THE ANNALS OF THE GOODSIR-TAYLOR BROOCH
As Dr. Russell Potter wrote ‘It may be one of the most extraordinary relics of the Franklin expedition that’s never before been seen: a brooch, containing in its inmost oval a weave of human hair, including that of Henry Duncan Spens Goodsir’, the assistant surgeon of the ill-fated Sir John Franklin expedition of 1845.
The relic also contains the hair strands of individuals from the Goodsir and Taylor families, namely: Reverend Joseph Taylor (1742-1815), Jean (Ross) Taylor (1756-96), Robert Taylor (1781-1839), Anna Taylor (1789-1864), Joseph Taylor (1790-1818), Reverend Anstruther Taylor (1793-1863), Dr
