Brief Life History of Charles
When Charles Bruce was born in June 1671, in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, his father, David Bruce 5th of Kennet, was 40 and his mother, Marjory Young, was 41. He died in 1700, at the age of 29.
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- Charles Bruce, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- David Bruce of Kennet - born 1631 and family and son David Bruce born 1650s - died without issue
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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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