Husband         John BRUCE

Born

21 February 1805, Kirkmichael parish, Perthshire

Baptised

Married

15 November 1841 Caputh, Perthshire: "John Bruce and Elisabeth Robertson both in this Parish having been duly proclaimed were married November 15th" (Caputh parish [parish 337], Register of Marriages, Vol. 50, 1841-42)

Died

26 December 1874, Caputh parish, Perthshire, aged 64 yrs [according to death certificate; actual age would have been 69 years if birth register entry is correct] (D/357/1874/19 Caputh)

Buried

Husband’s Father: David BRUCE, farmer [AN072]                                               

Husband’s Mother: Isabell FERGUSON [AN073]      

Other wives:  not known

Wife                 Elisabeth ROBERTSON

Born

?? December 1816, Toberandonich, Dull parish, Perthshire

Baptised

02 January 1817, Dull parish, Perthshire (Parish 346-; OPR vol 50: Baptisms in Dull)

Died

06 July 1896, Quarryhill, Forneth, Clunie parish, Perthshire, aged 79 yrs (D/339-/1896/8 Clunie). (Half way between the previous home of daughter Isabella Bruce and her son-in-law, James Smith at Old Laighwood, and the house they moved to in Burnside of Forneth, both situated on the main road between Dunkeld and Blairgowrie.)

Buried

 [Record not found: searched burial records for Caputh, which start in 1876; Clunie burial records start in 1927.]

Wife’s Father: John ROBERTSON, farmer [AN074]

Wife’s Mother: Grizel (Grace) NICOLSON [AN075]       

Other husbands:  none

Children

Sex     Name

Born

Married

Died

1 M  John BRUCE [AN018]

(Unverified): 07 August 1841, Coupar Angus, Perth, Scotland, a son, named John, to father John Bruce and mother Elizabeth Bruce.  [but Census enumeration records and death cert suggest birth date within period from April 1842-March 1843]

19 April 1867, Scoonieburn, Perth, after United Presbyterian Church banns: Elisabeth TAYLOR [AN019], born 1836, Forteviot parish, Perthshire, F: William TAYLOR [AN038], M: Ann HILL or HALL [AN039] (M/1867/387-00/55 Perth).

Elizabeth TAYLOR or BRUCE died 30 May 1918, aged 80 years (according to death certificate), Royal Infirmary, Perth, usual residence Cowgate, Errol, Perthshire (D/387/1918/275 Perth).

23 June 1912, Cowgate, Errol, Perthshire, John BRUCE, Labourer, 68 yrs, married to Elizabeth TAYLOR, F: John Bruce, Farmer (deceased), M: Elizabeth Bruce, M.S. Robertson (deceased); c.o.d. Pneumonia, 7 days; informant James S. Symon, Son in law, residing Viewbank, Errol village

(D/351/1912/14 Errol).

N.B.  Age 68 years at death, according to death certificate, giving birth date in period July 1843-June 1844; but would have been 70 years old if born 07.08.1841)

2 M  David BRUCE

Born 19 Nov 1845, at Butterstone, son to father John Bruce & Elisabeth Robertson his wife; and baptised, called David, at Caputh, Perth, Scotland.

[No record found in Scotland - may have died in infancy]

[No record found in Perthshire OPRs 1845-54, age 0-19 years; may have died in infancy; not recorded in parents' household in 1851 census] 

3 F  Isabella BRUCE

Born 04 May 1849, Butterstone, daughter to father John Bruce and his wife Elizabeth Robertson, named Isabella; baptized 17 June 1849 at Caputh, Perth, Scotland (OPRs, Caputh, Perthshire, Parish 337, Vol. 50)

04 December 1868, at Bank of Butterstone, Caputh (Free Church Banns), James SMITH, ploughman, 31, Laighwood, Caputh, father Alexander SMITH (agricultural labourer), mother Agnes SMITH (maiden surname Ferguson)

James Smith, Crofter, married to Isabella Bruce, died 25 February 1906, aged 68 years, at Burnside of Forneth, Clunie parish, Perthshire (F: Alexander Smith, Crofter, deceased; M; Agnes Smith M.S. Ferguson, deceased), c.o.d. (a) Epithelioma of inferior maxilla [tumour of tissue of upper jawbone], 2 yrs; (b) Asthenia [loss of muscle strength; debility]; informant (signed) John Smith, son (present) (D/339/1906/1 Clunie)

16 February 1919, Burnside, Forneth, Clunie parish, Isabella SMITH, Crofter, widow of James Smith, Labourer, aged 69 years, at Burnside, Forneth, Clunie parish, Perthshire (F: John Bruce, Crofter, deceased; M: Elizabeth Bruce, M.S. Robertson, deceased); c.o.d. Heart Failure; informant (signed) Daniel McLauchlan Smith, son (D/339/1919/4 Clunie)