Person Sheet


Name John BRUCE, 6622
Birth 5 4 1813, Edinburgh
Death 13 5 1895, Ainslie Place Edinburgh Age: 82
Occupation 1861: merchant. 1871: "coon" (corn) merchant.
Father William BRUCE, 13283
Mother Catharine GALBREATH, 13284
Spouses:
1 Sophia FANNING, 6292
Birth 8 1 1825, Finchley
Christen 5 4 1825, St Mary Finchley
Christen Memo #714
Death 1873 Age: 47
Father William FANNING, 6290 (1785-1859)
Mother Sophia Cecilia HARLEY, 6291 (1795-1884)
Marriage 6 7 1854, Holy Trinity Paddington
Marriage Memo IoM 3Q1854 Kensington 1a220
Children: Sophie Catherine (Died as Child), 8797 (1855-1867)
Fanny (No children), 8798 (1856-1881)
John Galbraith, 8799 (1857-1885)
Ethel Margaret, 8800 (1861-)
Alice Harley, 8801 (1862-)
Evelyn, 8802 (1866-)
Notes for John BRUCE
BLG: names, DofD, "of Barmoor Castle Northumberland and 31 Royal Terrace Edinburgh". Ancestry210310: census1861, 1871. AncestrySSBB191215: DandPofB. AncestryGraves290220: DandPofD.
Census
Census1861 Scotland: aged48 assYofB1813, mar, hd at 31 Royal Terrace Edinburgh South Leith, occ, PofB Edinburgh. Census1871 Scotland: aged57, mar, hd at 31 Royal Terrace Edinburgh, occ, PofB Midlothian.
Census Notes for Sophia (Spouse 1)
Census1841 663/3/16/25: aged15-19, ass dau at Elan Place? Finchley. Census1851 1942/689/22: aged26 assYofB1824, unmar, vis at 7 Grosvenor Place Walcot Bath w Eliza Innis, PofB Middx. Census1861 Scotland: aged36, wife at 31 Royal Terrace Edinburgh South Leith, PofB England. Census1871 Scotland: "Sophie", aged45, wife at 31 Royal Terrace Edinburgh, PofB England.
Misc. Notes
BLG: YofB1825, YofD1873. AssPofB as sis Frances. Ancestry141208: census1841, 1851. AncestryLBB200310: ChrR DandPofB. Ancestry210310: census1861, 1871.
Notes for John & Sophia (Family)
BLG: DofM. Ancestry200310: IoM. AncestryESM191215: MR.
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