Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Bruce was born on 13 January 1722, in Portsoy, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, George Bruce, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Clerk, was 22. She married George Broadie on 15 July 1745, in Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1746, in Sandend, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 24, and was buried in Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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- Margaret Bruce, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margaret Bruce, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Margaret Kennady Bruce, "Find A Grave Index"
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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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