[Index]
Andrew Lawson GEDDES (1841 - 1916)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Elizabeth Hardy GEDDES ( - 1863)
Elizabeth Mary Welsey GEDDES (1864 - 1938)
Andrew James GEDDES (1866 - 1931)
Thomas Edward GEDDES (1868 - 1952)
William Cleminson GEDDES (1871 - 1939)
Edward Pretty GEDDES (1873 - 1927)
Dorothy Irving GEDDES (1875 - 1891)
John Fitzroy (Jack) GEDDES (1878 - 1940)
Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES (1880 - 1953)
Edith Isabel GEDDES (1884 - )
Lawson GEDDES (1888 - 1970)
 Andrew Lawson GEDDES (1841 - 1916)

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Mary Jane PRETTY (1842 - 1918)
 John GEDDES











Wilsey CLEMENTSON











Andrew Lawson GEDDES Mary Jane PRETTY
Andrew Lawson GEDDES
Andrew Lawson GEDDES Mary Jane PRETTY Andrew Lawson GEDDES
Pic P1. In Loving Memory of
ANDREW GEDDES
born in Annan, Scotland
Died Balmoral 2 Aug 1916
aged 75 years
also his wife
MARY JANE PRETTY
Born Belfast, Ireland
Died Rockhampton 18 Ocy 1918
aged 75 years

akso his daughter
DOROTHY IRVING
Died 16 April 1891
aged 16 years

Pic S1. In Loving Memory of
ANDREW GEDDES
born in Annan, Scotland
Died Balmoral 2 Aug 1916
aged 75 years
also his wife
MARY JANE PRETTY
Born Belfast, Ireland
Died Rockhampton 18 Ocy 1918
aged 75 years

akso his daughter
DOROTHY IRVING
Died 16 April 1891
aged 16 years

Pic 1. In Loving Memory of
ANDREW GEDDES
born in Annan, Scotland
Died Balmoral 2 Aug 1916
aged 75 years
also his wife
MARY JANE PRETTY
Born Belfast, Ireland
Died Rockhampton 18 Ocy 1918
aged 75 years

akso his daughter
DOROTHY IRVING
Died 16 April 1891
aged 16 years

b. 1841 at Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
+. Mary Jane PRETTY (1842 - 1918)
d. 02 Aug 1916 at Glen Geddes, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia aged 75
Near Relatives of Andrew Lawson GEDDES (1841 - 1916)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Edward James PRETTY
Mother in Law Mary HARDY

Father John GEDDES
Mother Wilsey CLEMENTSON

Self Andrew Lawson GEDDES 1841 Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 02 Aug 1916 Glen Geddes, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 75

Spouse/Partner Mary Jane PRETTY 1842 Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland 18 Oct 1918 Queensland, Australia 76

Daughter Elizabeth Hardy GEDDES 27 Jan 1863 Queensland, Australia
Daughter Elizabeth Mary Welsey GEDDES 02 Jul 1864 Queensland, Australia 02 Nov 1938 Queensland, Australia 74
Son Andrew James GEDDES 02 Jun 1866 Queensland, Australia 24 Feb 1931 Queensland, Australia 64
Son Thomas Edward GEDDES 05 Oct 1868 Queensland, Australia 01 Aug 1952 Queensland, Australia 83
Son William Cleminson GEDDES 28 Feb 1871 Queensland, Australia 26 Sep 1939 Queensland, Australia 68
Son Edward Pretty GEDDES 31 Mar 1873 Queensland, Australia 29 Mar 1927 Queensland, Australia 53
Daughter Dorothy Irving GEDDES 23 May 1875 Queensland, Australia 16 Apr 1891 Queensland, Australia 15
Son John Fitzroy (Jack) GEDDES 19 Jan 1878 Queensland, Australia 19 Oct 1940 Queensland, Australia 62
Daughter Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES 08 Apr 1880 Queensland, Australia 1953 Queensland, Australia 73
Daughter Edith Isabel GEDDES 22 Nov 1884 Queensland, Australia
Son Lawson GEDDES 15 Sep 1888 Queensland, Australia 1970 Queensland, Australia 82

Brother Thomas GEDDES 1836 Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1916 Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia 80

Daughter in Law Sarah Elizabeth MCCARTHEY
Daughter in Law Ellen CLARK
Daughter in Law Rose Spencer WILLS 16 Sep 1882 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 21 Feb 1969 Queensland, Australia 86
Daughter in Law Edith Ellen Mary BARRY
Daughter in Law Caroline Emily WALKER
Son in Law Alexander ROSS 1878 Queensland, Australia 1945 Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia 67
Daughter in Law Caroline Amy BEARDMORE 1892 Queensland, Australia 1976 Queensland, Australia 84

Granddaughter Dora Wilsey GEDDES 10 May 1904 Queensland, Australia
Grandson Clemenson Wills GEDDES 26 Sep 1904 Queensland, Australia 20 Apr 1990 "Balmoral", Glen Geddes, Queensland, Australia 85
Granddaughter Wilsey Rose GEDDES 02 Apr 1907 Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter Vivien Charlotte GEDDES 1907 Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter Fanny Mary GEDDES 06 Dec 1908 Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter Claire Edith GEDDES 1912 Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter Maureen Annie GEDDES 1917 Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter Sarah Annie Wilsey ROSS 16 Jul 1905 Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter Florence Nightingale ROSS 1910 Queensland, Australia 1984 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 74
Granddaughter Mavis Mary ROSS 1918 Queensland, Australia 1921 Queensland, Australia 3
Granddaughter Dorothy Constance GEDDES 1917 Queensland, Australia
Grandson Lawson Fitzroy GEDDES 1919 Queensland, Australia
Grandson Francis John GEDDES 1921 Queensland, Australia 1944 Germany 23
Granddaughter Thelma Lydia GEDDES 1927 Queensland, Australia 1928 Queensland, Australia 1

Events in Andrew Lawson GEDDES (1841 - 1916)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1841 Andrew Lawson GEDDES was born Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Note 1
27 Jan 1863 22 Death of daughter Elizabeth Hardy GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 2 52
02 Jul 1864 23 Birth of daughter Elizabeth Mary Welsey GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 3 52
02 Jun 1866 25 Birth of son Andrew James GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 4 52
05 Oct 1868 27 Birth of son Thomas Edward GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 5 52
28 Feb 1871 30 Birth of son William Cleminson GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 6 52
31 Mar 1873 32 Birth of son Edward Pretty GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 7 52
23 May 1875 34 Birth of daughter Dorothy Irving GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 8 52
19 Jan 1878 37 Birth of son John Fitzroy (Jack) GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 9 52
08 Apr 1880 39 Birth of daughter Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 10 52
22 Nov 1884 43 Birth of daughter Edith Isabel GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 11 52
15 Sep 1888 47 Birth of son Lawson GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 12 52
16 Apr 1891 50 Death of daughter Dorothy Irving GEDDES (aged 15) Queensland, Australia Note 13 52
1903 62 Residence 'Yaamba Grazing Homestead', Yaamba, Queensland Note 14 37
1913 72 Residence 'Balmoral', Tipal, Queensland Note 15 37
1916 75 Burial Yaamba cemetery, Yaamba, Queensland Note 16 90
02 Aug 1916 75 Andrew Lawson GEDDES died Glen Geddes, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Note 17 52, 60
Note 1: Headstone
Burial - born 10 May 1841
Note 2: Reg No 5250/1863 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 3: Reg No 1269/1864 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 4: Reg No 1881/1866 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 5: Reg No 2542/1868 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 6: Reg No 2709/1871 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 7: Reg No 5259/1873 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 8: Reg No 3254/1875 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 9: Reg No 5112/1878 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 10: Reg No 5744/1880 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 11: Reg No 9290/1885 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 12: Reg No 10329/1888 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 13: Reg No 4186/1891 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 14: GEDDES Andrew - grazier; Elizabeth Mary Wilsey - hd; Mary Jane - hd; Sarah Ann Ward - hd; William Cleminson - stock keeper
Note 15: GEDDES Andrew - grazier; Edith Isabel - hd; Elizabeth Mary Wilsey - hd; Mary Jane - hd; Thomas
Note 16: Andrew Geddes
Birth
10 May 1841
Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Death
2 Aug 1916 (aged 75)
Glen Geddes, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
Burial
Yaamba Cemetery
Yaamba, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
Note 17: Reg No 3924/1916 - John Geddes and Wilsey Clementson

The Queenslander (Brisbane) 12 Aug 1916
Andrew Geddes, senior, passed away at
his residence, Balmoral, on Wednesday
last. Mr. Geddes, who is a native of
Scotland, has lived in the Yaamba dis
trict for nearly 50 years. At the time
of his death he was 78 years of age.
His brother (Mr. Thomas Geddes) died
only last week. He leaves a widow
and a family of six sons and three
daughters. Mrs. Geddes has been ill,
and was absent in Brisbane at the time
of her husband's death. The family in
cludes :—Mrs. Jeffries (Brisbane), Mrs. A.
Ross (Rockhampton), Miss Geddes (Bal
moral), Mr. Andrew Geddes (Balmoral),
Mr. Thomas Geddes (Dunrobin Park), Mr.
William Geddes (Princhester), Mr. B. T.
Geddes (Canoona), Mr. Jack Geddes
(Couti Uti), and Mr. Lawson Geddes (The
Glen). There are also about 30 grand
children.

The Capricornian (Rockhampton)
OBITUARY
Residents of Central Queensland and particularly those living in the coastal district, will regret to learn of the death on the 2nd instant, at his residence Balmoral, of Mr. Andrew Geddes, at the advanced age of seventy-five years. The deceased was born at Annan, Scotland, and with his wife arrived in Brisbane on New Year’s Day, 1862. He expected to find his brother Mr. Thomas Geddes there, the latter having come out to Brisbane a year previous, but was disappointed. Learning however that he had gone to Rockhampton, Mr. Andrew Geddes and his wife came up here. Mr. Thomas Geddes was then employed in the store of Mr. H. O. Patton in Little Quay Street, which at the time was Rockhampton’s main thoroughfare, but which is now known as Quay Lane.

Mr. Andrew Geddes did not remain long in the town. Yaamba which was then a thriving place, appeared to him to offer more opportunities of advancement, and he accordingly accepted the position of manager of the receiving store for wool and copper from the Peak Down district and goods from Rockhampton for the western country for Mr. Pitt. With the building of the Central Railway, Yaamba of course declined in importance, but in the meantime there had been settlement in the district and to the north of it. Mr. Pitt closed his establishment at Yaamba but Mr. Geddes started business there on his own account as a store-keeper. Some years later however, he retired from this. He took up land in the neighbourhood and engaged in cattle-raising and later in horse breeding. Year by year as his family grew up; he added to his holdings – in some cases by straight out purchase, in others by selection – and extended his stock-breeding operations. He passed through many trying periods in the early part of his career in Central Queensland, and profiting by his experiences, took care that he should not be caught unawares by the recurring dry seasons. He could have been the holder of a very big area of land in the Yaamba district if he had wished; but knowing the vagaries of the climate, preferred to have his properties scattered, so that if the thunderstorms were partial, he would be fairly sure of benefiting by them somewhere. In this way he controlled many thousand acres of land, all devoted to stock raising or grazing – some of it under his own personal supervision, the other parts of it under the direction of one or some of his sons.

Mr. Geddes like many others followed general grazing for some years, but latterly he had devoted himself to the raising of stud stock, and he was very proud of both the stud stock and stud horses that he bred on Balmoral. Mr. Geddes was a very consistent supporter of the Rockhampton Agricultural Society for a considerable period and scarcely a year passed for the last decade or more that he was not an exhibitor at the society’s shows. He was not always a winner of course; but he carried off a very large proportion of the prizes for which he competed. Mr Geddes enjoyed good health generally until about twelve months ago. He is survived by Mrs. Geddes, three daughters, six sons and thirty-two grand-children. His remains were interred in the Yaamba Cemetery.

It is worthy of note that Mr. Thomas Geddes died just a week before his brother and was also buried in the Yaamba Cemetery, the bodies of the brothers lying side by side. Mr. Thomas Geddes, who, as already mentioned came to Australia in 1861 returned to Scotland in 1870. After spending about two years there, he went to San Francisco and engaged in the lumber trade there very successfully. About seven years ago he migrated to Australia again and remained here, passing the remaining years of his life with his brother or with one or other of his nephews. Keen sympathy will be felt by a wide circle of friends for the family of Mrs. Andrew Geddes in the double bereavement it has recently suffered, and particularly for Mrs. Geddes in the severe loss she has sustained.
Personal Notes:
death of son William Cleminson Reg No 1939/5031 - father Andrew Lawson and mother Mary Jane Pretty
Source References:
37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government
- Reference = (Residence)
- Notes: Date: 1913

Place: 'Balmoral', Tipal, Queensland

Notes: GEDDES Andrew - grazier; Edith Isabel - hd; Elizabeth Mary Wilsey - hd; Mary Jane - hd; Thomas
- Reference = (Residence)
- Notes: Date: 1903

Place: 'Yaamba Grazing Homestead', Yaamba, Queensland

Notes: GEDDES Andrew - grazier; Elizabeth Mary Wilsey - hd; Mary Jane - hd; Sarah Ann Ward - hd; William Cleminson - stock keeper
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Death)
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: The Queenslander (brisbane) 12 Aug 1916
Andrew Geddes, senior, passed away at
his residence, Balmoral, on Wednesday
last. Mr. Geddes, who is a native of
Scotland, has lived in the Yaamba dis
trict for nearly 50 years. At the time
of his death he was 78 years of age.
His brother (Mr. Thomas Geddes) died
only last week. He leaves a widow
and a family of six sons and three
daughters. Mrs. Geddes has been ill,
and was absent in Brisbane at the time
of her husband's death. The family in
cludes :—Mrs. Jeffries (Brisbane), Mrs. A.
Ross (Rockhampton), Miss Geddes (Bal
moral), Mr. Andrew Geddes (Balmoral),
Mr. Thomas Geddes (Dunrobin Park), Mr.
William Geddes (Princhester), Mr. B. T.
Geddes (Canoona), Mr. Jack Geddes
(Couti Uti), and Mr. Lawson Geddes (The
Glen). There are also about 30 grand
children.
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = (Burial)
- Notes: Andrew Geddes
Birth
10 May 1841
Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Death
2 Aug 1916 (aged 75)
Glen Geddes, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
Burial
Yaamba Cemetery
Yaamba, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
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