Brief Life History of William
When William Bruce was born in March 1878, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Bruce, was 27 and his mother, Emily Arnold, was 25. He married Mary Ann Edith Sheldon in 1898, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Darnall, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died in June 1953, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.
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- William Bruce in household of Joseph Bruce, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- William Bruce, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
- William Bruce, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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