Margery May (Lamb) Bruce (1788 - 1878)

Born 12 Dec 1788 in Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Angus, Scotland

Wife of Peter Bruce — married 2 Jul 1810 in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland.

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1878 at age 89 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Margery was born in 1790 to Thomas Lamb and Jean Mackie, Baptised on the 12 Dec 1790

She married Peter Bruce on the 2 Jul 1810 at Dundee in Angus Scotland.^[1]

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Arrival Death certificate states 25 years in Victoria. Arrival 1851.

Peter died in 1855 at 2 Baker St, Richmond

She passed away in 1878 at the age of 90. ^[3] She is buried at Melbourne Cemetery. ^[4] .

Margery May Lamb (married name Bruce) was born on 12 December 1790 in Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Angus, Scotland, the daughter of Jane Mackay and Thomas Lamb.

She was married to Peter Bruce.

Margery died on 1 December 1878 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia aged 87 years.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTVN-4J6 : 11 February 2020), May Lamb in entry for Peter Bruce, 1810.
2. ↑ Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910

   Name Peter Bruce

   Gender Male

   Marriage Date 2 Jul 1810

   Marriage Place Dundee, Angus, Scotland

   Spouse May Lamb

3. ↑ Death Record: 12414 / 1878 Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages: Victoria, Australia (Name: Mary Lamb BRUCE); (Place: NOT STATED, VICTORIA); (Birthplace: FORF); (Mother: Jane MCKAY); (Father: Thomas LAMB); (Spouse: Peter BRUCE).
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 October 2022), memorial page for Mary L Bruce (1788–2 Dec 1878), Find A Grave: Memorial #198950553, citing Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton North, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Tony M. (contributor 48299134)
5. ↑ Death record: 12414 / 1878. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Mary Lamb BRUCE); (Place of birth: FORF); (Age at death: 90); (Spouse at death: Peter BRUCE); (Mother: Jane MACKAY); (Father: Thomas)

Citation: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, " International Genealogy Index, " database, FamilySearch •https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9JP1-2FF •https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9JP1-2LQ •https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M12L-8SQ

• Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910

Name: Peter Bruce Gender: Male Marriage Date: 2 Jul 1810 Marriage Place: Dundee ,Angus, Scotland Spouse: May Lamb FHL Film Number: 993401

• Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929 https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=R_693414942
• Vic death registration #12414/1878 as Mary Lamb Bruce