Brief Life History of Michael
When Michael Geddes was born on 30 November 1784, in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, his father, Robert Geddes, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth McLellan, was 28. He married Susan Dean on 15 April 1815. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 9 January 1862, at the age of 77.
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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.
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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