Abraham BruceAge: 84 years1858–1943
- Name
- Abraham Bruce
- Given names
- Abraham
- Surname
- Bruce
 Birth | April 2, 1858 46 38 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 6, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 years)Note: 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 8 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 8 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 10 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 |
 Death of a father | Abraham Bruce August 21, 1874 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a sister | Julia Bruce May 24, 1892 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 |
| Death of a mother | Sarah A Hoch August 23, 1911 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a sister | Isabel Bruce February 23, 1916 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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/ |
| Census | January 14, 1920 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a brother | Daniel Bruce July 19, 1920 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 83 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | January 26, 1943 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Abraham Bruce Birth: May 16, 1811 — Union, Pennsylvania, United States Death: August 21, 1874 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Sarah A Hoch Birth: July 31, 1819 — Union, Pennsylvania, United States Death: August 23, 1911 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: about 1835 — Pennsylvania, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Isabel Bruce Birth: August 23, 1839 28 20 — Lake Bruce, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: February 23, 1916 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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-3 years elder brother |
Daniel Bruce Birth: June 6, 1836 25 16 — Centre, Pennsylvania, United States Death: July 19, 1920 — Bruce Lake Station, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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20 years elder sister |
Julia Bruce Birth: November 30, 1855 44 36 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: May 24, 1892 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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2 years himself |
Abraham Bruce Birth: April 2, 1858 46 38 — Fulton, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: January 26, 1943 — Fulton, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Abraham Bruce - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Henry Bruce - Household
Harrison, Pulaski, Indiana, United States
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