Caroline Rosetta Small was born in British-occupied India on 10 February 1829 to English parents, Beaumont Dixie Small and Caroline Honora Pereira. Her father, an assistant
surgeon with the East India Company's
Bengal Light Infantry, died unexpectedly in 1831. Caroline's mother later married James Frushard on 1 March 1834. With the exception of two years spent studying in
Paris, Fraser spent most of her youth in India. On 11 March 1847, she married
Alexander Fraser, at the time a lieutenant in the
Bengal Engineer Group. records connected with her burial in All Saints churchyard,
Patcham place her death at
Withdean,
Brighton on 8 December 1908. ==Selected works==