John Bruce Troup

John Bruce Troup was born on 18 January 1837 in Glencross, Midlothian, Scotland. He was the son of Robert Troup and Jane Robertson. John Bruce Troup was baptized on 10 February 1837 at Glencross, Midlothian, Scotland.

John Bruce Troup appeared on the census of 1841 at Glencross, Midlothian, Scotland, in the household of his father.¹

John Bruce Troup appeared on the census of 1851 at Skelton, Yorkshire, England, in the household of his father.² He was a joiner and cabinet maker with his own business in 47 Station Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.

John Bruce Troup married Jane Black, daughter of George Black and Jane Mudd, on 23 July 1866 at the Wesleyan Chapel, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.³ After the death of John Bruce's wife in 1873, his sister Agnes came to help him bring up George and Mary Ann.⁴

John Bruce Troup appeared on the census of 1881 at 49 Station Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England, where he was described as a joiner and cabinet maker.⁴ After Agnes, George, and Mary Ann married, John Bruce lived alone in School Croft, Middlesbrough (St. John's Old School Cottage, 3 Marton Road). In the autograph book of his granddaughter Ivy Old, he wrote a verse by Tennyson:
With weary steps I loiter on, 'Though always under altered skies.
The purple from the distance dies, My prospect and horizon gone.

John Bruce Troup died on 1 January 1914 at 3 High Street (sister Mary Jane's home), Skelton, Yorkshire, England, at age 76. The death certificate states causes 1. Senile Gangrene of the leg. 2. Exhaustion.⁵ He was buried on 6 January 1914 in Linthorpe cemetery, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.⁵

This information about John Bruce Troup is from the histories of the Troup and Robertson families compiled in 2001 and 2003 by Margaret Elizabeth Troupe of Stockton-on-Tees, England, unless otherwise noted.