When Robert Geddes was born on 1 August 1781, in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, his father, Robert Geddes, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth McLellan, was 25. He died on 1 August 1781, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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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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