Dora BRUCE

Brief Life History of Dora

When Dora BRUCE was born on 2 December 1900, in Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Benjamin Bruce, was 33 and her mother, Amelia Sophia Watson, was 36. She married James Francis Bellmaine in 1935, in Indianola, Kitsap, Washington, United States. She lived in King, Washington, United States in 1935 and Tacoma Election Precinct, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 12 May 1987, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 86.

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James Francis Bellmaine
1896–1962
Dora BRUCE
1900–1987
Marriage: 2 October 1935

Sources (16)

  • Doris Bellmaine in household of James Bellmaine, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Dora Bruce, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Dora Bellmaine in Washington Death Index

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1907 · Pike's Market

Pike’s Market is one of the oldest still working farmer’s markets in the US. It is located in Seattle’s central business district, just north of Belltown , and southwest of central waterfront and Elliott Bay. One of the attractions there is the gum wall. 

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1924

First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.

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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