Brief Life History of Margaret
Margaret Bruce was born in December 1716, in Portsoy, Banffshire, Scotland as the daughter of John Bruce and Issobell Horn. She married Alexander McKenzie on 20 October 1738, in Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Margaret Bruce, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margt Bruce in entry for John Mackenzie, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margaret Bruce in entry for Janet Mc Kenzie, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Spouse and Children
1717– Male
1716– Female
Children (5)
1739– Female
1742– Female
1744– Male
1745– Female
1756– Female
Parents and Siblings
– Male
1670– Female
Siblings (11)
1692–1722 Male
1694– Male
1696– Female
1698– Female
1701–1711 Male
+6 More Children
World Events (3)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 86
1811 · The Tron Riot
Age 95
1815
Age 99
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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