Brief Life History of George
When George Geddes was born about 27 March 1780, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Robert Geddes, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth McLellan, was 24.
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1823
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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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