Did any of you watch the amazing programme last night on BBC4 about William Speirs Bruce and his Antarctic expeditions, it was absolutely fascinating. However, while discussing this at work today with some colleagues, I noticed that his Wikipedia entry contains the following: "Early in 1901 he evidently felt sufficiently confident of his prospects to get married. His bride was Jessie Mackenzie, who had worked as a nurse in Samuel Bruce's London surgery. Bruce's secretive nature, even among his circle of close friends and colleagues, was such that precise information about the wedding—its exact date, its location—has not been recorded by his biographers. The Bruces settled in the coastal Edinburgh suburb of Portobello, in the first of a series of addresses in that area." So, biographers do not know the location/date of Bruce's marriage. It looks like it could be in London, or Edinburgh, or maybe in the bride's home parish (wherever that might be). If the biographers can't find it, I was wondering if any intrepid Yorksgen adventurers could fare any better. Any takers? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Speirs_Bruce Colin

Hi Colin   No, I didn't see the programme, but the marriage of William S Bruce and Jessie Mackenzie took place in Nigg, in Ross and Cromarty. (I only have 2 Scotlandspeople credits left at the moment and a marriage entry costs 5, otherwise you could have the exact date in 1901! I don't think the biographers can have looked very hard, or had also run out of Scotlandspeople credits.)   Regards, Lesley ________________________________ From: Colin B. Withers <Colin.Withers@eumetsat.int> To: "YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com" <YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 8:57 Subject: [YORKSGEN] OT - William Speirs Bruce - Antarctica Did any of you watch the amazing programme last night on BBC4 about William Speirs Bruce and his Antarctic expeditions, it was absolutely fascinating. However, while discussing this at work today with some colleagues, I noticed that his Wikipedia entry contains the following: "Early in 1901 he evidently felt sufficiently confident of his prospects to get married. His bride was Jessie Mackenzie, who had worked as a nurse in Samuel Bruce's London surgery. Bruce's secretive nature, even among his circle of close friends and colleagues, was such that precise information about the wedding—its exact date, its location—has not been recorded by his biographers. The Bruces settled in the coastal Edinburgh suburb of Portobello, in the first of a series of addresses in that area." So, biographers do not know the location/date of Bruce's marriage. It looks like it could be in London, or Edinburgh, or maybe in the bride's home parish (wherever that might be). If the biographers can't find it, I was wondering if any intrepid Yorksgen adventurers could fare any better. Any takers? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Speirs_Bruce Colin ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message