John BRUCE
1802 - 1899 (96 years)-
Name John BRUCE Birth 18 Jun 1802 Caen, Sutherlandshire, Scotland Gender Male Burial Jun 1899 Death 05 Jun 1899 Thorah Township, Ontario County Person ID I00418 BRUCE FAMILY Last Modified 18 Oct 2012
Father George BRUCE, b. Abt 1771, Sutherlandshire, Scotland d. 22 Aug 1834, Caen, Sutherlandshire, Scotland (Age ~ 63 years) Mother Molly MACPHERSON, b. Abt 1774, Kildonan, Sutherlandshire, Scotland d. 11 Dec 1870, Gartymore, Sutherlandshire, Scotland (Age ~ 96 years) Marriage Scotland Family ID F00237 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Roberta FRASER, b. Aug 1805, Scotland d. 21 Jan 1895, Thorah Township, Ontario County (Age ~ 89 years) Marriage 24 Apr 1829 Loth, Sutherlandshire, Scotland Children 1. Dorothea BRUCE, b. 04 Aug 1831, Thorah Township, Ontario County d. 08 Jan 1920, Thorah, Ontario, Canada (died of old age) (Age 88 years) 2. Donald BRUCE, b. 18 Aug 1833, Thorah Township, Ontario County d. 17 Apr 1905, Thorah Township, Ontario County (Age 71 years) 3. Jane BRUCE, b. Oct 1835, Thorah Township, Ontario County d. 09 Jul 1898, Thorah Township, Ontario County (Age ~ 62 years) 4. George Fraser BRUCE, b. 07 May 1837, Thorah Township, Ontario County d. 23 Aug 1929, Thorah Township, Ontario County (Age 92 years) 5. Mary BRUCE, b. 27 Mar 1840, Thorah Township, Ontario County d. 05 Jan 1926, Thorah Township, Ontario County (Age 85 years) 6. William F. BRUCE, b. 1841, Thorah Township, Ontario County d. 13 Nov 1863, Thorah Township, Ontario County (Age 22 years) 7. Robert BRUCE, b. 24 Dec 1844, Thorah Township, Ontario County d. 10 Sep 1914, Thorah Township, Ontario County (Age 69 years) 8. Hugh BRUCE, b. 1845, Thorah Township, Ontario County d. 25 Dec 1890, Thorah Township, Ontario County (Age 45 years) 9. Elizabeth BRUCE, b. 1848, Thorah Township, Ontario County d. 16 Apr 1875, Thorah Township, Ontario County (Age 27 years) 10. John BRUCE, b. 13 May 1851, Thorah Township, Ontario County d. 19 Mar 1935, Ontario Canada Deaths 1869-1938 #002334/71 Bleecker Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years) Family ID F00261 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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JOHN BRUCE WAS BAPTISED ON 18 JUNE 1802 IN THE PARISH OF LOTH.SOON AFTER HIS MARRIAGE JOHN ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO BROTHERS ROBERT AND HUGH IMIGRATED TO ONTARIO,CANADA.
THEY JOHN AND ROBERTA LIVED IN BYTOWN OR AS IT IS KNOWN NOW OTTAWA FOR ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE ARRIVING IN THORAH.THEY SETTLED ON A FARM NORTH AND EAST OF BEA VERTON.THE HOUSE WHICH WAS A LOG CABIN AND LATER COVERED WITH BOARDS WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1992 AS THE PRESENT OWNER HAD BUILT ANEW RESIDENCE AND BY LAW HAD TO REMOVE THE OLD RESIDENCE.
JOHN TOOK A PROMINENT PART IN THORAH,BEING A COUNCILOR IN WARD 5 IN 1854.A SON GEOGE F.BRUCE WAS THE FIRST REEVE OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF BEAVERTON. JOHN AND ROBERTA ARE BURIED AT RIVERSIDE CEMETRY,THORAH TOWNSHIP ALONG WITHSEVERAL MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY
RESIDENCE;CONCESSION 7 LOT 11 NTH 1/2 100 ACRES (1851) 1852
CONCESSION 7 (49YRS) FREEHOLD CONCESSION 7 NTH1/2 LOT 11 100 ACRES.
1859 CONCESSION 7 (56YRS) SCHOOL SECTION 5 LOT NTH1/2 ,LOT 11 100 ACRES VALUE $180
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