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Personal data Robert Bruce 

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Household of Robert Bruce

(1) He is married to Isabella Arthur.

They got married on March 1, 1824 at Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, he was 33 years old.Sources 3, 5


(2) He has/had a relationship with Alison Greenlie.


Child(ren):

  1. Alison Bruce  1817-???? 


Notes about Robert Bruce

1817 BRUCE, ALISON ROBERT BRUCE/ALISON GREENLIE 23/02/1817 442/ 40 168 Kirkcaldy

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Robert Bruce
1791-1871

(1) 1824

Isabella Arthur
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(2) 

Alison Greenlie
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Alison Bruce
1817-????

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Sources

  1. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Bruce Parish: Kirkcaldy; ED: 13; Page: 14; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1851_91; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for Robert Bruce
    Name: Robert Bruce
    Age: 60
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Burntisland, Fife
    Parish Number: 442
    Civil Parish: Kirkcaldy
    County: Fife
    Address: Kirk Wynd
    Occupation: Master Tailor
    ED: 13
    Page: 14
    Household Schedule Number: 65
    Line: 15
    Roll: CSSCT1851_91
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Robert Bruce 60
    Alexander Smith 32 Son-in-Law
    Alison Smith 34 Daughter
    John Smith 5 Grandson
    Robert Smith 4 Months Grandson
  2. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1871 BRUCE, ROBERT (Statutory Registers of Deaths 442/ 41) Kirkcaldy Downloaded from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/155149709/person/352057522833/media/2021bc3a-97bc-45ed-8118-b04e134b61f1
    1871 BRUCE, ROBERT (Statutory Registers of Deaths 442/ 41) Kirkcaldy
    Deaths in the District of Kirkcaldy in the County of Fife 1871.
    Robert Bruce,
    Master Tailor,
    Widower of Isabella Arthur,
    1871 February Eleventh 10 h PM
    Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy M. 81 years
    Parents: James Bruce, Labourer (Deceased) Margaret Bruce M.S. Balram (Deceased)
    COD: Old Age - not certified
    Inf. Janet Bruce,
    Daughter-in-law, present.
    Registered
    1871 February 13th, Kirkcaldy
    George Brown
    Assistant Registrar
  3. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1824 Record for Robert Bruce & Isabella Arthur Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Robert Bruce & Isabella Arthur
    Name: Robert Bruce
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 01 Mar 1824
    Marriage Place: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
    Spouse: Isabella Arthur
    FHL Film Number: 1040187
    / Ancestry.com
  4. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Bruce Parish: Kirkcaldy; ED: 17; Page: 8; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1861_58 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for Robert Bruce
    Name: Robert Bruce
    Age: 71
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1790
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Burntisland, Fife
    Registration Number: 442
    Registration district: Kirkcaldy
    Civil parish: Kirkcaldy
    County:Fife
    Address: 13 Kirk Wynd
    Occupation: Tailor, Master
    ED: 17
    Household schedule number: 48
    Line: 15
    Roll: CSSCT1861_58
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Robt Bruce 71 Head
    Alexander Smith 41 Son-in-law
    Alison Smith 44 Daughter
    Robert Smith 10 Grandson
    Alexr Smith 6 Grandson
    John Smith 4 Grandson
    William Smith 2 Grandson
  5. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages
    1824 BRUCE, ROBERT ISABELLA ARTHUR O.P.R. Marriages 442/0060 0024 Kirkcaldy)
    1824 Feb 29
    Robert Bruce Tailor Widower of this Parish son of the late James Bruce Labourer in the Parish of Burntisland & Isabela Arthur also of this Parish Daughter of James Arthur Farmer in Kirkcaldy
    Married 1st March following

Historical events

Day of marriage March 1, 1824

  • The temperature on March 1, 1824 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: winderig sneeuw. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1824: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 11 » The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    • March 17 » The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
    • August 5 » Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos.
    • October 4 » Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
    • October 21 » Portland cement is patented.
    • December 9 » Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.

Day of death February 11, 1871

  • The temperature on February 11, 1871 was about -11.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
    • March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
    • June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
    • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
    • October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
    • December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.


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