Brief Life History of Almon Gardner
When Almon Gardner Bruce was born on 6 November 1844, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Augustus Stebbins Bruce, was 29 and his mother, Jane Fidelia Whiting, was 20. He married Permelia Almyra Wood on 23 March 1869, in Medina, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1870 and Corunna, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1901. He died on 9 February 1901, in Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.
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- A G Bruse, "United States Census, 1870"
- Almon G. Bruce, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Almon G Bruce, "Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1876-1945"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Moving the State Capital
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
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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