[Index]
Edward Pretty GEDDES (1873 - 1927)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Edward Pretty GEDDES (1873 - 1927) Andrew Lawson GEDDES ( - 1916) John GEDDES



Wilsey CLEMENTSON



Mary Jane PRETTY ( - 1918) Edward James PRETTY



Mary HARDY



b. 31 Mar 1873 at Queensland, Australia
d. 29 Mar 1927 at Queensland, Australia aged 53
Near Relatives of Edward Pretty GEDDES (1873 - 1927)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather John GEDDES
Grandmother Wilsey CLEMENTSON
Grandfather Edward James PRETTY
Grandmother Mary HARDY

Father Andrew Lawson GEDDES 02 Aug 1916 Queensland, Australia
Mother Mary Jane PRETTY 18 Oct 1918 Queensland, Australia

Self Edward Pretty GEDDES 31 Mar 1873 Queensland, Australia 29 Mar 1927 Queensland, Australia 53

Sister Elizabeth Hardy GEDDES 27 Jan 1863 Queensland, Australia
Sister Elizabeth Mary Welsey GEDDES 02 Jul 1864 Queensland, Australia 02 Nov 1938 Queensland, Australia 74
Brother Andrew James GEDDES 02 Jun 1866 Queensland, Australia 24 Feb 1931 Queensland, Australia 64
Brother Thomas Edward GEDDES 05 Oct 1868 Queensland, Australia 01 Aug 1952 Queensland, Australia 83
Brother William Cleminson GEDDES 28 Feb 1871 Queensland, Australia 26 Sep 1939 Queensland, Australia 68
Sister Dorothy Irving GEDDES 23 May 1875 Queensland, Australia 16 Apr 1891 Queensland, Australia 15
Brother John Fitzroy GEDDES 19 Jan 1878 Queensland, Australia 19 Oct 1940 Queensland, Australia 62
Sister Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES 08 Apr 1880 Queensland, Australia
Sister Edith Isabel GEDDES 22 Nov 1884 Queensland, Australia
Sister Lawson GEDDES 15 Sep 1888 Queensland, Australia 1925 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 37

Uncle Thomas GEDDES 1916

Niece Dora Wilsey GEDDES 10 May 1904 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Clemenson Wills GEDDES 26 Sep 1904 Queensland, Australia 20 Apr 1990 "Balmoral", Glen Geddes, Queensland, Australia 85
Niece Wilsey Rose GEDDES 02 Apr 1907 Queensland, Australia
Niece Sarah Annie Wilsey ROSS 16 Jul 1905 Queensland, Australia

Sister in Law Sarah Elizabeth MCCARTHEY
Sister in Law Rose Spencer WILLS 16 Sep 1882 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 21 Feb 1969 Queensland, Australia 86
Brother in Law Alexander ROSS
Events in Edward Pretty GEDDES (1873 - 1927)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
31 Mar 1873 Edward Pretty GEDDES was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
1903 30 Residence 'Canoona Grazing Homestead', Yaamba, Queensland GEDDES Edward Pretty - grazier 37
02 Aug 1916 43 Death of father Andrew Lawson GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 2 52, 60
18 Oct 1918 45 Death of mother Mary Jane PRETTY Queensland, Australia Note 3 52
29 Mar 1927 53 Edward Pretty GEDDES died Queensland, Australia Note 4 52
Note 1: Reg No 5259/1873 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 2: 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.
Note 3: Reg No 4745/1918 - Edward James Pretty and Mary Hardy
Note 4: Reg No 2150/1927 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Source References:
37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government
- Reference = (Residence)
- Notes: Date: 1903

Place: 'Canoona Grazing Homestead', Yaamba, Queensland

Notes: GEDDES Edward Pretty - grazier
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Death)
- Reference = (Birth)