Robert the Bruce

[Micric]

I think the De Bruce family owned property in Northern England, at Upsall If I remember correctly,(Near Nunthorpe in the North Riding of Yorkshire) before becoming more 'famous' further north!

[Graham A. Robieson]

Greetings,

Looking about this in books aswell as finding more information, Robert de Brus/Bruis/Bruce introduced the name Robert to Britain and through research is the earliest I have founded bearing the name in Britain.

Here is a link:

Clan Bruce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Apart from the link, after gaining land in Yorkshire, the name Robinson appears in records, and gaining lands in Scotland brought the name Robinson with many other versions e.g. Robison, Robson recorded aswell.

Another note: correct spelling of surnames wasn't important back then, so my advice is go by what the name sounds like rather than what is spelt, for example the name Robieson has different spellings but still sound the same, e.g. Robison, Robisone, Robeson, Robsone and any other variant, all names begining with 'Rob' are connected by Robert de Bruce introducing the name Robert to Britain 1000 years ago (1066).

In regards to my own name, Robieson isn't in records dating back to the same time as the other versions because it is a fairly recent name and originated as a nickname for Robertson from about 1700s-1900s (of which in the Highlands surnames weren't fixed and carried names like for example Donald has a son Duncan, so Duncan would be named Duncan MacDonald.), through researching my family history, my Great-Great Grand Father was born Robertson in 1846 but at the turn of the 20th century shortly after the 1901 cenus, became recorded as Robieson with the birth of my Grand Father who was also recorded as Robieson so my family name is 100 years old (in my case ), also with the history of Clan Robertson I was able to find out more about the name.

Here is a link:

Clan Donnachaidh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


I hope this info sheds some more light on the subject etc.



Thank-you for your time,


Graham.