Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Andrew Alexander Brice

Male 1866 - 1934  (68 years)

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  • Name Andrew Alexander Brice 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 15 Apr 1866  Bangalore, Mysore, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Baptism 13 Jun 1866  Bangalore, Mysore, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 6 Dec 1934  Chicago, lllinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Siblings 6 brothers and 3 sisters 
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2019 

    Father Col. Sir Edward Brice, CB
              b. 22 Jun 1810, Patamcottah, Madras Presidency, India Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 8 Jun 1868, 66, Harley Street, Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Ann Young McMaster
              b. 21 Sep 1827  
              d. 30 Oct 1881, Glentower, 3 Queen's Road, Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1848  Madras, Madras Presidency, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • The source gives his age as 28, whereas he was actually 38. Unfortuntely the original document isn't available so this must be a transcription error.

  • Notes 

    • https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofamer211amer/dictionaryofamer211amer_djvu.txt

      BRUCE, ANDREW ALEXANDER (Apr. 15, 1866-Dec. 6, 1934), professor of law, jurist, author, was born in Nunda Drug, Madras Presidency, India, the son of Edward Bruce and Anne Young (McMaster) Bruce. He is said to have been descended from Robert the Bruce, king of Scotland. According to custom, he was sent home to England for his schooling and attended Holmesdale House, Sussex, 1874-79, and Bath College, Bath, 1879-81. In 1881 his father died, and the boy was to have joined one of his uncles, living abroad ; but by some one's misunderstanding he found himself, deserted and alone, at the age of fifteen, on a steamer bound for the United States. Landed in New York, an orphan and a penniless immigrant, he began a career that was a remarkable example of character conquering circumstance. Seeking fortune in the West, he reached Minnesota, where he worked as a farm hand while attending high school and preparing for college. He was graduated both in arts and in law at the University of Wisconsin (A.B., 1890, LL.B., 1892), with a Phi Beta Kappa and football record. Following his graduation he was successively secretary to the justices of the Wisconsin supreme court (1892-94) ; chief clerk of the law department of the Wisconsin Central Railway Company in Chicago (1892) ; and attorney to the Illinois State Board of Factory In-

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Apr 1866 - Bangalore, Mysore, India Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 13 Jun 1866 - Bangalore, Mysore, India Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Dec 1934 - Chicago, lllinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0166] Ancestry, India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, (ancestry.co.uk), 1866, Andrew Alexander Bruce; Reference ID v47 p75; FHL Film Numberv521854.

    2. [S0182] Ancestry, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, (ancestry.co.uk), Andrew Alexander Brice; FHL Film Number1907353.

    3. [S0035] familysearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGVQ-228.

    4. [S0069] National Archives, The, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/0a70f607-9949-4b9d-9201-40d2477e1468.