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Helen Hetty, Ritchie Holmes 1794 – 1868 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Oct 1794

Birth Location: North Elkhorn, Fayette, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 23 Jul 1868

Death Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States

Father: William Holmes

Mother: Ann Clark

Spouse(s): William Bruce

Children(s): Weston Bruce, James Bruce, Harvey Bruce, Nancy Bruce, John Bruce, Eleanora Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Cambell Knox, David Bruce, William Bruce, Nancy Bruce, James Bruce

It was in 1794 that Helen Hetty Ritchie Holmes was born in North Elkhorn, Fayette, Kentucky, USA, a child of William Woods Holmes and Ann Elizabeth Love Clark. Helen Hetty Ritchie Holmes went on to marry William Albin Bruce and had children such as Weston Holmes Bruce, James Clark Bruce, Harvey " Harry " Judson Bruce, Nancy Ann Bruce, John Hamilton Bruce, Eleanora Angeline "Ellen" Bruce, Margaret Jane Bruce, Cambell Clay Bruce of Knox, David Clay Bruce, William Trimble Bruce, Nancy Bruce and James Madison Bruce. Helen Hetty Ritchie Holmes was deceased by 1868 in Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States.

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Parents

William Holmes
1751 – 1836
Birth Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
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Ann Clark
1753 – 1838
Birth Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
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Spouses(s)

William Bruce
1779 – 1854
Birth Location: New York, United States
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Children(s)

Weston Bruce
1819 – 1849
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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James Bruce
1821 – 1899
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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Harvey Bruce
1823 – 1912
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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Nancy Bruce
1824 – 1900
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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John Bruce
1826 – 1915
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana, United States of America
JB
Eleanora Bruce
1828 – 1886
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA
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Margaret Bruce
1830 – 1902
Birth Location: Knox, Indiana, United States
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Cambell Knox
1832 – 1833
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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David Bruce
1834 – 1917
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
DB
William Bruce
1836 – 1877
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
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Nancy Bruce
1817 – 1817
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana, USA
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James Bruce
1818 – 1818
Birth Location: Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana, USA
JB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 Oct 1794
    Event Place: North Elkhorn, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, 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: Washington, Knox, Indiana; Roll: M653_272; Page: 872; Family History Libr, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 141 : 1918

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: District 61, Knox, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Washington, Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, 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: Washington, Knox, Indiana; Roll: M653_272; Page: 872; Family History Libr

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Daviess; Knox, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 Jul 1868
    Event Place: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 141 : 1918

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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