Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Bruce
and Margaret (Gausman) Bruce
Sister of
Frances (Bruce) Campbell
Wife of
William Backhouse Negley
— married
17 May 1853 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 83
in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Feb 2014
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Biography
From History of Allegheny County:
May 17, 1853, he (William Negley) married Joanna, daughter of the late Rev. Robert Bruce, D. D.
Johanna was born in 1827. She was the daughter of Robert Bruce and Margaret Gausman. She passed away in 1910.
Sources
- Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, part 2, p. 270-271)
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW62-NGT : 10 August 2016), Joanna Negley in household of Wm B Negley, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 145, sheet 439B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1094; FHL microfilm 1,255,094.
- [1] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37170538/johanna-wilmerding-negley: accessed 15 October 2022), memorial page for Johanna Wilmerding Bruce Negley (4 Mar 1827–25 Mar 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37170538, citing Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Dr. James M. Owston (contributor 47059231) .
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Norman Jones
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Bruce-11383 and Bruce-2214 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
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