George BRUCE

1546 - 6 MAY 1625

• OCCUPATION: a Scottish merchant and engineer
  
• OCCUPATION: an innovator in coal mining techniques, introducing undersea mining into the Upper Hirst seam with use of new drainage technology
  
• BIRTH: 1546, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
• DEATH: 6 MAY 1625, Culross, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
• BURIAL: 1625, Culross, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
• EVENT: Sir Knight - Earl of Elgin
  Title of Nobility :
• EVENT: Knight 2nd Laird of Carnock
  Title of Nobility :
• EVENT: Sir George Bruce was an innovator in coal mining techniques, introducing undersea mining into the Upper Hirst seam with use of new drainage technology.[1] These innovations attracted much interest, including a visit from King James VI in 1617. Sir Georg
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• MARRIAGE: ABT 1573

1.  Mary BRUCE
2.  Nicholas BRUCE
3.  George BRUCE
4.  Robert BRUCE
5.  Christine BRUCE
6.  Margaret BRUCE
7.  Alexander BRUCE
8.  Anne BRUCE
9.  Magdalene BRUCE

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                                                    |                       |                                   _David STEWART ______|
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                                                    |                       |_Elizabeth Steward Bruce ROSSYTH _|
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                                                    |                                                          |_Margaret DUNDAS ____|
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                               _David BRUCE ________|
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|                             |                      _Patrick BLACKADDER ___|
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|                             |_Janet BLACKADDER ___|
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|                                                   |                                                           _David EDMONSTONE ___|
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|                                                   |                        _James EDMONDSTOUNE ______________|
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|                                                   |                       |                                  |                      _Robert MAITLAND ___________|______________________________________________________________
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|                                                   |                       |                                  |_Agnes MAITLAND _____|
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|                                                   |                       |                                                        |                             _William ABERNETHY ___________________________________________
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|                                                   |                       |                                                        |_Marion ABERNETHY __________|_Mary STEWART ________________________________________________
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|                                                   |_Elizabeth EDMONSTONE _|
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|--George BRUCE 
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|_Alison Cristina Bruce REID _|
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