Millard Melbourne Bruce (1886 - 1932)

Born 28 Aug 1886 in Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Husband of Lena Minnie (Batchelder) Wilson — married 31 Mar 1914 in Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Died 15 Apr 1932 at age 45 in Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Biography

Millard was born in 1886. He was the son of Eugene and Rhuamah Bruce.^[1][2]

Millard married Lena Batchelder on Mar 31, 1914 in Lincoln, Maine.^[3][4]

He passed away in 1932 and is buried at the West Broadway section of the Lincoln Cemetery Lincoln, Maine.^[5]

Obituary

MILLARD A. BRUCE; LINCOLN, April 22 - Funeral services for MIllard A. Bruce were held in the First Congregational church, Rev. E.H. McElhiney officiating, with the Masonic service by the officers of Horeb lodge, F. and A.M., of which he was a member. Many friends were in attendance and there was a profusion of floral tributes. Mr. Bruce was born in Lincoln, the son of Eugene and Rhuamah P. Bruce, in Aug. 1886, and had always lived in this town. His death ended a week's illness of pneumonia. He is survived by his wife, who was Lena Batchelder of Lowell; his son, Clyde A. Bruce; his mother and a brother and sister, Evan A. Bruce and Mrs. Percy Kneeland.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HV7-PFV : 4 April 2020), Millard Melbourne Bruce, 28 Aug 1886; citing Lincoln, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F49K-FJP : 14 January 2020), Millard Melbourne Bruce, 1886.
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-9B6Y : 13 March 2018), Millard M Bruce and Lena M Batchelder, 31 Mar 1914; citing Lincoln, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
4. ↑ "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJM-9BF : 27 November 2014), Millard M Bruce and Lena M Batchelder, 31 Mar 1914; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #105643471 has photo
6. ↑ Obituary: Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, Saturday, April 23, 1932, page 4

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLY-V8S : accessed 28 September 2020), Millard M Bruce in household of Eugene Bruce, Lincoln town Lincoln village, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 114, sheet 3B, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,598.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3X-VML : accessed 28 September 2020), Millard M Bruce in household of Eugene Bruce, Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 181, sheet 13B, family 255, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 544; FHL microfilm 1,374,557.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZY-QBT : accessed 28 September 2020), Milford M Bruce, Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing ED 112, sheet 5A, line 18, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 646; FHL microfilm 1,820,646.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMDW-JGL : accessed 28 September 2020), Melvin M Bruce, Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 67, sheet 31A, line 18, family 687, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 837; FHL microfilm 2,340,572.

• "Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HM-2L2W : 11 March 2018), Millard Melvin Bruce, 1917-1919; citing Draft Registration, Lincoln, Maine, United States, Maine State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 004403663.

• "Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXM-SLD5 : 16 March 2018), M Melbourne Bruce, ; citing Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States, Cemetery Lincoln Center, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 2,148,489.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLT-39KY : 2 July 2020), Millard Melbourne Bruce, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.