Nancy Bruce

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Bruce was born in 1800, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Joseph Bruce, was 27 and her mother, Nancy Trow, was 23. She married David Lathe about 1828, in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Newport, Orleans, Vermont, United States in 1860 and Vermont, United States in 1870. She died on 16 April 1876, at the age of 76, and was buried in Coventry Village Cemetery, Coventry, Orleans, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Lathe
1795–1876
Nancy Bruce
1800–1876
Marriage: about 1828
William Lathe
1824–1889
Julia Ann Lathe
1829–
Lemuel Lathe
1832–1854
Moses M Lathe
1836–1880
Sarah Augusta Lathe
1838–1880
George Harrison Lathe
1840–1911
Charles Lathe
1844–1879

Sources (20)

  • Nancy Lathe in household of Charles Lathe, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Nancy E. Bruce Lathe, "Find A Grave Index"
  • M in entry for Lemuel Lathe, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

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World Events (7)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1818

Oldest grave seen in the Memorials list.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

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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