William Stewart Geddes

Brief Life History of William Stewart

When William Stewart Geddes was born on 2 November 1902, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, James Stewart Geddes, was 29 and his mother, Dorothea Olive Nielson, was 21. He married Martha Vanona Whitehead on 27 November 1929, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Western States Mission, United States in 1963 and Preston Cemetery, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1991. He died on 23 January 1991, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Preston Cemetery, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Stewart Geddes
1902–1991
Martha Vanona Whitehead
1908–1998
Marriage: 27 November 1929
James Whitehead Geddes
1931–1996
Valene Geddes
1932–2014
Lynn Stewart Geddes
1934–2024
Karla Fa Geddes
1935–2013
Joan Geddes
1943–2013

Sources (52)

  • Stewart Geddes, "United States, Census, 1910"
  • William Stewart Geddes, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
  • William Stewart Geddes, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1904 · Preston Streets are Plotted

The main streets of Preston, including State and Oneida Streets, were plotted in 1904.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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