Brief Life History of Elijah
When Elijah Bruce was born on 26 June 1780, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States, his father, Joel Bruce, was 31 and his mother, Nancy Dowling, was 30. He married Malinda Wade Browning on 12 January 1810, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 1 June 1828, in Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, United States, at the age of 47.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Elijah Bruce - Published information: birth: 1780; Culpeper, Virginia, United States
- Elijah Bruce, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
- Elijah Bruce, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
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1781
The American Revolution ended with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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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