Cornelius Webb Bruce (1867 - 1972)

Born 28 Nov 1867 in Plaistow, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Alice Louisa (Coe) Bruce — married 8 Feb 1891 in Halstead St Andrew, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1972 at age 104 in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Michael Lock [send private message]

Biography

• Births Mar 1868
• BRUCE Cornelius Webb. W. Ham 4a 27 JoanChester ^[1]

• 1871 UK Census
• Census Year-County-Place-Civil Parish-Ecclesiastical Parish-Piece-Enumeration District-Folio-Page-Schedule-House Number House or Street Name
• 1871-Essex (ESS)-West Ham-West Ham-1632-19-132-52-293a-18-Warmington Street
• Surname-Forenames-Relationship-Marital Status-Sex-Age-Occupation-Birth County-Birth Place-Disability Notes
• BRUCE Cornelius Head W M 35 Bricklayer ESS Great Braxted
• BRUCE Ada J Dau - F 5 ESS Romford
• BRUCE Cornelius Son - M 3 ESS Plaistow ^[2]

• Marriages Mar 1891
• Bruce Cornelius Webb Halstead 4a 697 gfdear
• Coe Alice Louisa Halstead 4a 697 walj^[3]

• Marriage parish record 08 Feb 1891
• County Essex
• Place Halstead
• Church name St Andrew
• Register type Parish Register
• Register entry number 182
• Marriage date 08 Feb 1891
• Groom forename Cornelius Webb
• Groom surname BRUCE
• Groom age 23
• Groom condition bachelor
• Groom occupation Warehouseman
• Groom abode St.Andrew Holborn
• Bride forename Alice Louisa
• Bride surname COE
• Bride age 21
• Bride condition spinster
• Bride abode Halstead
• Groom father forename Cornelius
• Groom father surname BRUCE
• Groom father occupation Bricklayer
• Bride father forename William
• Bride father surname COE
• Bride father occupation Brickmaker
• Witness1 Walter William COOPER
• Witness2 Letitia Constance Maud BRUCE
• Transcribed by Peter Wardle
• File line number 200^[4]

• 1901 UK Census
• Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom ^[5]

• 1911 UK Census
• Walthamstow, Essex, England, United Kingdom ^[6]

• Deaths Dec 1972
• Bruce Cornelius Webb 28 no 1867 Colchester 4a 1739 JAGTyson^[7]

Hi Maike,

Sorry to hear about your operation. I do hope the recovery is going well and that you'll be back to normal soon. Thought I'd tell you what little I do know about Cornelius Webb Bruce:

Born 28 November 1867 at 28 Warmington Street Plaistow (which was then in Essex, now part of East London), parents Cornelius Bruce and Mary Ann Overhead. In 1881 he is living with his aunt (both his parents having died) in Halstead, north Essex. His aunt's name is Elizabeth. She has married James Dann Pulford, so Cornelius is living with them both. Cornelius is working aged 13 as a ba(n)ker's boy, {probably delivering bread} in the town of Halstead (which I know well). In 1891 Cornelius is living at 3 Bull Inn Chambers, Farringdon, which is in the actual City of London. as a packer. He is married by then to Alice Louisa Coe who he met in Halstead and married there 8 Feb 1891. By The time of 1891 census (5th April 1891) they have already had their first child, Harry William. In 1892 they have a second child Alice Louise. Alice had returned to her mother's home in Halstead for the birth and it is registered there. By 1897 they have moved to Camberwell in south London where Ada Elizabeth is born. Moved again by 1899 to Peckham, still in south London and Ida Beatrice is born there. By 1901, Cornelius Webb Bruce is working as a Groom and Hackney Carriage driver and is living at 23 Spa Mansions, Bermondsey. By 1911, he is working as a Motor cab driver (rare then as most cabs were still horse drawn) He and his wife are living at 58 Lancaster Road Walthamstow (then is Essex, now in East London). By then they have more children, Constance Maud (Bruce) Palmer (1896-1989)(who was born 1897 so should have been on the 1901 census, but was away for some unknown reason See Florence Ada (Coe) Twiss (bef.1876-abt.1955) for where she was.) Clara 1903, Winifred 1905, Charles 1907, Rose 1909, Donald born 1910. In 1939, Cornelius Webb Bruce is shown as a Widower, still working as a motor cab driver, now aged 71. He is living with his daughter Winifred and her husband. Their surname is Moore. Also living in the house are his daughter Clara and her husband James. Their surname is Disley.

I don't think this can possibly be correct, but the only Death record I have found for a Cornelius Webb Bruce is in 1972, which seems far fetched! May be you already know when your grandfather died and can put me right?

If you already knew all this and there is nothing new here for you, then my apologies.

Best wishes Maike for your good health Michael Waite

Biography comment by Michael Lock I know a little about granddad Bruce's early life. As told to me, Michael Lock, by my father, his mother Alice and daughter of Cornelius Webb Bruce and himself. His main occupation was a cabby. He started with horse drawn cabs and ended with the classic, black, square box the London taxi. . He had a hobby which was racing greyhound dogs, although it probably included gambling. He drank alcohol moderately and took up smoking a pipe in his sixties. He lived with his many children after retirement. He was apparently never ill until he was 90 when he came down with the Mumps. He apparently moved to Colchester, Essex UK in his last years and was probably living with Constance Maud (Bruce) Palmer (1896-1989). He was 104 years 11 months and 1day old.

Sources

1. ↑
   • Births Mar 1868
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2. ↑
   • 1871 UK Census
   • "General Register Office: 1871 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/59030ca1e9379091b1632813 : viewed 20 Sep 2020), Cornelius BRUCE in household of Cornelius BRUCE, Warmington Street, West Ham, Essex, England; from 1871 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 10/1632, Folio 132, Page 52, Schedule 293a, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑
   • Marriages Mar 1891
   • Cornelius
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   • Alice
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4. ↑
   • Marriage parish record 08 Feb 1891
   • Essex : Halstead : St Andrew : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5e6b8bd9f493fd3fa1bf685e : viewed 15 Apr 2022) marriage Cornelius Webb Bruce to Alice Louisa Coe 08 Feb 1891
5. ↑
   • 1901 UK Census
   • "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9HL-N9K : 20 May 2019), Cornelius Webb Bruce, Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Bermondsey subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑
   • 1911 UK Census
   • "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWFV-HCC : 22 June 2019), Cornelius Webb Bruce, Walthamstow, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑
   • Deaths Dec 1972
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• He and I used to write to each other even when he was 105 years old.

• An in-law who is on Ancestry. com. I wish to keep them anonymous at this time. I will be receiving Gedcoms from them.