Bruce Genealogy

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Name	Dob	Birthplace	Occupation	Relationship to Author	Died	Married To	Source
Maggie Beattie Bruce	30/04/1901	Arbroath, Angus	Flax Worker	Grandmother	29/01/1992	John Duncan	Birth, Marriage and Death Certs.
David Alexander Bruce	09/02/1875	Arbroath, Angus	Bleachfield Manager	Great Grandfather	26/04/1953	Isabella Kerr	Birth, Marriage and Death Certs.
David Bruce	20/11/1836	Newbigging, Montrose, Angus	Yarn Bleacher	Great x2 Grandfather	22/04/1914	Margaret Beattie	Birth - IGI, Marriage and death certs.
Alexander Bruce	1800	Maryton, Angus	Agricultural Labourer	Great x3 Grandfather	10/07/1888	Mary Gordon	Birth- Census. Marriage - IGI. Death - Death Certificate
George Bruce	1771	Unknown	Agricultural Labourer	Great x4 Grandfather	02/09/1846	Catherine Cadenhead	Birth and Death - Gravestone. Inscription (Craig Cemetery) and marriage - IGI.

What details I have for my furthest back Bruce is from George Bruce and Catharine Cadenhead's gravestone in the graveyard on Rossie Island near Montrose. The stone was erected by their daughter May. George died in 1846 and thus nine years before deaths had to be registered.

Alexander Bruce married Mary Gordon on the 22nd of May 1824 in the Parish of Dun, Angus. Both Alexander and Mary lived to old age and died in Forfar while living with their daughter. Alexander was born in Bonnytown in the parish of Maryton (parish church pictured above).

David Bruce was the 7th of 10 children of Alexander and Mary. David in his early days followed in the footsteps of his forefathers and was an agricultural labourer. But at some point he and his wife Margaret Beattie moved to Arbroath and he worked in a factory.

David Alexander Bruce (pictured) was the second of six children. He rose to become manager of the bleachfield at Elliot. David married Isabella Kerr and they had six children including my grandmother Maggie.