Brief Life History of Alfred
When Alfred Bruce was born on 11 August 1812, in Wallingford, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, Thomas Bruce, was 43 and his mother, Zilpha Shaw, was 37. He married Mary Ann McAlpine on 9 May 1842, in Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 15 March 1876, in West Copake, Copake, Columbia, New York, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Methodist Episcopal Churchyard Cemetery, North Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, United States.
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- Alfred Bruce, "New York State Census, 1855"
- Alfred Bruce, "Find A Grave Index"
- Alfred Bruce in entry for Irving Bruce, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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