Add to this book to the list: Norman, Andrew, and Selkirk Bruce of Maryland: Their ancestors in Scotland and their descendants in America by Nancy J. Ellis. It's out of print, but I have a copy if anyone has these names in their lines. They go back to Normand Bruce, born c 1650 in Culross, Perth (now Fife), Scotland, and later lived in and was a burgess of Edinburgh. Lists his 3 wives, children. Third wife was ELizabeth Gilmour, and their son Charles (m. Helen Cleland) is the father of the 3 named above, who all came to MD -- the brothers about 1758; Selkirk, or Selkrig, wife of Robert Dods/Dodds came in the 17802, I believe). Happy to share. It's very well researched! Ginny Oswald goswald@netscape.net > -----Original Message----- > From: BRUCE-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:BRUCE-D-request@rootsweb.com] > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 7:00 AM > To: BRUCE-D@rootsweb.com > Subject: BRUCE-D Digest V01 #42 > > << Message: Untitled Attachment >> << Message: Robert the Bruce Birthday > Ceilidh >> << Message: Books about Bruce's >>

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In my research of my George Bruce I ran accross a will for another George Bruce. This is in Fayette County Kentucky. From the book "Kentucky Court and Other Records" by Ardery pg 81. GEORGE BRUCE will book A pg 501 Names wife Temperance Bruce; daugthers, Helby Bruce, Parmelia Bruce, and Polly Grant; sons, Warren (military land), Waddle and Bengamine. Written 16 Oct 1808; probated November 1808. Executors, Samuel Blair, Temporance Bruce (wife). Witnesses - Alexander Colbard, James Gibson. Hope this helps someone. Seems to me like I have seen different ones in search of a Benjamin Bruce and a Warren Bruce. Maybe you are still out there. Vickie

Hi! I am looking for information on George Henderson & his wife Betsy Bruce, my 2nd great grandparents & any of their ancestors or descendants. They had 6 children, Will, Jo-Anne, Christina, Jessie or Betsy, Esther ( my great grandmother) & Gordon. It is believed George Henderson & his brother Gordon Henderson married sisters, Betsy Bruce & Margaret (Peggy) Bruce & that George & Gordon are the sons of Gordon Henderson & Christian (Christy) Bruce. George & Betsy both died in Oct 1906 in Teeswater, Ontario, Canada. I can provide information on Esther's & Christina's descendants. Many thanks! Margaret Gaven margaret_gaven@msn.com North Vancouver B.C. Canada researching Brownscombe (Devon), Rundle (Devon), Gould (Devon), King (Devon), Pittwood (Devon), Pinnell/Pennell (England & Ireland), Guest (Ireland), McRoberts (Ireland), Hardy (Ireland), Green (Yorkshire), Case (Yorkshire), Henderson (Helmsdale, Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland), Bruce (Helmsdale, Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland), Woolley (Ontario, Canada, New Jersey, U.S.A., England), Thompson (Ontario, Canada, Mass. U.S.A., England) & many more

Hi! I am looking for information on George Henderson & his wife Betsy Bruce, my 2nd great grandparents & any of their ancestors or descendants. They had 6 children, Will, Jo-Anne, Christina, Jessie or Betsy, Esther ( my great grandmother) & Gordon. It is believed George Henderson & his brother Gordon Henderson married sisters, Betsy Bruce & Margaret (Peggy) Bruce & that George & Gordon are the sons of Gordon Henderson & Christian (Christy) Bruce. George & Betsy both died in Oct 1906 in Teeswater, Ontario, Canada. I can provide information on Esther's & Christina's descendants. Many thanks! Margaret Gaven margaret_gaven@msn.com North Vancouver B.C. Canada researching Brownscombe (Devon), Rundle (Devon), Gould (Devon), King (Devon), Pittwood (Devon), Pinnell/Pennell (England & Ireland), Guest (Ireland), McRoberts (Ireland), Hardy (Ireland), Green (Yorkshire), Case (Yorkshire), Henderson (Helmsdale, Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland), Bruce (Helmsdale, Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland), Woolley (Ontario, Canada, New Jersey, U.S.A., England), Thompson (Ontario, Canada, Mass. U.S.A., England) & many more

Hi all, If it's of use to anyone, I can also recommend the following books: Scott, Ronald McNair. (1989). _Robert The Bruce, King of Scots_. New York: Peter Bedrick Books. ISBN: None. Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786703296 McNie, Alan. (1986). _Clan Bruce_. Jedburgh, Scotland: Cascade Publishing. ISBN: 0907614310. I think I bought the Scott book from a Doubleday bookclub years ago, but find it to be an excellent resource. The Amazon.com reference is the 1996 edition. It's mostly a chronological history of his life, with each chapter being a specific period. The McNie book was found in a "Scottish ancestry" shop (the ones that sell you coats of arms, etc) at roughly the same time, though is only 34 pages long and gives a concise history and other information. Regards, Matt Bruce mattbruce@bigfoot.com http://www.bigfoot.com/~mattbruce/ After all there is but one race -- humanity. - George Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: <RRamsey113@aol.com> To: <BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 6:11 PM Subject: Books about Bruce's > Recently had the opportunity to browse the catalog for Library of Congress, > online. Found these following books on the surname of BRUCE: > > > Main Title: The Bruce Mines spectator : index of birth, death & > marriage notices. > ====================== > Type of Material: Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.) > Main Title: Bruce bulletin / Bruce County Genealogical Society. > ====================== > Main Title: Bruce County marriages : marriage registrations for Bruce > County, Ontario from 1869 to 1873 ; compiled by Jeff > Stewart & Sherilyn Bell. > =============== > Main Title: The Bruce, the history of Robert, the Bruce, King of Scots > / John Barbour ; translated by George Eyre-Todd. > ================== > Main Title: The Bruce family : descending from George Bruce, 1650-1715 > / compiled and published by John Goodall Bruce. > =============== > Main Title: The Bruce family of Kitley Township, Leeds County, > Ontario, 1823-1974 / Wilfred Bruce. > ============== > Main Title: Bruce family papers, 1792-1892 (bulk 1800-1880) > =============== > Main Title: Births, Marriages, deaths, the Bruce herald, 1873-1882 : > copied from the original newspapers held at the Hocken > Library, University of Otago, Dunedin / compiled and > indexed by M.J. Kelly. > ============== > Main Title: The Bruce; or, The book of the most excellent and noble > prince, Robert de Broyss, King of Scots; compiled by > Master John Barbour ... Edited from ms. G.23 in the > library of St. John's College, Cambridge, written A.D. > 1487; collated with the ms. in the Advocates' library > at Edinburgh, written A.D. 1489, and with Hart's > edition, printed A.D. 1616; with a preface, notes, and > glossarial index by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat. > =============== > Main Title: The Bruce; or, The book of the most excellent and noble > prince Robert de Broyss, King of Scots, compiled by > Master John Barbour, edited from St. John's College > Cambridge Ms. G. 23 written A.D. 1487; collated with the > Ms. in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, written A.D. > 1489 and with Hart's edition, printed A.D. 1616, by > Walter W. Skeat.

Recently had the opportunity to browse the catalog for Library of Congress, online. Found these following books on the surname of BRUCE: Main Title: The Bruce Mines spectator : index of birth, death & marriage notices. Published/Created: [Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.] : Sault and District Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, [198-?]-<1987 > Related Names: Fournier, Barbara. Robbins, Iona E. Ontario Genealogical Society. Sault and District Branch. Description: v. <1-2 > ; 28 cm. Incomplete Contents: [1] 1901-1925 -- [2] 1926-1956 / researcher, Iona Robbins. Notes: Cover title. "Researchers, Kitty Dawson, Barbara Fournier"--Prelim. p. Subjects: Bruce Mines spectator. Registers of births, etc.--Ontario--Bruce Mines. Bruce Mines (Ont.)--Genealogy. Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal Name: Dawson, Kitty. LC Classification: CS88.B78 D38 1980z Dewey Class No.: 929/.371321 19 LC Control Number: 87103812 ISBN: 1550751069 (v. 2) ====================== Type of Material: Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.) Main Title: Bruce bulletin / Bruce County Genealogical Society. Published/Created: Port Elgin, Ont. : The Society, 1991-. Related Names: Bruce County Genealogical Society. Description: v. Current Frequency: Quarterly. Continues: Bruce County Genealogical Society newsletter. 1185-0353 ISSN: 1184-7387 Notes: Description based on: ______________________________ -- Request in: Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room (Madison LM133) -- Order Information: 1 Copy Ordered as of 09/19/00 ============================================================================== == Main Title: Bruce County marriages : marriage registrations for Bruce County, Ontario from 1869 to 1873 ; compiled by Jeff Stewart & Sherilyn Bell. Published/Created: Toronto : Winfield Pub., c1998. Related Names: Bell, Sherilyn, 1963- Description: ix, 172 p. : maps ; 28 cm. Notes: Includes index Subjects: Marriage records--Ontario--Bruce (County) Bruce (Ont. : County)--Genealogy. LC Control Number: 99492059 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal Name: Stewart, Jeff, 1963- LC Classification: CS88.B779 S74 1998 Dewey Class No.: 929/.371321 21 CALL NUMBER: CS88.B779 S74 1998 ISBN: 0968198023 =============== Main Title: The Bruce, the history of Robert, the Bruce, King of Scots / John Barbour ; translated by George Eyre-Todd. Uniform Title: [Bruce. English Published/Created: Edinburgh : Mercat Press, 1996. Description: xv, 368 p. ; 19 cm. ISBN: 1873644582 : Notes: Originally published: London : Gowans & Gray, 1907. Subjects: Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329 --Poetry. Scotland--History--Robert I, 1306-1329--Poetry. Scotland--Kings and rulers--Poetry. Series: Mercat classics LC Classification: PR1833 .A64 1996 Dewey Class No.: 821/.1 21 Language Code: eng sco CALL NUMBER: PR1833 .A64 1996 LC Control Number: 97131083 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal Name: Barbour, John, d. 1395. ================== Main Title: The Bruce family : descending from George Bruce, 1650-1715 / compiled and published by John Goodall Bruce. Personal Name: Bruce, John Goodall, 1898- Published/Created: Salem, Va. : Bruce, 1977. Description: xvi, 195 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm. ISBN: 0870122894 Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Bruce family. LC Classification: CS71.B889 1977 Dewey Class No.: 929/.2/0973 CALL NUMBER: CS71.B889 1977 LC Control Number: 77085052 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) =============== Personal Name: Bruce, Wilfred B., 1897- Main Title: The Bruce family of Kitley Township, Leeds County, Ontario, 1823-1974 / Wilfred Bruce. Published/Created: [s.l. : s.n., 1974] Description: 90, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., geneal. tables, ports. ; 28 cm. Notes: Cover title. Bibliography: p. [91] Subjects: Bruce family. Ontario--Genealogy. LC Classification: CS90 .B75 1974 Dewey Class No.: 929.2/09/71 National Bib. No.: C75-6197-9 CALL NUMBER: CS90 .B75 1974 LC Control Number: 77357609 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) ============== Main Title: Bruce family papers, 1792-1892 (bulk 1800-1880) Related Names: Bruce, Charles, 1798-1879. Papers. Bruce, Elvira. Papers. Bruce, James. Papers. Description: 1500 items. 5 containers. Biog./History Note: Charles Bruce (1798-1879), merchant, planter, and Virginia state senator. Summary: Plantation accounts of Charles Bruce, and his parents, James and Elvira Bruce, of Staunton Hill Plantation, Charlotte Co., Va. Notes: MSS14191 Source of Acquisition: Gift, Mrs. Charles Bruce, 1916. Gift, Mrs. William Bruce, 1937. Subjects: Bruce family. Plantations--Virginia--Charlotte County. Staunton Hill Plantation (Va.) Local Call/Shelving: MMC-3159 Repository: Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. CALL NUMBER: MMC-3159 LC Control Number: mm 79014191 Type of Material: Archival Manuscript Material (Collection) =============== Main Title: Births, Marriages, deaths, the Bruce herald, 1873-1882 : copied from the original newspapers held at the Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin / compiled and indexed by M.J. Kelly. Published/Created: [Auckland, N.Z.] : M.J. Kelly, [1991] Related Titles: [Bruce herald (Otago, N.Z.) Description: i, 83 p. : map ; 30 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Registers of births, etc.--New Zealand--Otago. Otago (N.Z.)--Genealogy. LC Classification: CS2178.O83 K45 1991 Dewey Class No.: 929/.393157 20 CALL NUMBER: CS2178.O83 K45 1991 LC Control Number: 92164073 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal Name: Kelly, M. J. (Maureen Judith), 1948- ============== Main Title: The Bruce; or, The book of the most excellent and noble prince, Robert de Broyss, King of Scots; compiled by Master John Barbour ... Edited from ms. G.23 in the library of St. John's College, Cambridge, written A.D. 1487; collated with the ms. in the Advocates' library at Edinburgh, written A.D. 1489, and with Hart's edition, printed A.D. 1616; with a preface, notes, and glossarial index by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat. LC Control Number: 04000951 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal Name: Barbour, John, d. 1395. Published/Created: Edinburgh, London, Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood and sons, 1894. Related Names: Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912 ed. Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? Related Titles: How the good wife taught her daughter. Description: 2 v. 22 cm. Contents: v. 1. Preface: Memoir of John Barbour. Appendix to the preface: Extracts from Wyntoun's 'Chronicle'; Relics of King Robert I. The Bruce, books I-XIII.--v. 2. Books XIV-XX. How the good wife taught her daughter. A dietary, by John Lydgate. Notes. Glossary. Subjects: Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329 --Poetry. Scotland--History--Robert I, 1306-1329--Poetry. Variant Series: The Scottish text society. [Publications. 31, 32, 33] LC Classification: PR8633 .S4 no. 31-33 Language Code: gaeeng Other System No.: (OCoLC)3210074 CALL NUMBER: PR8633 .S4 no. 31-33 =============== Main Title: The Bruce; or, The book of the most excellent and noble prince Robert de Broyss, King of Scots, compiled by Master John Barbour, edited from St. John's College Cambridge Ms. G. 23 written A.D. 1487; collated with the Ms. in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, written A.D. 1489 and with Hart's edition, printed A.D. 1616, by Walter W. Skeat. Published/Created: London, New York, Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford University P. [1968- Related Names: Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912, ed. Description: v. 22 cm. Subjects: Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329 --Poetry. Scottish poetry--To 1700. Epic poetry, Scottish. Scotland--History--Robert I, 1306-1329--Poetry. Scotland--Kings and rulers--Poetry. Series: Early English Text Society (Series). Extra series ; 11, 55. Variant Series: Early English Text Society. Extra series, nos. 11 and 55 LC Classification: PR1119 .E5 no. 11, etc. 1968 Dewey Class No.: 821/.1 CALL NUMBER: PR1119 .E5 no. 11, etc. 1968 LC Control Number: 74023773 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal Name: Barbour, John, d. 1395.

If you live in or plan to be in the Central Texas area mid July, 2001, there is going to be Texas's first "Robert the Bruce" Birthday Ceilidh on July 14, 2001. It is being held in a bueatifully restored 1886 opera house in Columbus, Texas which is about 50 miles south of Houston on I.H. 10. The event features a Social Hour, Dinner and then performances by "Red" McWilliams, "Poor Man's Fortune", harpist Therese Honey and the "Loch Dhu Dancers". Contact Stratford Opera House at 425 Springs St., Columbus, Texas or visit their site for ticket information. www.columbustexas.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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Hello, I have just set up our Bruce Family web site at - http://communities.msn.com/OurBruceFamily There are 77 documents & photos loaded on this site. Take a look and see what you think. If you find a connection to anyone on this site please email me. Thanks so much. Pat Holling pholling@effectnet.com

Searching for any information on the family of Henry Bruce and Ann Unknown. One known child, Wallis Bruce m. Sarah Unknown. Children were: Florence Bruce b: 1857 m. Frank Hyman, b: 1857 Warren Co., GA, one known child, Ira Maud Hyman, b. 1886, GA, d. 1958, AL, m. Sherod Anthony Byrd, b. b. 1874, Lowndes Co., GA, d. 1944, AL.(s/o William Arlington Byrd & Narcissus Stanfield) Sarah Bruce b: 1859 Tilly Bruce b: 1868 Edwin Bruce b: 1866 Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Nancy Bozeman Byrd

Hello, I am looking for any information for Rev Charles A Bruce b. 1818 d.1898. I am looking for info on his parents or siblings. He married Theodosia Palmer b.1820 d.1898. He was the 1st minister of Beasley Fork Christain Union Church organized April 1867 had 18 members, in Monroe twp adams co. Ohio. His children were Sarah Eliza Bruce and Charles "Fields" Bruce. His parents were from Tenassee and I got cences and I can't quit make out were he is from. I think it say's North Caralina. Any Info would be great. I have alot of info on Southern Ohio bruce's if anyone is interested. E-Mail me at Piza_71@yahoo.com thank you Monica Bruce

Anyone on the list interested in the family of Robert C. BRUCE who married a (unknown) YOUNG? Left Fredericksburg, VA in 1846 with wife and 6 children. Settled in Nashville, TN. Children Robert b 1830, Alexander C b 1835, Jas. Henry b 1837, John A., a baby in 1846, two daughters, Betty d Nashville Nov 28,1898 and Mary Virginia. Robert (the son) moved to St Louis, MO, then to Jacksonville, IL and became one of the large contractors and builders in that section of the country. Alexander became one of the most skilful and practical English architects of Nashville and moved to Knoxville TN. Moved to Atlanta GA ca 1883 and established himself as a leading architect there, designing and erecting many of the city's skyscrapers. Jas. Henry lived in Nashville and was engaged in the business of printing and publishing, building up one of the largest publishing businesses in the south under the firm name of Marshall & Bruce. John A, enlisted in 1861 in the Civil War in the First Tennessee regiment. He was wounded and taken prisoner, later exchanged and rejoined his regiment. Was killed in April 1863. Mary Virginia was living in 1913 in Atlanta GA with her brother in Atlanta. Bea

I am researching a BRUCE line that was in Ohio and then Indiana. George Bruce, b. abt 1803 in Ohio and married Dove ?, b. abt 1812 Son, James BRUCE married Margaret THOMSON in 1865. James and Margaret BRUCE were living in Marion County, Indiana by 1870. Their children are; Charlotte D. BRUCE, b. 1868 Mary F. BRUCE, b. 1870 George BRUCE, b. 1872 and married Sarah ABBOTT Charles BRUCE, b. 1876 Margaret BRUCE, b. 1879 Vitae? BRUCE, b. 1883 Thanks, Joan

I found AOLMail and have now discovered that I will have to go here for ALL my email purposes. This is not a good thing! This is a big inconvenience for me! Let me explain why. I manage a genealogy web site associated with USGenWeb. USGenWeb is associated with Rootsweb. (If AOL has not checked out the online presence of the genealogical community, I would suggest it do so. It is a large community and Rootsweb is one of the biggest "players".) In addition to the website, I also do my own research. All of this adds up to a fair amount of email. AOL has 'cut me off' twice for sending out too many emails at once. Both times I had to call and remind them that I occasionally send out a high volume of email (like when I'm checking to make sure email addy's are current for the web pages). Hopefully that's noted and I won't have to go through it again. Now to my current problem: Rootsweb changed its format on the mailing lists that I subscribe to and frequently use. It seems that people were sending emails with all types of fancy formatting, instead of plain text, and it was causing problems. We don't all have the same computer capability and folks couldn't read some of the email with the pretty formatting. So they now have a policy. No HTML. It wasn't a problem for me until I upgraded to AOL 6.0, when I purchased my new desktop computer last month. Since then, my postings to the mailing lists have been bouncing. The problem: AOL is formatting my emails in HTML. The solution: Use AOLMail. The problem: See below. The solution: Make it an option, not an assumtion. As the website coordinator, I get a copy of every posting to any of the boards that have been set up on the website. I also get emails from people requesting information or passing along information. The purpose of the mailing list is to facilitate communication. Therefore, I highlight what has been sent to me, either by email or from the board postings, and either send a reply or forward the information. For example: John Jones posts to the query board. I get a copy of his posting. Aha - me thinks! Someone else just posted something on one of the other boards about this family last week! I'll send this on to the mailing list. Hopefully the two people can connect? No can do! Not anymore, unless I go to AOLMAIL, because AOL has chosen to format their email to allow HTML and Rootsweb won't allow HTML format. I cannot highlight text from an incoming email, click on the reply or forward key and have it automatically show up in the email I will be sending. This means I have to do the "cut and paste" thing when replying to a specific statement. I just did this with about six emails. They were all postings to the obit and query boards and I wanted to send them on to the mailing list. It was time consuming and frustrating. My address book doesn't seem to be showing up when I click on it from AOLMail. Now I have to click on the Mail menu, click on Address Book, find the address and copy it so I can paste it in the email. Time consuming and frustrating. I've been with AOL since 1995. Some of the upgrades have been great, a lot of them have been a problem. I went back to the 3.0 version of AOL from 4.0 because of the MIME format that AOL imposed. I never tried 5.0 because it used a different, but similar type of format for email. Needless to say, 3.0 just wasn't cutting it anymore. I have to try and keep up with the times. I couldn't "enable java" and the security domain thing kept popping up and cutting me offline, so I bit the bullet and upgraded to AOL 6.0. First lesson: Where is the print icon? There is no print icon anymore. You have to click on print, then click on print (again) from the drop down menu, then click on "ok" - OR - I can do Ctrl-P, then click on "ok". But this is progress, right? Did you know that there is no option to "send later" from AOLMail? In otherwords, I cannot answer the emails and save them to send later when I'm done looking through all the emails. Sometimes I get two or three emails from the same person. Rather than respond to each email, its proven prudent to wait until I've gone through all of them, then just reply once. So much for efficiency. Questions: -Is AOL capable of meeting my online needs anymore? -Would another ISP provider be able to meet my needs with less frustration and better efficiency? -Will AOL look at the needs of the genealogical online community or just ignore them? I guess the ultimate solution to this problem is going to be up to me. Rebecca Ramsey Rramsey113@aol.com PS: Another problem: Evidently AOLMail closed me down again while I was writing this. That's gonna be a major problem. So how long a period of time do I have to write an email response through AOLMAIL?

On Thu, 05 Apr 2001 12:58:37 -0400 Roy Bruce wrote to the BRUCE-L: >Hi! > >I'm new to the mailing list, and I need some information on these >ancestors of mine. Here is all of the information that I have thus >far: > >John Bruce b. March 22, 1756 in Edinburgh, Scotland (possibly >Midlothian), d. March 22, 1831 in Old Orangeburg District, SC. m. >Catherine Rhodes (various spellings). >Children: >(1) Elijah Bruce b. October 24, 1797 (in Old Orangeburg District, SC) d. >June 15, 1849 (in Old Orangeburg District, SC); >(2) Jane Barbara Bruce b. August 25, 1799 (in in Old Orangeburg >District, >SC) October 11, 1849 (in Old Orangeburg District, SC). > >What I am looking for is information relating to the above John Bruce, >who apparently immigrated from Scotland to South Carolina in the late >18th century. I have no idea where or when he married Catherine >Rhodes. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks in advance, >Roy Bruce > The information I have is that Jane BRUCE, my gg-grandmother, was b. 1 Jul 1764 in Charleston, SC; d. 17 Jul 1802, also in Charleston; ma.Samuel Phillips JONES on 13 Nov 1786. According to my information, this Jane Bruce was the daughter of Donald BRUCE (1742-1795) and Jane LOCKHART (?-1773) -- both b. in SCT. The above information came largely from "The Wannamaker, Salley, Mackay, and Bellenger Families Genealogies and Memoirs" by J. Scottowe Wannamaker (unknown date of pub). That work also includes a somewhat tentative BRUCE lineage going back to a Robert BRUCE, who was the 1st cousin of King Robert I. I have never been able to find any other published information to confirm or refute that lineage, and the information in the book becomes quite "fuzzy" in details re. Donald BRUCE and his parents, whose father was claimed to be David Bruce (spouse not named), the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin. Does anyone on the list have additional info. re. this lineage? Dexter Edge Jr. Olympia, WA

John Bailey Bruce, b. abt. 1868? m. Blanche M. Harper, b. abt. 1872? For a while they lived around Pawnee, Okla. while John was involved in the cattle buying/transporting to St. Louis and Chicago. On one trip to Chicago, Bailey Harper Bruce (Sr) was born 10-16-1894. Bailey (Sr.) served in WWI and aslo joined "Pawnee Bills Wild West Show" My Blanche M. Harper may be the Blanche Harper, dau. of John Garrett Harper Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Austin of Union County and Belton County Ark, and later of Beauregard Parish, La. The "M" for her middle initial may stand for "Middleton" which is suspected brothers middle name; George Middleton Harper. Seeking information on Parents and dates on John Bailey Bruce and clarification on the Harpers. Thanks Ron Bruce bruce_clan@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Wondering if I have been booted off of list too. Not much activity for several months. I am still looking for information on Silas Bruce born about 1790 in S.C. married Mary (Polly) Ferguson. Have 2 children that I have found, Spartan H. Bruce born abt. 1826 in S.C. and James Bruce born abt 1839 in Al. Has anybody come across this family? Any leads would sure be appreciated. Thank you Pat Bond pmarybond@aol.com

Has the list been active for the last few weeks? I tried to send an email last night because I hadn't got anything for awhile and got an email that said if I wanted to send mail to the list, I'd have to join. Has anyone else been booted off the list lately without asking? And since I've apparently been out of the loop, has anyone found out any more about James Bruce of Wolf Creek? Thanks! Judy

Hi! I'm new to the mailing list, and I need some information on these ancestors of mine. Here is all of the information that I have thus far: John Bruce b. March 22, 1756 in Edinburgh, Scotland (possibly Midlothian), d. March 22, 1831 in Old Orangeburg District, SC. m. Catherine Rhodes (various spellings). Children: (1) Elijah Bruce b. October 24, 1797 (in Old Orangeburg District, SC) d. June 15, 1849 (in Old Orangeburg District, SC); (2) Jane Barbara Bruce b. August 25, 1799 (in in Old Orangeburg District, SC) October 11, 1849 (in Old Orangeburg District, SC). What I am looking for is information relating to the above John Bruce, who apparently immigrated from Scotland to South Carolina in the late 18th century. I have no idea where or when he married Catherine Rhodes. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Roy Bruce