Charles Henry BruceAge: 71 years1861–1933
- Name
- Charles Henry Bruce
- Given names
- Charles Henry
- Surname
- Bruce
 Birth | May 24, 1861 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 5 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 5 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 7 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Elnora Phoebe Chritchfield — View this family May 18, 1884 (Age 22 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Rev George William Bruce February 5, 1885 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 15, 1900 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a wife | Elnora Phoebe Chritchfield September 23, 1915 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 55 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 56 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Marriage of a child | Rev George William Bruce — Cora Grace Rouch — View this family March 3, 1929 (Age 67 years) Note: 1930 Census confirms they had been married for 1 year |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Death | March 20, 1933 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Good Hope Cemetery |
| Family with Elnora Phoebe Chritchfield |
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Charles Henry Bruce Birth: May 24, 1861 — Iowa, United States Death: March 20, 1933 — Cherokee, Iowa, United States |
| wife |
Elnora Phoebe Chritchfield Birth: May 29, 1862 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: September 23, 1915 — Cherokee, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: May 18, 1884 — Aurelia, Cherokee, Iowa, United States |
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9 months son |
Rev George William Bruce Birth: February 5, 1885 23 22 — Cherokee, Iowa, United States Death: August 4, 1963 — Oregon, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Charles Henry Bruce - Household
Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, United States
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