When William Frederick McKenzie Bruton was born on 27 February 1866, in Brooke, Tay Valley Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Frederick Richmond Bruton, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Boyle, was 30. He married Rowena Duncan on 17 June 1891. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lambton, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 18 November 1953, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 87.
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English: habitational name from Bruton in Somerset or Bruton in Whitchurch, Warwickshire. The Somerset example is named as ‘settlement (Old English tūn) on the Brue river’. The river name is derived from a British element cognate with Welsh bryw ‘brisk, vigorous’. Bruton in Warwickshire is from Old English brōc ‘brook’ + tūn ‘settlement’. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it may be a variant of Brunton . Compare Brewton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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