D-1. James G. (Jim) Bruce born ca. 1847, Red Point Prince Edward Island, resided in Red 
     
     Point PEI, occupation: Farmer, married Nov. 22, 1877, by Rev. D. MacDonald, Alice Myra 
     
     Stewart, born May 2, 1856, (daughter of Alexander Stewart and Grace Stewart) resided in Red 
     
     Point PEI, died January 17 1940, interred at Kingsboro Prince Edward Island, in the East Point 
     
     Baptist Church Cemetery. James died April 17, 1910, interred at Kingsboro Prince Edward 
     
     Island, in the East Point Baptist Church Cemetery. The witnesses to their marriage were 
     
    

    
     Rufus MacDonald and Margaret MacMillan. When George divided his land in the early 1870's, 
     
     James took over the centre farm clearing the tree covered land, building a home and barn. Life 
     
     was extremely hard in those days. There was no well for water on their land, so Alice had to 
     
     carry all the water that was needed from the George Bruce farm home. The well was below the 
     
     present road on the corner where the farms of Ray Bruce and Harry Bruce intersect. If Jim's 
     
     mother was in a bad mood, she would put a lock on the well and would not allow Alice to have 
     
     any water. This soon led them to dig their own well north of the home. This well was still in 
     
     operation until 1950, when it was eventually filled in. 
     
    

    
     In their early life, Alice stated that it was not uncommon to see bears. Once when she was 
     
     baking, she looked out the kitchen window to see a mother and her cub come out of the woods 
     
     east of the barn, stroll through the yard between the house and the barn, and reenter the woods. She often told the tale of 
     
     the last bear killed in their immediate area in Red Point. It was over in what is now called Ervin's 
     
     hollow, the area where the bridge spans the road in the hollow between the Velma Garrett and 
     
     Lorna Robertson properties. There was no road or bridge there at that time. Alice was up at 
     
     the brook that ran through their farm, about a quarter of a mile north of the house. She had 
     
     milked the cows and was putting the milk in cans in the brook to keep it cold. That evening she 
     
     could hear the roar of the bear coming up the brook as the men killed it with axes and pitch 
     
     forks. When asked if she had been scared, she said no, but it was thought that the cows did 
     
     not get fully milked that night. 
     
    

    
     Alice was an excellent dressmaker, and many in the area made use of her talents. There 
     
     was also an old loom in the house as well. It is unknown if she used it, but she likely did. In the 
     
     early 1920's her son Ray used the big roller from the loom to replace the winch in the well, 
     
     north of the house. The remaining wood was used to build a set of horse-drawn bobsleds. 
     
     These he used in the woods all his life. Little did he known what a priceless antique that was 
     
     destroyed. Ray stated that they were so poor that he needed the good hard wood that was in 
     
     the loom. He made better use of it than letting it sit out in the workshop to rot. 
     
    

    
     James worked hard on the farm clearing the land, trying to make a living for his large family. 
     
     Just when most of the family were grown and things were getting a little easier, he was Alice 
     
     suddenly struck with a heart attack and died. Alice was devastated over James' sudden death. 
     
    

    
     She had been in failing health, suffering badly with arthritis and depended on him. Alice was having difficulty walking. After 
     
     his death, she seemed to give up and the arthritis became worse. Soon she was unable to walk, and had to have most 
     
     things done for her. She had deteriorated to the point to where she was confined to her rocker. She was unable to gain 
     
     access to a wheelchair. With the sudden death of her sons, Walter and George, she seemed to lose all hope. She resided 
     
     with her son Ray and daughter-in-law Ida until her death. 
     
    

    
     Alice had the use of her hands and was an excellent dressmaker, continuing this work until late in life. She was highly 
     
     respected in the community and this was shown in the funeral procession that accompanied her remains to the cemetery in 
     
     Kingsboro - 96 horse-drawn sleighs made up the procession. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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