Charles Robert BRUCE
Internet IGI, Mar 2009
Pedigree Resource File
Ancestry World Tree - nil
1880 Census Missouri River Valley, Meagher County, Montana
1900 Census Canton, Broadwater County, Montana, p.3A
1910 Census School District 3, Broadwater County, Montana, p.3A
1920 Census Missouri River Valley, Meagher County, Montana
1930 Census Missouri River Valley, Meagher County, Montana
New.familysearch.org, Jul 2009
His birth mother was Maria Seeley and his birth father was William Buse. Both William and Maria died in 1963. On his death certificate, Norman Bruce lists his mother as Maudie Simms, birthplace Scotland and his father as Robert Bruce, birthplace Scotland. I think this little five year old boy was adopted by Robert and Maudie Bruce. This is why his name is now Bruce. Family talk is that Robert Bruce was a beekeeper. I know from Daddy (Ray Bruce) that Charles Robert Bruce kept bees on his rance. Shirley Gerdes knows that he died on the old homeplace in Townsend, Montana. Charles was a smelterman.
Ancestral File lists death date as 27 Jan 1984
He married Ida May Lovell 15 Sep 1887 at Helena, Lewis & Clark, Montana . Ida May Lovell was born at Diamond City, Broadwater, Montana 6 Jun 1867 daughter of George Warren Lovell and Missouri Winnifred Filson .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Clarence Lovell Bruce
born 4 Sep 1888.
Alanson Robert Bruce
born 30 Sep 1889.
Homer Bruce
born 28 Feb 1890.
Wallace Clyde Bruce
born 25 Apr 1892.
Ralph Clayton Bruce
born 28 Dec 1894.
Ray Roderick Bruce
born 28 Dec 1896.
Norman Charles Bruce
born 3 Oct 1898.
Blocked
Charles Robert Bruce died 2 Jul 1935 at Townsend, Broadwater, Montana .
Ida May Lovell died 3 Oct 1959 at Helena, Lewis & Clark, Montana .