Brief Life History of Elizabeth Janet
When Elizabeth Janet Geddes was born in 1888, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, her father, Andrew Geddes, was 39 and her mother, Ellen Coughlin, was 36. She died in 1978, in her hometown, at the age of 90.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Janet Geddes - Government record: birth-name: Elizabeth Janet Geddes
Parents and Siblings
1849–1928 Male
1852–1941 Female
Siblings (8)
1874–1889 Male
1876–1955 Male
1880–1938 Female
1885–1966 Female
1888–1978 Female
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1892
Age 4
1901
Age 13
1914
Age 26
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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