Millard Brooks Bruce

Millard Brooks Bruce

TexasConfirmed

Son of Charles Brooks Bruce · 1899–1977

Born

in DeWitt County, Texas

Buried

in Mission Burial Park

Parents

Charles Brooks Bruce & Ida Alice Montgomery Bruce

Sources

8

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as a son of Charles Brooks Bruce and Ida Alice Montgomery Bruce. Two census pages, read from the images, list him in their house: in June 1900, in Precinct 1 of DeWitt County, Millard, son, born February 1899, the youngest of four children S1357; in April 1910, at Cuero, Millard, son, 11 S1358. He is probably the Willard B., son, 20, of the January 1920 census page of the same house S1402. His mother’s 1924 death notices and his sister Mary Bessie’s 1942 obituary name him as her son and brother M. B. Bruce of San Antonio S1730 S1758. Added to the family tree on 18 October 2026.

Life in the order the records give it

Census1899

Millard Brooks Bruce was born in DeWitt County, Texas, in February 1899, by the 1900 census page S1357; the day, 7 February, is from later index entries and has not been read from a record. He died on Sunday 1 May 1977, aged 78, and was buried in Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, after a service on 3 May, by his death notices S2263.

Census2026

History of this card. 18 Oct 2026

card written when he was added to the family tree as Millard Brooks Bruce Sr. (PA-1018F), from the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census pages (S1357, S1358, S1402), his 1930 marriage (S1512, S2247) and his 1977 death notices (S2263).

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents1977

Son of Charles Brooks Bruce and Ida Alice Montgomery Bruce. Brother of Mary Bessie Bruce Barnard, Dora Inez Bruce, Lena Mae Bruce Terrell and Alma Kathryn Bruce Gordon; a brother, Orie (Orin M.), has no card. His 1977 death notices name his sisters Mrs. Inez Morris and Mrs. Alma Gordon of San Marcos S2263.

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Probable

Probable confirm or correct → He died at Kerrville, Kerr County, by both 1977 death notices, which give his home as 305 Mary [Street], San Antonio S2263; later indexes give San Antonio. His Kerr County death certificate would settle it. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.

Probable

Probable confirm or correct → Millard B. Bruce, 31, a mechanic of San Antonio, married Dorothy Phillips at Villa Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, on 26 September 1930. Weak: his parents come from the index only; both register copies of the act, read from the images, break off before the parents’ names, which are on p. 88 S1512 S2247. His wife and two sons survived him in 1977; their names are not given here, as they may be living S2263.

Weak or missing

What is weak or missing: no birth record has been read; the 1920 census writes him as Willard B.; his death place and death certificate are not settled. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.

In the record Generation 4 — Kristin's great-grandparents and their siblings

1. S13571900 census — Chas. B. Bruce household, Precinct 1, DeWitt County, Texas, ED 25, sheet 7B, lines 74–79, 14 June 1900. Ancestry, “1900 United States Federal Census”, record 70553254. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Confirmed Bruce, Chas. B., head, born August 1864, 35, married 8 years, born Texas, parents born Tennessee, farmer, owns his farm free; Ida A., wife, born February 1874, 26, married 8 years, 4 children born and 4 living, born Texas, parents born Tennessee; children Mary B. (Oct 1892), Dora I. (Aug 1894), Orin M. (Mar 1897) and Millard (Feb 1899). Ida’s month and year of birth, her Tennessee-born parents and DeWitt County tie this to her card. “Married 8 years” fits the 18 November 1891 marriage. Also serves the card of Dora Inez Bruce, the Dora I. on line 77.
2. S13581910 census — Chas. Bruce household, East Main Street, ward 1, Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, ED 35, sheet 11B, lines 73–80, April 1910. Ancestry, “1910 United States Federal Census”, record 168626225. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Confirmed Bruce, Chas., head, 45, first marriage of 18 years, born Texas, rural mail carrier, owns his house free; Ida, wife, 36, married 18 years, 6 children born and 6 living, born Texas; children Mary 17, Inez 15, Orie 13 (a delivery boy for a department store), Millard 11, Lena May 7 and Alma 3. This enumerator gives Ida’s parents as born in Mississippi; the 1900 census and her death certificate say Tennessee, which the card keeps. The index misses Alma on line 80 and misreads the surname as “Bence”. Also serves the card of Dora Inez Bruce, the Inez on line 76.
3. S14021920 census — C. B. Bruce household, Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, ward 1, ED 35, sheet 4B, lines 97–100, January 1920. Ancestry, “1920 United States Federal Census”, record 109354356. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Confirmed Bruce, C. B., head, owns the house free, 54, born Texas of Tennessee-born parents, a rural mail carrier; Ida, wife, 45, born Texas; Willard B., son, 20, single; Lena May, daughter, 17, single. Ida’s father’s birthplace is hard to read (Alabama?); the 1900 census and her death certificate say Tennessee. The index reads the daughter as Laura May; the image says Lena May. The son is Millard of 1900 and 1910. A younger daughter, Alma, is indexed with the family but falls on the next sheet, which was not read.
4. S1512Registro Civil, Villa Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, 1930, acta 177, p. 87 — Millard B. Bruce and Dorothy Phillips. Ancestry, “Coahuila, Mexico, Civil Registration Marriages, 1861–1950”, record 302433001. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Probable Millard B. Bruce, 31, a mechanic of San Antonio, married Dorothy Phillips at Villa Acuña on 26 September 1930. The parents (Chas. B. Bruce and Ida Montgomery) come from the index only; p. 88, with the rest of the act, was not read.
5. S1730Death and funeral notices — Mrs. Ida Alice Bruce, San Antonio Light, 6 February 1924, p. 19, and 8 February 1924, p. 26. Newspapers.com, images 1258332288 and 1258332486. Machine-read text read on 4 October 2026; the page images have not been opened. Probable She died on Tuesday 5 February 1924 at 4:45 p.m. at 320 Devine Street, aged 49, having come to San Antonio from San Marcos about a month before; the body was sent to Cuero. Survivors: son M. B. Bruce; daughters Misses Alma and Lena May Bruce of San Antonio, Mrs. F. Bernard of Houston and Mrs. F. C. Morris of San Marcos; brothers Harvey Montgomery of Pilgrim and J. L. Montgomery of Austin. Machine-read text, not checked on the page image. It agrees with her death certificate and the 1924 city directory (S1401) on the day and the address and adds nothing on her parents. It does not settle which daughters were Mrs. Bernard and Mrs. Morris: the notices give husbands’ initials only. Serves the card of Ida Alice Montgomery Bruce.
6. S1758Indexes and newspaper notices — Mary Bessie Bruce (Mrs. John Frederick Barnard), died Houston, Texas, 1 November 1942. FamilySearch: Texas Deaths index (K3SV-BPF) and Texas Death Index (VZ6M-8LR); Find a Grave index (QVGP-VGC9); 1900 census index, DeWitt County (M3LP-DV3); 1920 and 1940 census indexes (MCSD-1X6, K47K-9C1); for her husband, Texas Deaths index (KSYB-1L3), Find a Grave index (QVLD-V1RY) and the Texas county marriages index (Q2ZY-VKCW). Newspapers.com, Houston Chronicle: 2 November 1942, p. 19 (image 1199210886); 4 November 1942, p. 37 (image 1199211045). Index text and machine-read text only; no image read. Probable Death index: Mary Bessie Barnard, born 20 October in Texas, died 1 November 1942 at Houston, father Charlie Bruce. Grave index: Mary Bessie Bruce Barnard, 20 October 1894 – 1 November 1942, Cuero. 2 November notice: Mrs. Mary Bessie Barnard, 48, of 1122 East Twenty-Seventh, in Houston 19 years; husband John F. Barnard; a brother M. B. Bruce of San Antonio; sisters Mrs. R. Terrell of San Antonio, Mrs. Jeff Gordon and Mrs. Inez Morris of San Marcos; the body to be sent to Cuero. 4 November notice, from Cuero: the former Miss Mamie Bruce, daughter of the late C. B. Bruce, for many years a rural mail carrier. Husband: John Fredrick Barnard, born 1 December 1890 in Texas, died 10 May 1975 at Houston, grave at Cuero. Marriage index: John F. Barnard and “Marnie” B. Bruce, DeWitt County, no date on the index line. Index and machine-read text only: no image has been read. The year of birth is 1894 in the grave index and the 1920 and 1940 census indexes, and October 1892 in the 1900 census index; her mother is not named; the marriage index gives the county and no date, and spells her name “Marnie”, taken as Mamie. Mrs. Inez Morris of San Marcos is probably her sister Dora Inez Bruce, on the forename and the place alone; no record of that marriage has been found. Her son is in the notices and is not named here. Serves the cards of Mary Bessie Bruce Barnard, Dora Inez Bruce, Alma Kathryn Bruce Gordon and Charles Brooks Bruce.
7. S2247Registro Civil, Villa Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, 1930, acta 177, second register copy, p. 87 — Millard B. Bruce and Dorothy Phillips. Ancestry, “Coahuila, Mexico, Civil Registration Marriages, 1861-1950”, record 150576233. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 15 October 2026. Probable Acta 177, Matrimonio Bruce-Phillips, Villa Acuña, 26 September 1930, 3 p.m., before the civil judge Benito García: Millard B. Bruce, a mechanic, 31, native and resident of San Antonio, Texas, and Dorothy Phillips. ⚠ The second register copy of the act already cited (S1512); same event, not a new witness. Like the first copy it breaks off before the parents’ names (they are on p. 88), so the index’s “Chas B Bruce” and “Ida Montermery” remain unseen.
8. S2263Death notices — Millard Brooks Bruce Sr., died Kerrville, Texas, 1 May 1977. Newspapers.com, San Antonio Light, 2 May 1977, p. 21 (image 1262901013); San Antonio Express-News, 2 May 1977, p. 18 (image 1274169343). Machine-read text only; no page image read. Probable “Millard Brooks Bruce Sr., of 305 Mary, passed away Sunday, May 1, 1977 in Kerrville, Texas, at age 78.” Survivors: his wife, two sons, sisters Mrs. Inez Morris and Mrs. Alma Gordon, both of San Marcos, and five grandchildren; service 3 May, Mission Park Funeral Chapel; interment Mission Burial Park. His wife and sons are not named here, as they may be living. Later indexes give San Antonio as the place of death; the Kerr County certificate has not been found.