Joseph W G Bruce

[Bilcor1]

Have some information off Ancestry on a cousin Joseph William Gammock Bruce born 1885 Ellon, Aberdeenshire d 1972 Shasta, California parents
Ernest Bruce & Annie Gordon Gammock married 1881 Forglen, Banffshire
Joseph married Arie Cathcart I have 5 children Edward, James, Albert, Robert, & Arestine don't have access to American records marriages etc

[shellyesq]

Lots of American records are available for free at www.familysearch.org.

1920 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHWQ-RCF

1930 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCN1-Y28

1940 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HQ-V8N

California death index - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPCD-HPH

[shellyesq]

Death record for wife Arie - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGRP-F6J

Pictures of gravestones for Arie, Joseph, and son Robert - https://billiongraves.com/grave/person/3150897

Shasta Co. death index shows various Bruces - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shastaca/deaths/deathb16.html

[shellyesq]

Possible matches for son Edward:

1940 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HQ-KR5

SSDI - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9T5-TWY

burial - https://billiongraves.com/grave/Edward-F-Bruce/3151031

obituary index - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK23-TWW1

[shellyesq]

Son Albert in 1940 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HQ-V87

Burial for Albert:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147609495

And son James:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16761297/James-G.-Bruce

James on CA death index - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP7V-F6Y

[shellyesq]

Birth of daughter Norma:  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGXK-7J2

On SSDI - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5J8-629

In obituary index - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK24-LPYP

Burial - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182249413

[Bilcor1]

Thanks for your help but find Family Search a bit confusing thought it was better before the change
Billy