Emma Mary Annie Whitcher1

#5203, (c 1854 - 1886)
FatherW F Whitcher1
MotherFrances Ritchie1
Pedigree

Family

Henry Barnard Dalrymple Bruce (1848 - 1896)
Children

Life Events

BirthEmma Mary Annie Whitcher was born circa 1854 in Quebec.2,1
 
MarriageShe married Henry Barnard Dalrymple Bruce on 9 Jan 1878 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario.
Information from registration: Henry Barnard Dalrymple Bruce, 29, residence Ottawa, born Ireland, bachelor, Gentleman, son of Henry S.B. Bruce & Henrietta Hill;
Emma Mary Annie Whitcher, 22, residence Ottawa, born P.Q., spinster, daughter of William F. Whitcher & Frances Ritchie;
The witnesses were Geo Fisher & Thos F Nellis of Ottawa, and the bride & groom were both Church of England.1 
Newspaper Published 19 Jan 1878.

m. Ottawa, 9th Jan., by Rev. Canon J. Bedford Jones, H.B. Dalrymple BRUCE eldest s/o Lt. Col. BRUCE, Ballyscullion House, Co. Derry, Ireland and grandson of late Admiral Sir Henry W. BRUCE, K.C.B. / Emma WHITCHER only d/o W.F. WITCHER, Esq., Commissioner of Fisheries.3
 
1881 CensusH.B. and Emma Brouse [sic] appeared on the 1881 Census of Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, at By Ward, enumerated 1881. HB was 30, married, occupation Civil Service, Irish origin, born Ireland, religion Church of England. Emma was 25, of English origin, and born in Quebec. Their children Mariette Frances and Henry William Hervey were living with them, also Lysa Ross, 60, Emma Ritchie 24, and 2 servants.2 
DeathShe died on 23 Mar 1886 at the age of 32, leaving two young children.4 
Last Edited2 Apr 2018

Citations

  1. Ontario Marriage Registration. Bruce/Whitcher, #001757-78.
  2. Transcription of the 1881 Census for Canada (Family History Library, online).
  3. Saint John Daily News, vol 44 #1832, transcribed by Daniel F Johnson, viewed at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick website.
  4. E-mails from David Beresford-Green to J Kolthammer.