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Christopher Bruce 1815 – 1867 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 August 1815

Birth Location: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 2 December 1867

Death Location: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Hollis Bruce

Mother: Jerusha Bruce

Spouse(s): Phebe Hemenway

Children(s): Betsey Bruce, Phebe Bruce, Winslow Bruce, Maria Bruce, Solon Bruce, John Bruce, Christopher Bruce, Love Bruce, Christopher Bruce, Helen Bruce, Horace Bruce

In 1815, Christopher Bruce Sr entered the world in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, born to Hollis Bruce and Jerusha Bruce. Christopher Bruce Sr married Phebe Hemenway, and had children including Betsey Jane Bruce, Phebe Wright Bruce, Winslow Bruce, Maria Achsah Bruce, Solon M Bruce, John Bruce, Christopher Bruce, Love A. Bruce, Christopher Bruce, Helen Frances Bruce, Horace Hollis Bruce. Christopher Bruce Sr passed away in 1867 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1815, Christopher Bruce Sr entered the world in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, born to Hollis Bruce and Jerusha Bruce.
  • Christopher Bruce Sr married Phebe Hemenway, and had children including Betsey Jane Bruce, Phebe Wright Bruce, Winslow Bruce, Maria Achsah Bruce, Solon M Bruce, John Bruce, Christopher Bruce, Love A. Bruce, Christopher Bruce, Helen Frances Bruce, Horace Hollis Bruce.
  • Christopher Bruce Sr passed away in 1867 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hollis Bruce
1789 – 1840
Birth Location: Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jerusha Bruce
1791 – 1875
Birth Location: MA, USA
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Spouses(s)

Phebe Hemenway
1812 – 1887
Birth Location: Melrose, MA, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Betsey Bruce
1834 – 1884
Birth Location: Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Phebe Bruce
1837 – 1909
Birth Location: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Winslow Bruce
1829 –
Birth Location: Scotland
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Maria Bruce
1838 – 1894
Birth Location: Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Solon Bruce
1842 – 1870
Birth Location: Massachusetts
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John Bruce
1843 –
Birth Location: MA, Massachusetts, USA
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Christopher Bruce
1844 – 1847
Birth Location: Malden, MA, Massachusetts, USA
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Love Bruce
1848 – 1848
Birth Location: Malden, MA, Massachusetts, USA
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Christopher Bruce
1850 – 1918
Birth Location: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Helen Bruce
1852 – 1892
Birth Location: Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Horace Bruce
1855 – 1914
Birth Location: Malden, MA, USA
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Christopher Bruce's Ancestors

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Christopher Bruce
1815 – 1867
Birth Place: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Hollis Bruce
1789 – 1840
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Jerusha Bruce
1791 – 1875
MA, USA
Grandparents
Jonathan Bruce
1763 – 1832
Bolton, Massachusetts
Catherine Gould
1768 – 1824
Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Kendall Bruce
1767 – 1832
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Rebecca Barnard
1769 – 1852
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Bruce
1729 – 1812
Daniel Gould
1735 – 1831
William Bruce
1724 – 1803
Abigail Kendall
1722 – 1763
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Sr
1691 – 1741
Elizabeth Townsend
1692 – 1746

Christopher Bruce's Descendants

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Christopher Bruce (10 August 1815 – 2 December 1867) m. Phebe Hemenway (1812 – 29 November 1887)
  1. 1. Betsey (Jane) Bruce (30 Apr 1834 – 25 July 1884) m. Sims (Frink) Twombly (Jun 1822 – 4 Jan 1907)
    1. 1. Walter (S) Twombly (1852 – 10 Nov 1872)
    2. 2. Horace (Bruce) Twombly (29 Jan 1854 – 27 Oct 1941) m. Maria Smith (Mar 1856 – )
      1. 1. Harriet (E) Twombly (Mar 1886 – )
      2. 2. Margret (Maria) Twombly (Dec 1889 – )
    3. 3. Harriet (Louise) Twombly (12 May 1856 – 4 Jul 1949) m. Frederic (Adams) Currier (17 Jul 1849 – 1 sep 1934)
      1. 1. Paul Currier (11 Jan 1894 – 11 Jan 1894)
      2. 2. Elenora (B) Currier (Jan 1895 – AUG 1985)
      3. 3. Richard (Augustus) Currier (22 Jul 1896 – Nov 1963)
      4. 4. Edith (N) Currier (abt 1897 – )
      5. 5. Fred (Adams Currier) Jr. (19 Aug 1897 – Jun 1976)
      6. 6. Helen (Rosalie) Currier (Aug 1898 – 14 Feb 1923)
      7. 7. James Currier (23 Dec 1909 – 1 Mar 2002)
    4. 4. Betsey (J) Twombly (1859 – Aft. 1939)
    5. 5. James (W) Twombly (14 Dec 1860 – 25 Aug 1923)
  2. 2. Phebe (Wright) Bruce (13 Apr 1837 – 29 April 1909) m. Henry (Mansfield) Cheever (21 Jul 1828 – 11 Jan 1912)
    1. 1. Ida (Frances) Cheever (11 Nov 1855 – 18 Oct 1865)
    2. 2. William (Alvin) Cheever (04 May 1858 – 14 Nov 1934)
    3. 3. Lilburn (Henry) Cheever (13 Jul 1860 – 16 Aug 1938)
    4. 4. Jacob (Alfred) Cheever (17 jan 1862 – Bef. 1900)
    5. 5. Albert (Winslow) Cheever (ABT 1864 – 3 Jul 1868)
    6. 6. Ernest (Edwin) Cheever (4 march 1865 – )
  3. 3. Winslow Bruce (1829 – ) m. Martha (Lucinda) Burton (1835 – 9 Jan 1906)
    1. 1. Charles (W. "Charlie") Bruce (12 Apr 1862 – 27 December 1944) m. Katharine (Elizabeth) Miller (1860 – 29 July 1929) m. Frances (Elizabeth "Fannie" Athey) Harding (13 May 1910 – 21 December 1990)
      1. 1. Nellie (Mae) Bruce (7 Feb 1885 – 2 Mar 1958) m. Robert (Emmett) French (5 January 1878 – 7 May 1965)
        1. 1. Ralph (Bruce) French (19 July 1908 – August 1981) m. Aletha (Fern) McKINSEY (10 Mar 1910 – 2000)
        2. 2. Lois (Imo) French (15 February 1912 – 16 April 1996) m. Marion (Francis) Crowley (21 October 1908 – 7 December 1999)
        3. 3. Everett (Harry) French (12 May 1915 – 14 Dec 1971) m. Louise (Mae) Sieder (23 Jul 1915 – 27 Oct 2005)
      2. 2. Harry (Arthur) Bruce (17 Nov 1886 – 6 Jan 1961) m. Mary (Winfred) Haffey (8 May 1889 – 6 January 1969)
        1. 1. Mary (Katherine) Bruce (9-24-1910 – 7-26-2004) m. Carl (Franklin) Johnston (9-30-1910 – 9 Jun 1954)
        2. 2. Harold (Charles) Bruce (15 Jun 1913 – 29 Sept 1992) m. Margaret (Rose) Johnston (8 September 1915 – 24 May 2005)
        3. 3. Murrell (Frances) Bruce (16 September 1914 – 13 Aug 1985) m. Gertrude (Nadine) Bruce (21 September 1914 – January 1983)
      3. 3. George (Edward) Bruce (11 February 1889 – 28 May 1966) m. Flora (Belle) Lyons (04 Jun 1890 – 02 Nov 1917) m. Marguerite Rizzotto (24Feb1895 – ) m. Mable (A) Hunt (Abt. 1907 – )
        1. 1. Dorothy (Ione) Bruce (2 Sep 1913 – 4 Apr 1996) m. Charles (Hiram) Leininger (24 Feb 1906 – 31 Aug 1983)
        2. 2. Robert (Lee) Bruce (15 Oct 1916 – 13 Jun 1975) m. Zeta (Kathryn) Sanders (11 May 1917 – 17 Oct 2001)
        3. 3. Emmogens Bruce (abt 1926 – )
      4. 4. Edith (Ione) Bruce (26 April 1930 – 4 September 1989) m. James (Matthew) Metz (9 March 1925 – 11 Jun 1980)
        1. 1. Janet (E) Metz (abt 1901 – )
        2. 2. James (M) Metz
        3. 3. Marcia Metz
      5. 5. Charles (W. "Chick") Bruce (24 September 1933 – 4 February 2013) m. Clara (Pauline) Olinger (27 August 1933 – 15 November 2013)
        1. 1. Patricia (Ann) Bruce (22 March 1956 – 11 August 2014) m. Janes
        2. 2. Terry (Dale) Bruce (21 Oct 1967 – abt 1998)
        3. 3. William (Barrett "Barry") Bruce (12 May 1972 – 5 December 2023)
        4. 4. Sandra (Kay) Bruce m. Denny Comiskey m. Chris Ellis
        5. 5. Vicky (Sue) Bruce m. Donald Kell
        6. 6. Lora Bruce m. Thomas (Skip) Piccinini (3 Mar 1953 – 11 Nov 2017)
        7. 7. Steve Bruce m. Alex
  4. 4. Maria (Achsah) Bruce (1838 – 27 October 1894) m. Charles (Hinds) Robbins (abt 1838 – March 28, 1877)
    1. 1. Henry (Turner) Robbins (July 24, 1870 – 18 Nov 1955)
    2. 2. Charles (H) Robbins (12 Mar 1874 – Aft. 1919)
    3. 3. Frederic (Arthur) Robbins (1877 – 12 Aug 1945)
  5. 5. Solon (M) Bruce (1842 – 2 January 1870)
  6. 6. John Bruce (1843 – )
  7. 7. Christopher Bruce (Sep 1844 – 19 Mar 1847)
  8. 8. Love (A.) Bruce (4 Apr 1848 – 04 Apr 1848)
  9. 9. Christopher Bruce (27 Dec 1850 – 27 October 1918) m. Margaret (Emily) Fisher (3 May 1850 – 23 March 1920)
    1. 1. Christine (Margaret) Bruce (2 March 1886 – 5 January 1948)
    2. 2. Hollis (Oliver) Bruce (31 August 1887 – 4 August 1904)
  10. 10. Helen (Frances) Bruce (24 August 1852 – 14 February 1892) m. Frederic (Adams) Currier (17 Jul 1849 – 1 sep 1934)
    1. 1. Charles (Austin) Currier (9 Jul 1878 – 28 Aug 1931) m. Martha (A) Leighton (12 Feb 1877 – 3 Jan 1946)
      1. 1. Howard (Leighton) Currier (9 Jul 1898 – 15 Dec 1972)
      2. 2. Forrest (Leroy) Currier (6 April 1901 – 26 Sep 1940)
      3. 3. Phyllis (Elsie) Currier (1916 – )
    2. 2. Sadie (E) Currier (abt 1884 – 13 Nov 1947) m. Wallace (Samuel) Sheard (26 Sep 1893 – 4 Nov 1973)
      1. 1. Wallace (Samuel) Sheard (7 Jul 1923 – 12 Sep 1978)
      2. 2. Helen (C) Sheard (14 Feb 1925 – 19 Apr 2004)
    3. 3. Leslie (H) Currier (Jan 1886 – 16 Oct 1907)
  11. 11. Horace (Hollis) Bruce (3 Sep 1855 – 12 February 1914) m. Alfretta Carter (Oct 1867 – )
    1. 1. Ida (B) Bruce (Dec 1889 – )
    2. 2. Ella (F) Bruce (Dec 1898 – )

Christopher Bruce's Timeline

9 Records

1815
10 August 1815
Birth of Christopher Bruce Sr in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1815
10 August 1815
Birth of Christopher Bruce Sr in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1834
23 Feb 1834
Age 19
Christopher Bruce Sr was married in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
1850
1850
Age 35
Christopher Bruce Sr resided here in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1855
1855
Age 40
Christopher Bruce Sr resided here in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1860
1860
Age 45
Christopher Bruce Sr resided here in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1860
1860
Age 45
Christopher Bruce Sr resided here in Malden, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Malden, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1865
1865
Age 50
Christopher Bruce Sr resided here in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1867
2 December 1867
Age 52
Death of Christopher Bruce Sr in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 August 1815
    Event Place: Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915
    [2] Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    [3] Massachusetts, U.S., State Census, 1855
    [4] 1860 United States Federal Census
    [5] 1850 United States Federal Census
    [6] Massachusetts, U.S., State Census, 1865
    [7] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [8] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 August 1815
    Event Place: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911
    [2] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_506; Page: 167; Family History Libra
    [3] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 323; Page: 397a
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 23 Feb 1834
    Event Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1855
    Event Place: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., State Census, 1855

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_506; Page: 167; Family History Libra

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Malden, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1865
    Event Place: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., State Census, 1865

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 December 1867
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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