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William Albin Bruce 1779 – 1854 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Dec 1779

Birth Location: New York, United States

Death Date: 23 Apr 1854

Death Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States

Father: William Bruce

Mother: Mary Lucas

Spouse(s): Sara Polke, Helen Holmes

Children(s): Mary Bruce, Charles Bruce, Cambell Bruce, Nancy Bruce, William Bruce, Delilah Bruce, Spier Bruce, Mary Bruce, David Bruce, Elizabeth Bruce, Lucinda Bruce, Henry Bruce, Kitty Bruce, Isaac Bruce, Sarah Bruce, Weston Bruce, James Bruce, Harvey Bruce, Nancy Bruce, John Bruce, Eleanora Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Cambell Knox, David Bruce, William Bruce

According to available records, William Albin Bruce Jr was born in 1779 in New York, United States, the child of William Albin Bruce and Mary "Polly" Lucas. Following those early years, William Albin Bruce Jr married Sara " Sally " Polke and Helen Hetty Ritchie Holmes, and their family grew to include Mary Bruce, Charles Polk Bruce, Cambell Clay Bruce, Nancy Ann Bruce, William Doctor Bruce, Delilah Tyler Bruce, Spier Spencer Bruce, Mary Lucas "Polly" Bruce, David Clay Bruce, Elizabeth "Betsy" Bruce, Lucinda Bruce, Henry Harrison Bruce, Kitty Ann Bruce, Isaac Dunn Bruce, Sarah "Sally" Harris Bruce, Weston Holmes Bruce, James Clark Bruce, Harvey " Harry " Judson Bruce, Nancy Ann Bruce, John Hamilton Bruce, Eleanora Angeline "Ellen" Bruce, Margaret Jane Bruce, Cambell Clay Bruce of Knox, David Clay Bruce and William Trimble Bruce. In the later years of life, William Albin Bruce Jr died in 1854 in Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States.

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Parents

William Bruce
1745 – 1818
Birth Location: Frederick, Virginia, United States
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Mary Lucas
1745 – 1805
Birth Location: Berkeley, James, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Sara Polke
1780 – 1818
Birth Location: Shelby, Shelby, Kentucky, United States
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Helen Holmes
1794 – 1868
Birth Location: North Elkhorn, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
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Children(s)

Mary Bruce
1799 – 1800
Birth Location: , Nelson, Kentucky, USA
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Charles Bruce
1799 – 1850
Birth Location: Coxes Creek, Nelson, Kentucky, USA
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Cambell Bruce
1800 – 1800
Birth Location: Coxes Creek, Nelson, Kentucky, USA
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Nancy Bruce
1800 – 1800
Birth Location: Coxes Creek, Nelson, Kentucky, United States
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William Bruce
1801 – 1836
Birth Location: Coxs Creek, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
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Delilah Bruce
1802 – 1881
Birth Location: Coxes Creek, Nelson, Kentucky, USA
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Spier Bruce
1804 – 1864
Birth Location: Nelson, Kentucky, USA
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Mary Bruce
1805 – 1880
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA
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David Bruce
1806 – 1806
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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Elizabeth Bruce
1807 – 1883
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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Lucinda Bruce
1809 – 1870
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA
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Henry Bruce
1815 – 1862
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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Kitty Bruce
1812 – 1825
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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Isaac Bruce
1813 – 1840
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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Sarah Bruce
1815 – 1858
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana, USA
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Weston Bruce
1819 – 1849
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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James Bruce
1821 – 1899
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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Harvey Bruce
1823 – 1912
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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Nancy Bruce
1824 – 1900
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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John Bruce
1826 – 1915
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana, United States of America
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Eleanora Bruce
1828 – 1886
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA
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Margaret Bruce
1830 – 1902
Birth Location: Knox, Indiana, United States
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Cambell Knox
1832 – 1833
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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David Bruce
1834 – 1917
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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William Bruce
1836 – 1877
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 6 Aug 1776
    Event Place: Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 06 Aug 1776
    Event Place: Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 6 Jun 1776
    Event Place: Allegheny, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 61, Knox, Indiana; Roll: 156; Page: 168b

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 6 Aug 1776
    Event Place: Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 06 Aug 1776
    Event Place: Washington, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 06 Aug 1776
    Event Place: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 Dec 1779
    Event Place: New York, United States

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 2 February 1819
    Event Place: Knox County, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1810
    Event Place: Indiana Territory
    Record Source: U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, Document: Territorial Papers of the US; Volume Number: Vol 7; Page Number: 630; Family Number: 49

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 7 Aug 1820
    Event Place: Washington, Knox, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census, Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Washington, Knox, Indiana; Page: 89A; NARA Roll: M33_14; Image: 120

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1830
    Event Place: Knox, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Knox, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 31; Page: 240; Family History Library Film: 0007720

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 25 Jan 1835
    Event Place: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana
    Record Source: U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Record Group: Records of the Post Office Department; Record Group Number: 28; Series: M841; Roll Number: 33

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1840
    Event Place: Knox, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Knox, Indiana; Roll: 85; Page: 41; Family History Library Film: 0007727

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: District 61, Knox, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 61, Knox, Indiana; Roll: 156; Page: 168b

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 20 Jun 1890
    Event Place: Vincennes, Indiana
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Vincennes Commercial - 20 Jun 1890 - Page 8, 20 Jun 1890

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1 Oct 2022
    Event Place: Vincennes, Indiana
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Sun - 1 Oct 2022 - Page A6, Historic Bruce House in Vincennes, Indiana 1 Oct 2022

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Apr 23, 1854
    Event Place: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 April 1854
    Event Place: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 April 1854
    Event Place: Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 Apr 1854
    Event Place: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 Apr 1855
    Event Place: Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 Apr 1854
    Event Place: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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