When Franklin William Bruce was born on 17 June 1805, in Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont, United States, his father, Jesse Bruce, was 26 and his mother, Wilta A. Richards, was 23. He married Elithea Lamb on 17 November 1828, in Welshfield, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Welshfield, Geauga, Ohio, United States in 1830 and Black River, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States in 1850. He died on 16 March 1863, in La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States, at the age of 57.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
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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