Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Geddes was born on 29 April 1811, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, his father, John Geddes, was 34 and his mother, Dorothy Putnam, was 26. He married Jane Vance on 30 May 1834. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1893, in Five Islands, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 82.
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- Robert Geddes in entry for Robert Geddes and Mary Ann Cawthra, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Robert Geddes in entry for Robert Geddes and Mary Ann Mulligan, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Robert Geddis in entry for Robert Geddis, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1820 · Cape Breton Island
In 1820, Cape Breton Island rejoined Nova Scotia. It is located on the Northeastern part of Nova Scotia. Until then it had been owned by the French until 1763. Than was in British control and a separate colony in 1784.
1823
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1848 · Self-Governing
In 1848, Nova Scotia became the first self-governing colony in the British Empire.
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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