BRUCE, Mrs., of Brooke House, Hampshire.
Maryau Bird, youngest dau. of Henry Merceron, Esq., J.P. and D.L., who d. 1868; m. 1866 Lieut.-Col. Courtenay William Bruce, late Comm. 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), of Brooke House, a J.P. for Hampshire, who d. 1914, leaving, with a dau., a son, Courtenay Merceron Adair, educated at Wellington Coll. ; b. 1874 ; m. 1916 Lilian Maud, 3rd dau. of the late Adm. Alfred John CHATFIELD, C.B.- Brooke House, Winchfield, Hampshire.
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England and Wales Census, 1861
Name: Mary A B Merceron
Event Place: Bethnal Green, London, England
County: London, Middlesex
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Peters
Registration District: Bethnal Green
Residence Note: Durham Place
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Marital Status: Single
Birth Year (Estimated): 1845
Birthplace: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Page Number: 31
Registration Number: RG09
Piece/Folio: 252 / 158
Affiliate Record Type: Household
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Elizth Merceron Daughter F 26 Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Mary A B Merceron Daughter F 16
Jane Mantle Servant F 35
Sarah Reeves Servant F 28 Ireland
Mary J Sende Servant F 24
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England and Wales Census, 1891
Name: Mary A B Bruce
Event Place: Eling, Hampshire, England
Event Place Note: Testwood Lane
County: Hampshire
Parish: Eling
Ecclesiastical Parish: ST MARYS ELING
Enumeration District: 5
Registration District: New Forest
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Living On Her Means
Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Birthplace: London, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Page Number: 34
Registration Number: RG12
Piece/Folio: 912/ 81
Affiliate Record Type: Household
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Mary A B Bruce Head F 44 London, England
Courtney M A Bruce Son M 17 Hampshire, England
Maude M Bruce Dau F 21 Ireland
William Skinner Servant M 31 England
Annie Hearl Servant F 24 Hampshire, England
Mary A Blandford Servant F 41 Wiltshire, Warlen
Francis Grey Servant F 43 Hampshire, England
John Smith Servant M 19 Hampshire, England
Annie White Servant F 19 Dorsetshire, England
Elizabeth Kimler Servant F 19 Hampshire, England
George Emery Servant M 32 Hampshire, England