William Bruce

• Death Notes
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    Died aged 80, so born around 1780
    
    Bruce    William    21/02/1861    esq., of Alderstone    Inventory    Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories    SC70/1/10
    

• General Notes
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    Inherited the estate of Alderston form his unmarried aunt, Elizabeth Bruce. He was reconciled to the Stephens, and promised to leave Alderston to John Stephen his cousin, Mary's son, and his family. This he failed to do. He died unmarried in 1860 at the age of 80, bequeathing Alderston to a Mrs Marr, wife of Dr Marr, who is said to have been his own illegitimate daughter. (from: [This is a verbatim transcript prepared by Robert John Usher-Somers, son of Muriel Isabel Irene Usher-Somers, of a genealogical  research carried out by Helen Stephen Cowie in 1960. Comments in square brackets [ ] are those of Robert John Usher-Somers - December 1995])