Living

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living - details excluded

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living - details excluded

Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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living - details excluded

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14 Feb 1934 to Gladys McKay WREN and died in Aberdeen 1 May 1969

Birth:
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
WATSON, ARTHUR WILLIAM, M, year 1912, ref 254/ 14, at Bervie or Inverbervie

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Arthur married Gladys McKay WREN on 14 Feb 1934 in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Gladys was born about 1914; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1891, 15 Blackiemuir Ave, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK

Notes:

Unclear in Arthur is the birth father of the two children that Annabel brought into their marriage. Given they lived in Bervie, they quite probably were acquainted.
Probable 1911 census entry:
BRUCE, ARTHUR, in 1911, M, aged 25, ref 254/ 1/ 5, in Bervie or Inverbervie, Kincardine

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Note that he would marry Annabel Watson in 1916. This is her on 1911 census.
WATSON, ANNABEL, in 1911, F, aged 36, ref 254/ 1/ 5, at Bervie or Inverbervie, Kincardine
WATSON, JOSEPH G B, in 1911, M, aged 2, ref 254/ 1/ 5, at Bervie or Inverbervie, Kincardine

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Birth:
Statutory registers - Births
BRUCE, ARTHUR, M, year 1886, ref 304/ 9, at Logie Pert (Angus)

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Died:
From: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=929648
Name: BRUCE, ARTHUR Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 13th Bn. Age: 31 Date of Death: 25/07/1917 Service No: 30940
Additional information: Son of William and Jane Bruce, of Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire; husband of Annabel Watson Bruce, of Bervie, Montrose.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 11.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

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Montrose Standard 10 August 1917, p4.
BRUCE.-Killed on July 25, Lance-Corporal Arthur Bruce, Royal Scots, in his 32nd year, dearly beloved husband of Annabel Watson, 28 David Street, Bervie, and youngest son of Mr and Mrs William Bruce, 21 Gardenston Street, Laurencekirk, and grandson of the late Mr and Mrs William Reith, Floors, Muchalls.

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Arthur married Annabel WATSON on 15 Mar 1916 in Inverbervie, Scotland, UK. Annabel was born on 16 Aug 1874 in Stonehaven, Scotland, UK; died on 1 Aug 1924 in Inverbervie, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1917, 28 David St, Bervie, Scotland, UK
• _FNRL: 4 Aug 1924, Bervie Cemetery, Inverbervie, Scotland, UK

Notes:

Annabella brought two seemingly illegitimate children into the 1916 marriage, although it is possible that Arthur Bruce was the birth father.
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
WATSON, JOSEPH GEORGE B, M, year 1908, ref 254/ 43, at Bervie or Inverbervie
WATSON, ARTHUR WILLIAM, M, year 1912, ref 254/ 14, at Bervie or Inverbervie

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Birth:
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: Annabel Watson, Gender: Female, Birth Date: 16 Aug 1874, Birth Place: Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, Father: Joseph Watson
Mother: Isabella Stewart Rust
FHL Film Number: 6035516

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Statutory registers - Births
WATSON, ANNABEL, F, year 1874, ref 258/1 61, in Fetteresso

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_FNRL:
Dundee Courier 04 August 1924, p8.
BRUCE.-At King Street, Bervie, on 1st August, Annabella Watson, widow of Arthur Bruce. Funeral to-day (Monday), two o'clock, to Bervie Cemetery.

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Died:
Statutory registers - Deaths
BRUCE, ANNABELLA, age 50, year 1924, ref 254/ 19, in Bervie or Inverbervie

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Notes:

Married:
Statutory registers - Marriages
BRUCE, ARTHUR and WATSON, ANNABEL, year 1916, ref 254/ 3, at Bervie or Inverbervie

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