I know its like looking for a particular grain of sand on a beach but I am looking for a Bruce family from Barrhead / Paisley area. In 1846 John Bruce was born - he subsequently went south of the border and eventually married a Hannah W Williamson from Pocklington in Yorkshire. They were married in Yarm in 9th Oct 1872 and subsequently had 5 children - mainly in the Newcastle on Tyne area. We know that the Bruce family came from Barrhead / Paisley area and their 4th child Laura Bruce was born at 4 Prussia Street Paisley in 1879. We assume this is the address of a relative possibly parents? The John Bruce family returned to Newcastle area after that. Part of the same family but later say in 1920-30 were sisters Mina(Mima?) and Isa(Isabel?) Bruce living in Paisley / Barrhead area. Mina Bruce trained under John Rennie McIntosh and married a Bob Jamieson who had some sort of foundry in the Barrhead area. We have photos (not very large) of some of the later Bruces if anyone feels they may know of the family please contact me off list and I will send. Does any of this ring any bells to anyone. Trying to find a particular John Bruce on the http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ is going to bankrupt me before I find the right family. Does anyone have access to the 1851 census to check for a John Bruce at the Prussia Street address. I am open to any suggestions on how to trace this family. Mike Trowsdale