Dorcas Boucher

1836 - 1903  (67 years)

• Name	Dorcas Boucher
  Birth	1836	Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Gender	Female
  1820 Lineage	Yes  [1]
  Death	6 Oct 1903	Mowbray, Western Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Person ID	I177694	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard Boucher, 1820 Settler,   b. 1799, East Garston, Berkshire, England
  Mother	Charlotte Laffelarhoo,   b. 1803, Mauritius d. 30 Jun 1860, Blinkwater, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F43025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Rush Bruce,   b. 1832, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Marriage	30 Jun 1856	Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Children	1. Elenore Jane Bruce + 2. William Bloomfield Bruce,   b. 25 Apr 1858, Post Retief, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1927, Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 68 years) + 3. George Henry Bruce,   b. 19 Aug 1859, Post Retief, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 13 Apr 1946, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 86 years) + 4. Charles Vickers Bruce,   b. 25 Aug 1862, Post Retief, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1939, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 76 years) > 5. Harriet Anne Bruce,   b. 10 Jul 1864, Post Retief, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1955, Klerksdorp, North West, South Africa (Age 90 years)   6. Charlotte Matilda Bruce,   b. 23 Nov 1865, Post Retief, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1865, Post Retief, Eastern Cape, South Africa + 7. Alexander Robert Bruce,   b. 19 Sep 1866, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa d. 21 Jun 1962, Newcastle, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 95 years) > 8. Louisa Dorcas Bruce,   b. 1870, Keiskama Hoek,Cape,South Africa d. 1922, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 52 years) + 9. Jane Ellen Bruce,   b. 1 Jun 1875, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 19 Feb 1963, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 87 years)   10. James Joseph Bruce,   b. 27 Jan 1876   11. Ivy Jane Bruce
  Family ID	F62375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 May 2021

  
  

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  Birth - 1836 - Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 30 Jun 1856 - Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 6 Oct 1903 - Mowbray, Western Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Dorcas Boucher is that she married William Rush Bruce from Hintlesham, Sussex, on 30-6-56. He arrived in South Africa with the 91st Argyllshire Regiment in 1839 (age 19) to bolster the Colony with the Frontier Wars. He married Dorcas Boucher at Post Retief Barracks in 1856 to which the troops returned after the Battle of Amotolain 1851. He retired from the regiment when they offered soldiers the chance to become settlers when most of the troops were pulled back to Great Britain with the threat of the Crimean War.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3907] Family Search Trees, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTXQ-9JP (Reliability: 2).