William Spiers Bruce, Scotia
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902 - 1904

Address: 2 Milton Road, Joppa

Address: 52 Beaconsfield Place, Aberdeen

Born: Tobermory, Scotland
Address: Alva Villa, Tobermory

Born: Peterhead, Scotland

1881 census shows Robert as living at 8 Graham Place, Dundee with his father and family (thanks to Peter Rickard - grandson by email - 2008)

Born: Dundee, Scotland
Address: 237 Blackness Road, Dundee

Born: Peterhead, Scotland
Address: 145 Princess Street, Dundee.

Born: Dundee, Scotland
Address: 4 Parker's Court, Dundee.

Born: Peterhead, Scotland
Address: 1 Constitution Street, Peterhead.

Born: Peterhead, Scotland
Address: 22 Queen Street, Peterhead.

Edwin Florence was born December 6, 1872 in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. He died February 10, 1945 in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada.

He was one of seven known children of James Florence and Mary Falconer. His father was a blacksmith in Peterhead.

Edwin married Jessie Stewart Thomson on March 1, 1899 in St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. She was born December 9, 1874 and died May 1, 1971 in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. They had six children, all born in Peterhead.

The following history was written by his daughter, Ann Hutcheson Florence Young:

Edwin Florence spent most of his younger years on sailing ships and on whaling ships in the Antarctic. He is known to have been a crewmember on the ship 'Scotia' during the Scottish Antarctic Expedition at the turn of the 20th Century. He sailed from Kilmarnock, Scotland, 1903.

It is known that prior to his settling in Canada, he sailed northern waters - to Iceland, Jutland, the Skageratt and the Baltic Sea. This could have been connected with fishing trawlers.

His collected artefacts and stories come from his calls in Rangoon, Hong Kong and Sierra Leone.

Since he was in San Francisco near the time of the 1906 earthquake, it is thought that his rounding of the Horn was at about this time. He then returned to Scotland.

Edwin Florence came to Canada about 1910, working on the Canadian National Railway construction at Fort William, Ontario, Canada.

Sioux Lookout, Ontario, was his final choice. He established a bakery shop in 1918. His wife and children emigrated from Scotland in 1920. He retired in 1935.

Born: Dundee, Scotland
Address: 93 Arbroath Road, Dundee

Born: Tayport, Scotland
Address: Dalgleish Street, Tayport, Fife

Born: Uruguay

Born: Pennicuick, Scotland
Address: 241 Causeway, Edinburgh

Born: Peterhead, Scotland
Address: I Constitution Street, Peterhead.

Born: Dundee, Scotland
Address: 17 Laurimer Street, Dundee

Born: New Zealand
Address: 20 West Princess Street, Rothsay

Born: Dundee, Scotland
Address: 59 Wellgate, Dundee

Born: Dundee, Scotland
Address: 29 Wellgate, Dundee

Born: Dundee, Scotland
Address: 42 Step Road, Dundee

Born: Peterhead, Scotland
Address: Stirling Village, Boddam, Aberdeenshire

Born: Britain
Address: 10 Church Street, Dundee

Born: Dundee, Scotland
Address: 6 Wellington Street, Dundee

Born: Troon, Scotland
Address: East Union Street, Troon

Born: Peterhead, Scotland
Address: 1 Caith Street, Peterhead

Born: Dundee, Scotland
Address: 1 Middle Street, Dundee

Born: Lerwick, Scotland
Address: East Wharf, Shetland

Born: Aberdeen, Scotland
Address: 2 St. Matthew Street, Dundee

Born: Peterhead, Scotland
Address: 13 Sea Gate Peterhead

Born: Glasgow, Scotland
Address: 11 Armour Street, Kilmarnock