Brief Life History of William Wright
When William Wright Bruce was born on 24 July 1870, in Blenheim, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States, his father, Charles G. Bruce, was 26 and his mother, Nellie Haskew, was 26. He married Annie Sims Knowlton on 29 November 1899. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States in 1910 and Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 12 August 1942, in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.
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- William W Bruce, "United States Census, 1910"
- William Wright Bruce, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994"
- William W. Bruce in entry for William Francis Bruce, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930"
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World Events (8)
1871 · KKK Supression
In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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