Son of John Bruce and Roberta Mary Fraser of Scotland.
Taken from"The Orillia Packet and Times" 21 March 1935 issue.
~Colonel John Bruce~
Colonel John Bruce, registrar of the Admiralty Court.special examiner and dean of the permanent officials at Osgoode Hall, died on Tuesday, March 19, at his home, 71 Bleecker Street, Toronto, after a few weeks illness in his 84th year. Of Highland Scottish ancestors, he was born at Beaverton on 13 May 1851, and was educated at Lindsay Grammar School,Upper Canada College, of which he was head boy in 1870, at the University of Toronto, and at Osgoode Hall, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1876. He engaged in private practice until 1878, when he was appointed registrar of the Admiralty Court and special examiner for discovery in the High Court, which position he held at the time of his death. During his 57 years at Osgoode Hall, he had been examiner in many notable cases and was the first and only registrar of the Admiralty Court from the time of its creation. He had sat under six judges, of which number five had predeceased him. At one period he was legal secretary to the late Sir Oliver Mowat, when the latter was Premier of Ontario.
Colonel Bruce was widely known in military circles.His career therein commenced in 1870, when he joined the University Company of the Queen's Own Rifles, and it was not until 1881 that he became connected with the Royal Grenadiers, when he was gazetted lieutenant. From then until his retirement in the early days of the present century, he had won promotion to the higher ranks, and he became commanding officer of the regiment. For more than two decades, he was keenly interested in shooting and was adjutant of one of the Bisley teams when Canada won the Kolapore Cup. For years, he had been a member of the council and executive committees of the Dominion and Provinical Rifle Associations. A few years ago he was appointed honorary colonel of the Grenadiers and was possessor of the long service decoration.
He was a Presbyterian and for many years an active member of old St James Square Church. He was a member of Ionic Lodge, A.F. and A.M., of the Military lnstitute, also of The Toronto Canadian, Empire and Toronto Golf Clubs. Throughout his life he was always interested in sport. When a young man, he gained fame as a lacrosse player and crickerter and in late years was an enthusiastic golfer. He was a strong advocate of exercise as a means of longevity and never missed an opportunity to impress upon his friends and others the advantages they would gain by emulating him in that regard. He is survived by his wife Helen R. Bruce. one son H.Addington Bruce Cambridge Mass.; two daughters, Mrs G. C. T. Pemberton, Toronto, and Mrs Louis Hasbrouck, New York; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The late Colonel Bruce was accorded semi-military honours by the Royal Grenadiers at his funeral on Thursday afternoon at 2.30 from the residence to Mount Plesant Cemetery."
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Also buried in the John Bruce family plot are Mary's mother and brother, Henry, as well as Elizabeth, wife of Frederick.
Taken from"The Orillia Packet and Times" 21 March 1935 issue.
~Colonel John Bruce~
Colonel John Bruce, registrar of the Admiralty Court.special examiner and dean of the permanent officials at Osgoode Hall, died on Tuesday, March 19, at his home, 71 Bleecker Street, Toronto, after a few weeks illness in his 84th year. Of Highland Scottish ancestors, he was born at Beaverton on 13 May 1851, and was educated at Lindsay Grammar School,Upper Canada College, of which he was head boy in 1870, at the University of Toronto, and at Osgoode Hall, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1876. He engaged in private practice until 1878, when he was appointed registrar of the Admiralty Court and special examiner for discovery in the High Court, which position he held at the time of his death. During his 57 years at Osgoode Hall, he had been examiner in many notable cases and was the first and only registrar of the Admiralty Court from the time of its creation. He had sat under six judges, of which number five had predeceased him. At one period he was legal secretary to the late Sir Oliver Mowat, when the latter was Premier of Ontario.
Colonel Bruce was widely known in military circles.His career therein commenced in 1870, when he joined the University Company of the Queen's Own Rifles, and it was not until 1881 that he became connected with the Royal Grenadiers, when he was gazetted lieutenant. From then until his retirement in the early days of the present century, he had won promotion to the higher ranks, and he became commanding officer of the regiment. For more than two decades, he was keenly interested in shooting and was adjutant of one of the Bisley teams when Canada won the Kolapore Cup. For years, he had been a member of the council and executive committees of the Dominion and Provinical Rifle Associations. A few years ago he was appointed honorary colonel of the Grenadiers and was possessor of the long service decoration.
He was a Presbyterian and for many years an active member of old St James Square Church. He was a member of Ionic Lodge, A.F. and A.M., of the Military lnstitute, also of The Toronto Canadian, Empire and Toronto Golf Clubs. Throughout his life he was always interested in sport. When a young man, he gained fame as a lacrosse player and crickerter and in late years was an enthusiastic golfer. He was a strong advocate of exercise as a means of longevity and never missed an opportunity to impress upon his friends and others the advantages they would gain by emulating him in that regard. He is survived by his wife Helen R. Bruce. one son H.Addington Bruce Cambridge Mass.; two daughters, Mrs G. C. T. Pemberton, Toronto, and Mrs Louis Hasbrouck, New York; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The late Colonel Bruce was accorded semi-military honours by the Royal Grenadiers at his funeral on Thursday afternoon at 2.30 from the residence to Mount Plesant Cemetery."
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Also buried in the John Bruce family plot are Mary's mother and brother, Henry, as well as Elizabeth, wife of Frederick.
Son of John Bruce and Roberta Mary Fraser of Scotland.
Taken from"The Orillia Packet and Times" 21 March 1935 issue.
~Colonel John Bruce~
Colonel John Bruce, registrar of the Admiralty Court.special examiner and dean of the permanent officials at Osgoode Hall, died on Tuesday, March 19, at his home, 71 Bleecker Street, Toronto, after a few weeks illness in his 84th year. Of Highland Scottish ancestors, he was born at Beaverton on 13 May 1851, and was educated at Lindsay Grammar School,Upper Canada College, of which he was head boy in 1870, at the University of Toronto, and at Osgoode Hall, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1876. He engaged in private practice until 1878, when he was appointed registrar of the Admiralty Court and special examiner for discovery in the High Court, which position he held at the time of his death. During his 57 years at Osgoode Hall, he had been examiner in many notable cases and was the first and only registrar of the Admiralty Court from the time of its creation. He had sat under six judges, of which number five had predeceased him. At one period he was legal secretary to the late Sir Oliver Mowat, when the latter was Premier of Ontario.
Colonel Bruce was widely known in military circles.His career therein commenced in 1870, when he joined the University Company of the Queen's Own Rifles, and it was not until 1881 that he became connected with the Royal Grenadiers, when he was gazetted lieutenant. From then until his retirement in the early days of the present century, he had won promotion to the higher ranks, and he became commanding officer of the regiment. For more than two decades, he was keenly interested in shooting and was adjutant of one of the Bisley teams when Canada won the Kolapore Cup. For years, he had been a member of the council and executive committees of the Dominion and Provinical Rifle Associations. A few years ago he was appointed honorary colonel of the Grenadiers and was possessor of the long service decoration.
He was a Presbyterian and for many years an active member of old St James Square Church. He was a member of Ionic Lodge, A.F. and A.M., of the Military lnstitute, also of The Toronto Canadian, Empire and Toronto Golf Clubs. Throughout his life he was always interested in sport. When a young man, he gained fame as a lacrosse player and crickerter and in late years was an enthusiastic golfer. He was a strong advocate of exercise as a means of longevity and never missed an opportunity to impress upon his friends and others the advantages they would gain by emulating him in that regard. He is survived by his wife Helen R. Bruce. one son H.Addington Bruce Cambridge Mass.; two daughters, Mrs G. C. T. Pemberton, Toronto, and Mrs Louis Hasbrouck, New York; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The late Colonel Bruce was accorded semi-military honours by the Royal Grenadiers at his funeral on Thursday afternoon at 2.30 from the residence to Mount Plesant Cemetery."
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Also buried in the John Bruce family plot are Mary's mother and brother, Henry, as well as Elizabeth, wife of Frederick.
Taken from"The Orillia Packet and Times" 21 March 1935 issue.
~Colonel John Bruce~
Colonel John Bruce, registrar of the Admiralty Court.special examiner and dean of the permanent officials at Osgoode Hall, died on Tuesday, March 19, at his home, 71 Bleecker Street, Toronto, after a few weeks illness in his 84th year. Of Highland Scottish ancestors, he was born at Beaverton on 13 May 1851, and was educated at Lindsay Grammar School,Upper Canada College, of which he was head boy in 1870, at the University of Toronto, and at Osgoode Hall, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1876. He engaged in private practice until 1878, when he was appointed registrar of the Admiralty Court and special examiner for discovery in the High Court, which position he held at the time of his death. During his 57 years at Osgoode Hall, he had been examiner in many notable cases and was the first and only registrar of the Admiralty Court from the time of its creation. He had sat under six judges, of which number five had predeceased him. At one period he was legal secretary to the late Sir Oliver Mowat, when the latter was Premier of Ontario.
Colonel Bruce was widely known in military circles.His career therein commenced in 1870, when he joined the University Company of the Queen's Own Rifles, and it was not until 1881 that he became connected with the Royal Grenadiers, when he was gazetted lieutenant. From then until his retirement in the early days of the present century, he had won promotion to the higher ranks, and he became commanding officer of the regiment. For more than two decades, he was keenly interested in shooting and was adjutant of one of the Bisley teams when Canada won the Kolapore Cup. For years, he had been a member of the council and executive committees of the Dominion and Provinical Rifle Associations. A few years ago he was appointed honorary colonel of the Grenadiers and was possessor of the long service decoration.
He was a Presbyterian and for many years an active member of old St James Square Church. He was a member of Ionic Lodge, A.F. and A.M., of the Military lnstitute, also of The Toronto Canadian, Empire and Toronto Golf Clubs. Throughout his life he was always interested in sport. When a young man, he gained fame as a lacrosse player and crickerter and in late years was an enthusiastic golfer. He was a strong advocate of exercise as a means of longevity and never missed an opportunity to impress upon his friends and others the advantages they would gain by emulating him in that regard. He is survived by his wife Helen R. Bruce. one son H.Addington Bruce Cambridge Mass.; two daughters, Mrs G. C. T. Pemberton, Toronto, and Mrs Louis Hasbrouck, New York; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The late Colonel Bruce was accorded semi-military honours by the Royal Grenadiers at his funeral on Thursday afternoon at 2.30 from the residence to Mount Plesant Cemetery."
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Also buried in the John Bruce family plot are Mary's mother and brother, Henry, as well as Elizabeth, wife of Frederick.
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