Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Bruce was born in August 1711, in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, his father, Robert Bruce, was 21 and his mother, Katharine MacNab, was 21. He married Katharine Fisher in 1732, in Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died in 1788, in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 77.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Robert Bruce, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Robert Bruce in entry for Robert Bruce, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Record of Birth and Baptism of Daughter, Elizabeth Bruce, to Robert Bruce and Katherine Fisher
Spouse and Children
1711–1788 Male
1711–1788 Female
Children (4)
1732– Female
1743– Female
1748–1793 Female
1751– Male
Parents and Siblings
1689–1733 Male
1689– Female
Siblings (4)
1709– Male
1711–1788 Male
1714– Male
1719–1780 Male
Name Meaning
Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from a place in Normandy, probably from Brix (La Manche).
Altered form of French Brousse .
History: The son of the Domesday baron, a friend of David I of Scotland, was granted by him the Lordship of Annandale in 1124, and his second son Robert became the founder of the Scottish house of Bruce. — This surname (see 2 above) is listed along with its original form Brousse in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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