1901 Census - the Bruce family The census of 1901, just a few months after their mother’s death, shows the family of seven siblings living at Maxwood Rows (1st row, number 5) with Robert Bruce , aged 26, now head of the household. Hugh Bruce was described as a scholar. Also living in the household was Thomas Ramage, nephew, aged 6. He was the only son of Janet Bruce from her marriage to Hugh Ramage (1869 - 1893). Robert Bruce Head Single 24 Coal Miner Galston Lillias Bruce Sister Single, 23, House Keeper Hamilton, Lanarkshire Marrion Bruce Sister Single 20 Mill Worker Lace, Galston Mary Bruce Sister Single 19 Mill Worker Lace Riccarton Jeanie Bruce Sister 15 Mill Worker Lace Riccarton William Bruce Brother 13 General Labourer Riccarton Hugh Bruce Brother 10 Scholar Riccarton Thomas Ramage Nephew 5 Galston Janet F Bruce Niece 2 Galston The last entry in the Bruce household in the Census taken on 31 Mar 1901 was Janet Findlay Bruce. She was the illegitimate daughter (b 6 Mar 1899) of Lillias Bruce. Janet Findlay Bruce died, aged 2, of bronchial pneumonia just seven weeks later on 21 May 1901. Two months later, Lillias Bruce married John White, a coal miner, on 26 Jul 1901 and they had seven children, at least three of whom died below the age of one. The eldest sibling Janet Bruce was living elsewhere. She had married Hugh Ramage, a coalminer, on 31 Dec 1891. They had one child Thomas Ramage (b 29 Oct 1892) before Hugh, aged 24, died of acute nephritus in 1893. On 31 Dec 1894 the widowed Janet, a bleachfield worker, married widower John Paton, another coal miner. John’s age was recorded as 38 when, in fact, he was 45. Janet’s age was recorded as 34 when she was 24. The 1901 Census shows they were also living in Maxwood Rows (2nd row, number 6) with four children; a fifth, William Bruce Paton, was born in 1903. Janet was known as Jenny. Janet Paton died on 23 Jan 1947 in Darvel.