Thomas BRUCE

1816 - 1912  (96 years)

• Name	Thomas BRUCE
  Birth	1816	Perth, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Mar 1912	Hillgrove, , New South Wales, Australia
  Burial	4 Mar 1912	General Cemetery, Hillgrove, , New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I142	Foxcroft and Bruce
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2008

  
  

  Father	Alexander BRUCE,   b. Scotland d. Scotland
  Family ID	F487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah GOODBURN,   b. 1846   d. 1868, Forbes, , New South Wales, Australia (Age 22 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1865	Young, , New South Wales, Australia
  Children	1. Thomas BRUCE, 2nd,   b. 1866, Young, , New South Wales, Australia d. 1937, Armidale, , New South Wales, Australia (Age 71 years)   2. Alexander William BRUCE,   b. 1868, Forbes, , New South Wales, Australia d. 1926, Hurstville, , New South Wales, Australia (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2005

  
  

  Family 2	Jane BOND,   b. 1844   d. 1897, Hillgrove, , New South Wales, Australia (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1870	Grenfell, , New South Wales, Australia
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  Children	1. Jane BRUCE,   b. 1871, Grenfell, , New South Wales, Australia d. 1875, Forbes, , New South Wales, Australia (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2005

  
  

• Notes

  Some records have him born in 1837. Headstone gives age at death of 85. Came out to Australia working on a ship. Landed in Melbourne in goldrush times. Two of his brothers also came out (similar jobs). As an ships engineer, he went to the mines doing engineering.