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| Patrick Bruce (circa 1930) |
The Bruce's came into our family around the late 1700s, when Benjamin Bruce (b 1770 d 1823) came to Canada from Okney Scotland and married Mathilda (a Métis/Cree woman). Unfortunately, I have not been able to find Mathilda's family name. Mathilda and Benjamin had several children. (James, Jane, William, Nancy, Margaret and Matilda).
James (b. 1801 d 1878) married Mary McNab (b 1801 d 1897) (Red River Settlement) in 1828. Together they had 17 children (this number needs to be confirmed).
One of the children, Patrick Bruce (b 1848 d 1933) married Eliza Ann Garrioch (b 1850 d 1912) (her brother, Rev. Alfred Garrioch wrote many books - First Furrows, The Far and Furry North, A Hatchet Mark in Duplicate, The Correction Line).
Patrick and Eliza Ann had 6 children.
Their son John Edward Bruce (b 1871 d-) married Margaret Kennedy (B. 1873 d 1904). They had three children (Mildred, Charles, and Margaret).
Mildred Bruce (b 1890 d 1956) married John Wood (b 1883 d 1968 Manigotagan, Manitoba) and they had 13 children. One of those children was my grandmother Cecille May Wood.
MY grandmother was Bertha Bruce daughter of James Bruce and Elizabeth Bird guess we are long lost cousins? I do believe William is my great great great grandfather is the photo abover benjamin bruce? I have never seen a photo of him before?
ReplyDeleteGreat, sounds like we are cousins. The picture is of Patrick Bruce, my great, great grandfather. That is the oldest picture I have in my collection.
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