Brief Life History of Charity A
When Charity A Bruce was born about 1843, in Edgar, Illinois, United States, her father, James Bruce, was 43 and her mother, Nancy Carney, was 46. She married Abraham Downs on 28 September 1868, in Hunter Township, Edgar, Illinois, United States. She lived in Stratton Township, Edgar, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Hunter Township, Edgar, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 15 January 1898, in Clinton, Clinton Township, Vermillion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Clinton, Clinton Township, Vermillion, Indiana, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Charity Downs, "United States Census, 1880"
- Charity A. Downs, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Charity Bruce Clark, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1829–1902 Male
about 1843–1898 Female
Parents and Siblings
1801–1850 Male
1798–1865 Female
Siblings (7)
1824–1856 Female
1825–1877 Male
1825–1903 Female
1835– Female
1837–1900 Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1846
Age 3
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Age 5
1858 · A House Divided
Age 15
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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