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Son of Octave Bruso and Charlotte Henry Pierce. Octave Augustine Bruso, born 1872 in Buffalo, NY; died March 05, 1924 in Haverstraw, NY; married Nellie Mckenzie; born August 22, 1873; died January 23, 1936.
At the Common Council meeting on February 2, 1911, during the mayoralty of Louis Fuhrmann, Octave Augustine Bruso, Alderman of the 19th Ward of Buffalo, was elected unanimously (30 of 30 votes) as President of the Common Council. (Proceedings, 1911, page. 11). On February 9, 1911 he was named to the finance, schools, police and sanitary measures committees.
From his newspaper obituaries:
Buffalo Times, March 5, 1924:
"O. G. Bruso, Former Councilman, Dies Suddenly at Thiels, N.Y.: Octava Gustave Bruso, 50 years old, former president of the common council, this city, and brother of Dr. C. Frank Bruso, dies early today at Thiels, near New York City. Mr. Bruso leaves a widow, Nellie Bruso, and two sons, Gustave and Willis and four daughters, Mary, Catherine, Ella and Elizabeth Bruso. Mary and Catherine Bruso are nurses at the City Hospital and Ella is a nurse at the German Deaconess. Elizabeth is a student in the Lafayette High School. The family home is at 595 West Delevan Avenue. Dr. Bruso left for Thiels to bring the body back to Buffalo. Interment will be in Forest Lawn. Mr. Bruso was for years prominently identified in the grain business in this city and he was also a well known Free Mason. He kept an office in the Chamber of Commerce building. Mr. Bruso was a private in the British Army during the war and was decorated for bravery. Of late, he had been night manager of a state institution at Thiels. A week ago today he was stricken with pneumonia, which was the direct cause of his death today."
Buffalo Commercial, March 5, 1924:
"Former Head of Aldermen Passes Away, O.A. Bruso, Brother of Buffalo Physician Dies in Haverstraw, NY-To Be Buried Here:
Octave A. Bruso, brother of Dr. Frank C. Bruso, 880 Main ST, died in Haverstraw, NY early this morning. Dr. Bruso has been with him since Saturday, taking care of him. Death was due to pneumonia. Mr. Bruso, who was 50 years old (sic), lived in Buffalo all of his life until last October, when he went to Letchworth village sanitarium in Thiels, Rockland county, was night manager. He was prominent in local politics, and about fifteen years ago was president of the board of aldermen here, serving as representative from the nineteenth ward from 1908 to 1911. For many years he conducted a grain business in the Chamber of Commerce building. His home was at West Delevan and Elmwood Avenue. He was a 32nd degree Mason. During the war, Mr. Bruso enlisted with the Canadian army because he was over the age limit for the American forces. For four years he served overseas, and was decorated for bravery several times. His war record was very fine. Mr. Bruso is survived by his wife, Nellie Bruso; five children; one brother, Dr. Frank Bruso; one sister, Mrs. C. Easton of Rosehill, NY; and his mother, Mrs. Charlotte Bruso of Buffalo. The body will arrive in Buffalo tomorrow morning, and the funeral will be held from the undertaking parlor of Johnson and Wilkins Co., 443 Delaware avenue."
From Buffalo Courier Express, March 9, 1924:
"Hold Funeral of Octave A. Bruso-War Hero, Prominent Businessman, Honored By England:
Funeral services for Octave A. Bruso, former president of the Buffalo common council, war hero, and for years a prominent local businessman, were held in the chapel of the Buffalo Consistory, No. 468 Delaware Avenue. (Pall bearers were) George Urban, Jr., William J. Heinbold, Basil Burns, Fred Frost, Marke Steel, George Pierce, Hayden Newhall, Saul P. Prevost, Bernard J. Burus, Harry W. Wohlers and Thomas J. Stofer. Soldiers from the 23rd U.S. Infantry stationed at Fort Porter acted as pallbearers in recognition of Mr. Bruso's brilliant war record. The Rev. John N. Borton of Grace Episcopal church officiated. Friends of Mr. Bruso from the Buffalo board of trade; the Corn exchange, B.P.O.E. No. 23, and Boechat Post of the American Legion, attended the funeral. Interment was at Forest Lawn.
Mr. Bruso, fifty-two years old, and for many years a grain dealer of Buffalo, was one of the city's best known men. Fifteen years ago he played a prominent part in local political affairs, serving as alderman from the old nineteenth ward From 1908 to 1911. When this country entered the great war, Mr. Bruso tried to enlist but was barred because of his age. He immediately enlisted in the Canadian army, fifth battalion of Engineers, and fought overseas. He was decorated twice for bravery at the siege of Mons, in which his battalion was all but annihilated. He received the king's medal, inscribed as follows: 'His Majesty, the King has been graciously pleased to authorize the issue of the enclosed medal, which I am directed by the honorable, the minister of militia, to convey to you herewith. (signed) J.H. Glensley, major-general, adjutant general of Canadian militia.'
Mr. Bruso is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie M. Bruso, his mother, Mrs. Charlotte A. Bruso; four daughters, Mrs. Ellen Butler, Elizabeth Bruso, and Mary and Katherine Bruso, the latter two being nurses at City hospital; a sister, Mrs. Charles T. Easton of Rose Hill, NY; two sons, Augustine and William Bruso; and one brother, Dr. Frank Bruso of Buffalo. He was a 32nd degree Mason, and member of the Buffalo chamber of commerce, the New York port exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade."
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