office of David J. Spence. In early 1919 he moved to Moncton, N.B. and opened his own office, and was active in Moncton, N.B. for more than a decade. No references to his work have been found after 1930; he died at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on 16 April 1936 (England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1936, Volume for Letter "F", p. 448; inf. Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, 2001, Vol. i, 687-88).
MONCTON, N.B., Childrens Home, 1919 (Montreal Daily Star, 22 May 1919, 13)
MONCTON, N.B., hostel for female employees of Atlantic Underwear Ltd., 1920 (Spectator [Annapolis Royal], 6 May 1921, 3, illus.)
MONCTON, N.B., City Market, 1922 (dwgs. at Plans Dept., B/C4, City Hall, Moncton)
MONCTON, N.B., major addition to Young Men's Christian Assoc., 1924-25 (C.R., xxxviii, 26 Nov. 1924, 49, t.c.)
RIVER GLADE, N.B., major addition to the Jordan Memorial Sanatarium for the New Brunswick Dept. of Works, 1927 (C.R., xli, 1 June 1927, 48, t.c.)
SACKVILLE, N.B., Bank of Nova Scotia, 1929 (dwgs. at Bank of Nova Scotia Archives, Toronto)