Two years after their marriage William and Grace had their second child. The father gave his name this time as William Hendrie and the child was registered as Robert Bruce Hendrie. Between 1871 and 1889 William and Grace Bruce had a total of nine children, most of whom lived to a good age. Two emigrated to the USA. Name Sex Birth Place of Birth Death Place of Death Janet Bruce F 12 Sep 1871 Ironwork Square, Galston 23 Jan 1947 (aged 75) Darvel Robert Bruce Hendrie M 2 Sep 1873 Ironwork Square, Galston 23 Jul 1922 (aged 48) Maxwood Rows, Galston Mary Mathewson Bruce F 12 Aug 1876 Ironwork Square, Galston 17 Apr 1877 (aged 8 m) Ironwork Square, Galston Lily Howet Bruce F 1 Feb 1878 Hamilton, Lanarkshire 25 Jan 1954 (aged 75) Galston Marion Irvine Bruce F 16 Jul 1881 Burn Cottages, Galston 1 Apr 1960 (aged 78) Galston Mary Bruce F 12 Oct 1882 Sornhill Toll, Riccarton aft 1920 Probably USA Jeanie Muir Bruce F 11 May 1885 Sornhill, Riccarton 1967 (aged 81-82) Galston William Howat Bruce M 2 Apr 1888 Hurlford Feb 1969 (aged 80) Detroit, Michigan Hugh Howat Bruce M 13 May 1889 Sornhill, Hurlford 20 May 1933 (aged 44) Kilmarnock Infirmary First appearing on the 1851 Census as William Henry the following list shows the different names used by William on official documents. Name recorded Official document William Henry 1851 Census William Bruce 1861 Census William Bruce 1871 Census William Bruce Janet Bruce’s birth certificate (1871) William Bruce Hendrie Marriage certificate (1871) William Hendrie Robert Bruce Hendrie’s birth certificate (1873) William Bruce Hendry Lily Howet Bruce Hendry’s birth certificate (1878) William Bruce Marion Irvine Bruce’s birth certificate (1881) William Bruce 1881 Census William Bruce Mary Bruce’s birth certificate (1882) William Bruce Jeanie Muir Bruce’s birth certificate (1885) William Bruce William Howat Bruce’s birth certificate (1888) William Bruce Hugh Howat Bruce’s birth certificate (1889) William Bruce Death Certificate (1890) 1881 Census - Grace Bruce On Sunday 3rd April 1881 his wife Grace Bruce and five children are living in Ironwork Square with Grace’s mother, Janet Howat, who had been widowed three years earlier. When Marion Irvine Bruce was born on 6 Jul 1881 the registration informant was Janet Howat, further evidence that William was elsewhere for a few months in 1881.