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Hello ...Looking for information on Donald Bruce and wife Ann Cameron who settled in Brompton Gore Area mid 1800,s

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Brompton Gore is located in Richmond-Melbourne area of the Eastern TOWNSHIPS IN Quebec Canada. Donald Bruce (b Oct 3, 1829) and Ann Cameron (b Feb 11, 1829) were married in Quebec (Feb 11, 1851) but were Scottish immigrants from Mull sometime in the early to mid 1800’s. They are my great great grandparents. Ann Cameron’s obituary says she was the daughter of Captain Archibald Cameron from Mull Scotland. Looking for Archibald Cameron information.

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Donald Bruce mentioned in the record of Catharine Hamilton who was born 11 Feb 1864 at Richmond, Quebec at age 67 years and 9 months. Burial at Prospect Cemetery. Undertaker A. W. Bartlett, 1480 Queen Street.

Donald's wife is Ann Cameron, daughter is Catharine who died 11 Nov 1931 at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. Catharine's parents were born in Scotland.

Record Collection: Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1937.  familysearch.org

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Good morning Frank..this Donald might be related to my Ann and Donald as one of their children was named Donald. Interestingly Brompton Gore is also called Flodden which makes the search more complicated. Ann and Donald are buried in the Flodden cemetery which can be found in Find a Grave site. Very hard to locate but went there this weekend. Stepping back in time to the first generation of Scottish immigrants in that area. Thanks for responding.

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I looked F.C. up and found Free Church - Presbyterian.

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This makes sense. There were two Presbyterian churches in Flodden...one being the Free Church which later joined with the other one. Thank you for clarifying this for me.

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Donald Bruce, Quebec Census, 1861 at Gore, Richmond, Quebec. Estimated birth year 1830 Scotland, married, religion F. C. Affiliate No. C-1313   familysearch.org

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1861/census. This would be my grt. grt grandfather. What does FC mean in the religion notation? I am new at this.

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Donald Bruce, Canada Census, 1881, Brompton Gore, Richmond, Quebec, Canada. Original: Melbourne & Brompton Gore, Richmond & Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.  District No. 53, gender Male age 7, nationality Scotch, Race Scottish, occupation School, Religion: Presbyterian, birth dat 1874, birthplace: Quebec, head of household name Ann Bruce, family No. 111 Volume 6.

Ann Bruce 51 born Scotland, Archable Bruce male 25, Neail male 15, Ellen female 12, Donald Bruce male, 7, Cathrain female 18. All but Ann Bruce born Quebec.

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Donald Bruce, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937, Presbyterian, died 28 Apr 1882 at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. Male age 36, occupation Carpenter born Scotland death at Toronto, York, Ontario. 36 years 8 months.

Certified cause of death and duration of illness. Chronic disease lasted three months.

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Elizabeth, welcome to WikiTree and thank you for introducing yourself in the g2g forum. This is also the place you want to come to to ask questions, just as you have.

It looks like Frank Gill has given you some good direction on your relative.

Welcome again, and I hope you enjoy yourself on WikiTree as much as I do.