On May 23, 1926, she was married to David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898–1977), a scion of a prominent Virginia family including his father William Cabell Bruce, a U.S. Senator from Maryland, and brother James Cabell Bruce, the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina.[8] Their engagement, marriage (which was attended by President and Mrs. Coolidge)[9] and honeymoon were followed closely by the news media.[10][9][11][12] In 1933, after seven years of marriage, Ailsa gave birth to her only child;[13]