Robert Geddes

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Geddes was born on 17 June 1786, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Robert Geddes, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth McLellan, was 30. He married Lavinia Lowe about 1810, in Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 16 January 1869, in Gays River, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

Robert Geddes
1786–1869
Lavinia Lowe
1788–1869
Marriage: about 1810
Elizabeth Geddes
1812–
William Geddes
about 1820–
Robert Geddes Jr
about 1824–1911
David Lloyd Geddes
1816–1871
Eleanor Lowe Geddes
1825–1908
Esther F. Geddes Burt
1827–1885
John L. Geddes
1831–1923

Sources (10)

  • Robert in entry for John L. Geddes and Martha L. Bailey, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Robert Geddes in entry for John L Geddes, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Robert Geddes in entry for John Lowe Geddes, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"

World Events (2)

1823

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1869

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Name Meaning

Scottish: variant of Gaddis , from the lands of Geddes in Nairnshire.

English: possibly a variant of Gedde, a nickname from Middle English gedde ‘pike’ (the fish), with post-medieval excrescent -s. However, the modern surname appears to be entirely Scottish in origin (see 1 above).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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