Hugh John BRUCE [7808]

Hugh John BRUCE [7808]
(Abt 1822-1868)

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Hugh John BRUCE [7808]

Born: Abt 1822, Ireland
Marriage: Agnes BLAIR [7809] on 16 Nov 1844 in Kilwinning, AYR, Scotland ¹
Died: 12 Jan 1868, Glasgow aged about 46 ²

Another name for Hugh was John Hugh BRUCE.³

General Notes:

1861 - Townhead, Kirkintilloch
Hugh Bruce head, miner 35 Kilmarnock, Ayr
Agness Bruce wife 31 Paisley, Renfrew
Christina Bruce daughter, scholar 11
Mathew Bruce son, scholar 6 Kilwinning
William Bruce son 3 Kilwinning

Kilwinning Poor Relief ?date [abt 1864] http://tinyurl.com/l8ym4
No. 46
Hugh Bruce age 42 at 30 Tylefield Street, Glasgow born Ireland a collier suffering with asthma.
Wife Agnes Blair 34 b. Paisley,
Christina 14, b.Glasgow,
Mathew 9 b. Kilwinning,
William 6 b. Kilwinning
John 3 b. Kirkintilloch.
Parents Alex Bruce and Catherine Pollock.
Child John died 27/2/1865.
He [Hugh Bruce] died 12/11/1868.

Noted events:

Hugh worked as a collier, coal miner.

7 Apr 1861 census: age 35, miner, head of household at Townhead, Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. ⁴

1864: resided in 30, Tylefield Street, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.

Hugh married Agnes BLAIR [7809] [MRIN: 2278], daughter of William BLAIR [14945] and Christina CAMPBELL [14946], on 16 Nov 1844 in Kilwinning, AYR, Scotland.¹ (Agnes BLAIR [7809] was born about 1829 in Paisley, RFW, Scotland and died on 16 Jan 1903 in Woodilea Asylum, Lenzie, Dunbarton, Scotland ⁵.)

Noted events in their marriage were:

18 Mar 1868: resided in 34, Tylefield Street, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. ⁶

2 Bridgeton Deaths 1868 644-03/1434.
HUGH BRUCE age 41 coal miner
married to Agnes Blair
died 12th January 1868 at 32 coal? Hope Street, Glasgow
father Alexander Bruce flour miller, deceased
mother Catherine Bruce ms Pollock deceased
cause: disease of lungs, dropsy
informant Agnes Bruce widow (made her x mark)

3 Glasgow Camlachie Marriages 1875 644-2/0128.
August 20 1875 at Christ Church, Glasgow; rites of Scottish Episcopal Church
THOMAS BANKS, 19, bachelor, [slater, iron works? nearly illegible]; 54 Bain Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow
parents Thomas Banks, general labourer; Eliza Banks ms Hewitt
MARTHA BRUCE, 19, spinster [no occupation shown]; 54 Bain Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow
parents John Bruce, coachman [?or coachmaker], deceased; Agnes Bruce ms Blair; [witness names illegible].
[I have re-checked this marriage, the bride's father was given as JOHN Bruce, but the I.G.I. shows a family headed by HUGH Bruce and Agnes Blair.]

4 1861 census of Scotland, Dumbartonshire, Vol.498 Kirkintilloch (Townhead), enumeration district (ED) 9, page 19, schedule no. 88;
Hugh Bruce 35 M head, miner, Kilmarnock Ayrshire
Agness Bruce 31 M wife, Paisley Renfrewsh.
Christina Bruce 11 daughter, Glasgow Lanarksh.
Mathew Bruce 6 son, son, Kilwinning Ayrshire
William Bruce 3 son, Kilwinning

5 Kirkintilloch Deaths 1903 498/24 (Agnes Blair or Young).
AGNES BLAIR OR YOUNG female age 72.
married, (no details shown)
died 16 January 1903 Woodielea, Lenzie [Woodielea Hospital and Asylum]
parents (no details shown)
died of sudden cerebral haemorrhage
informant John Barker, attendant.

6 Bridgeton Births 1868 644-03/979.
HUGH BRUCE
born 18th March 1868 at 34 Tylefield Street, Glasgow
father Hugh Bruce coal miner
mother Agnes Bruce ms Blair
married 10th December 1847 at Kilwinning
informant Hugh Bruce father (made his x mark)

Hugh John BRUCE [7808]

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