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James Bruce 1848 – 1941 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1848

Birth Location: Stirlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: 03 May 1941

Death Location: Otago, New Zealand

Father: James Bruce

Mother: Helen Stirling

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Forsyth

Children(s): Elizabeth Bruce, Robert Bruce

According to available records, James Bruce was born in 1848 in Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of James Bruce and Helen Stirling. Following those early years, James Bruce married Elizabeth Forsyth, and their family grew to include Elizabeth Mary Bruce and Robert Bruce. In the later years of life, James Bruce died in 1941 in Otago, New Zealand.

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Parents

James Bruce
– 1865
Birth Location: –
JB
Helen Stirling
– 1896
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Forsyth
1861 – 1944
Birth Location: Surrey, England
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Bruce
1895 – 1973
Birth Location: of Milton, Otago, New Zealand
EB
Robert Bruce
1896 – 1965
Birth Location: Milton, Otago, New Zealand
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Abt. 1848
    Event Place: Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 09 Nov 1999
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 03 May 1941
    Event Place: Otago, New Zealand
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW, Headstone Inscription for James Bruce, Fairfax & St Johns 1854-1990. page 193, entry 1180

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fairfax, Milton, Otago, New Zealand
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW
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