Church And Bruce Gravestones With Music On History Visit To Clackmannan Clackmannanshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video, with Scottish music, of the Parish Church and Bruce gravestones in the Graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire. This Scottish graveyard has many stones dating from the 17th century with several Bruce family memorials. There has been a church at Clackmannan since Saint Serf visited from Culross in Fife in the 8th century. The present church was built in 1815 by James Gillespie Graham to replace a 13th century church. The surname Bruce was first found in Yorkshire, England, where Robert de Bruis was granted ninety four manors. His son Robert de Bruys travelled north with Earl David of Huntingdon who later became King of Scotland and was granted large estates in Annandale, Scotland about 1150. Robert de Bruys had two sons: Robert and William. Robert, who became known as Robert the Bruce, would later claim the crown of Scotland and unite Scotland against the English. He defeated the English army soundly in the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. As a result of this battle Scotland gained its independence from England as declared in the Treaty of Northampton in 1328. Spelling variations of this family name include: Brywiss, Broyse, Bruce, Bruice, Bruise, Brus, Broys, Brywass, Brues, Brywess, Bruwes, Bruys, Bruze, Brwze, Brywes, Bruse, Braose, Bruis, Browse and many more. Douglas Bruce arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship William Nicol in 1840; Charles Bruce landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1840; James Bruce arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1749; George Bruce arrived in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, in 1862; Sarah Bruce arrived in Massachusetts, America, in 1643; Alexander Bruce who settled in Virginia, America, in 1716; James Bruce settled in South Carolina, America, in 1716. Clan Bruce, Scottish Gaelic: Brùs, is a Lowlands Scottish clan. It was a Royal House in the 14th century, producing two kings of Scotland (Robert the Bruce and David II of Scotland), and a disputed High King of Ireland, Edward Bruce. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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