Alexander Bryce (abt. 1822 - 1898)

Born about 20 Apr 1822 in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Watt) Bryce — married 3 May 1851 in Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1898 at about age 76 in Erowal Bay, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Alexander Bryce was born 20 Apr 1822 in Linlithgowshire, Scotland.^[1]

Alexander married Isabella Watt at Whitburn, Linlithgowshire on the 3rd of May, 1851.^[2] They would have at least 12 children together. Alexander and Isabella immigrated to New South Wales with Alexander's brother WIlliam Bryce and his wife Mary (nee Stark) in about 1851 or 1852. They initially lived at Jamberoo with an uncle, John Russell, before purchasing the Erowal Estate near Tomerong and St Georges Basin in 1854.^[3]

Isabella's siblings james and Ann Watt followed them in 1853.

Alexander died from pulmonary apoplexy at Erowal on the 8th of November, 1898, ^{[4][5][6][7][8]} and was buried at the Nowra Cemetery.^[9]

After his death, Isabella moved north to Queensland with 5 of their children, and lived with her son Ben and his family until her death in 1922.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth and death dates were recorded on his grave marker, have not yet confirmed with documentation.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
   Name: Alexander Bryce, Gender: Male, Marriage Date: 03 May 1851, Marriage Place: Whitburn,West Lothian,Scotland, FHL Film Number 102998, 1066639, 1066640
3. ↑ Blair, Margaret (2000). From bullocks to bypass : a local history of the NSW south coast village of Tomerong. M. Blair, Tomerong, N.S.W
4. ↑ NSW BDM: Death registration 15165/1898
   BRYCE ALEXANDER, father: ALEXANDER, mother: MARION, registered: NOWRA
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937
6. ↑ LOCAL AND GENERAL ITEMS. (1898, November 12). The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser (NSW : 1863 - 1947), p. 2. Retrieved September 17, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101659022
   Mr. Alexander Bryce, sen., of Nowra, died on Tuesday last at Nowra, aged 76 years.
7. ↑ Boiled Down. (1898, November 11). The Sydney Stock and Station Journal (NSW : 1896 - 1924), p. 3. Retrieved September 17, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120767234
   Mr. Alexander Bryce, of Erowell, Tomeroy, died suddenly on Tuesday morning. He was one of the oldest settlers in the Nowra district, and was an enthusiast in wheat growing.
8. ↑ SUMMARY. (1898, November 9). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1923), p. 1. Retrieved September 17, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239458459
   The death is announced from Nowra of Mr. Alexander Bryce, a very old resident.
9. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #152916022 (accessed 10 September 2023)
   Memorial page for Alexander Bryce (20 Apr 1822-8 Nov 1898), citing Nowra General Cemetery, Nowra, Shoalhaven City, New South Wales, Australia (plot: Presbyterian Portion A, Row 04, Plot 08); Maintained by Brett Beattie (contributor 49391999).
10. ↑ Lois Miles (2003). Bryce History. http://www.malenyhistoricalmemories.com/uploads/2/3/9/6/23964979/bryce_history_by_lois_miiles.pdf