Lawson GEDDES (1888

Lawson GEDDES (1888 - 1970)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Dorothy Constance GEDDES (1917 - ) Lawson Fitzroy GEDDES (1919 - ) Francis John GEDDES (1921 - 1944) Thelma Lydia GEDDES (1927 - 1928)	Lawson GEDDES (1888 - 1970) + Caroline Amy BEARDMORE (1892 - 1976)	Andrew Lawson GEDDES (1841 - 1916)	John GEDDES

			Wilsey CLEMENTSON

		Mary Jane PRETTY (1842 - 1918)	Edward James PRETTY

			Mary HARDY

Pic P1. In Memory of
LAWSON GEDDES
who passed away
27th November 1970
82 years

Pic S1. In Loving Memory of
CAROLINE AMY GEDDES
who passed away
25th September 1976
84 years

Pic 1. In Memory of
LAWSON GEDDES
who passed away
27th November 1970
82 years

b. 15 Sep 1888 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1916 Caroline Amy BEARDMORE (1892 - 1976) at Queensland, Australia

d. 1970 at Queensland, Australia aged 82

Near Relatives of Lawson GEDDES (1888 - 1970)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John GEDDES
Grandmother	Wilsey CLEMENTSON
Grandfather	Edward James PRETTY
Grandmother	Mary HARDY

Father in Law	Francis John Matthew BEARDMORE	1846		1913	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	67
Mother in Law	Lydia Frances STREET	1857		1925	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	68

Father	Andrew Lawson GEDDES	1841	Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland	02 Aug 1916	Glen Geddes, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	75
Mother	Mary Jane PRETTY	1842	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland	18 Oct 1918	Queensland, Australia	76

Self	Lawson GEDDES	15 Sep 1888	Queensland, Australia	1970	Queensland, Australia	82

Wife	Caroline Amy BEARDMORE	1892	Queensland, Australia	1976	Queensland, Australia	84

Daughter	Dorothy Constance GEDDES	1917	Queensland, Australia
Son	Lawson Fitzroy GEDDES	1919	Queensland, Australia
Son	Francis John GEDDES	1921	Queensland, Australia	1944	Germany	23
Daughter	Thelma Lydia GEDDES	1927	Queensland, Australia	1928	Queensland, Australia	1

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
Brother	Edward Pretty GEDDES	31 Mar 1873	Queensland, Australia	29 Mar 1927	Queensland, Australia	53
Sister	Dorothy Irving GEDDES	23 May 1875	Queensland, Australia	16 Apr 1891	Queensland, Australia	15
Brother	John Fitzroy (Jack) GEDDES	19 Jan 1878	Queensland, Australia	19 Oct 1940	Queensland, Australia	62
Sister	Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES	08 Apr 1880	Queensland, Australia	1953	Queensland, Australia	73
Sister	Edith Isabel GEDDES	22 Nov 1884	Queensland, Australia

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

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	Vivien Charlotte GEDDES	1907	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Fanny Mary GEDDES	06 Dec 1908	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Claire Edith GEDDES	1912	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Maureen Annie GEDDES	1917	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Sarah Annie Wilsey ROSS	16 Jul 1905	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Florence Nightingale ROSS	1910	Queensland, Australia	1984	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	74
Niece	Mavis Mary ROSS	1918	Queensland, Australia	1921	Queensland, Australia	3

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

Events in Lawson GEDDES (1888 - 1970)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
15 Sep 1888		Lawson GEDDES was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1916	28	Married Caroline Amy BEARDMORE (aged 24)	Queensland, Australia	Note 2	60
02 Aug 1916	27	Death of father Andrew Lawson GEDDES (aged 75)	Glen Geddes, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52, 60
1917	29	Birth of daughter Dorothy Constance GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
18 Oct 1918	30	Death of mother Mary Jane PRETTY (aged 76)	Queensland, Australia	Note 5	52
1919	31	Birth of son Lawson Fitzroy GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 6	18
1921	33	Birth of son Francis John GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 7	18
1927	39	Birth of daughter Thelma Lydia GEDDES	Queensland, Australia
1928	40	Death of daughter Thelma Lydia GEDDES (aged 1)	Queensland, Australia	Note 8	18
1944	56	Death of son Francis John GEDDES (aged 23)	Germany	Note 9	18
1970	82	Lawson GEDDES died	Queensland, Australia	Note 10	18

Note 1: Reg No 10329/1888 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty

Note 2: The Queenslander (Brisbane) 5 Fev 1916
Geddes—Beardmore.
A very pretty wedding was celebrated
on the 19th instant at the residence of
the bride's mother (Mossgiel, Bolsover-
street, Rockhampton), when Miss
Caroline Amy Beardmore, youngest
daughter of the late Mr. F. Beardmore
and Mrs. Beardmore, was married to
Mr. Lawson Geddes, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Geddes, of Balmoral,
Yaamba. Owing to illness in the bride-
groom's family the wedding was a quiet
one. The service was conducted by the
Rev. James Walker. The bride, who was
given away by Captain S. Wilkinson,
wore her travelling costume (a becoming
cream tailored serge costume, and a pretty
hat of cream silk and ninon, relieved
with blue). After the wedding break-
fast had been partaken of, the bride
and bridegroom motored to their future

Note 3: 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 4: QLD BDM
Dorothy Constance Geddes
Event date: 10/06/1917
Event type: Birth registration
Registration details: 1917/C/10873
Mother: Caroline Amy Beardmore
Father/parent: Lawson Geddes

Note 5: Reg No 4745/1918 - Edward James Pretty and Mary Hardy

Note 6: QLD BDM
Lawson Fitzroy Geddes
Event date: 12/03/1919
Event type: Birth registration
Registration details: 1919/C/6754
Mother: Caroline Amy Beardmore
Father/parent: Lawson Geddes

Note 7: Qld BDM
Francis John Geddes
Event date: 27/10/1921
Event type: Birth registration
Registration details: 1921/C/13741
Mother: Caroline Amy Beardmore
Father/parent: Lawson Geddes

Note 8: QLD BDM
Thelma Lydia Geddes
Event date: 02/02/1928
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1928/C/814
Mother: Caroline Amy Beardmore
Father/parent: Lawson Geddes

Note 9: QLD BDM
Francis John Geddes
Event date: 16/08/1944
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1945/S/2911
Mother: Caroline Amy Beardmore
Father/parent: Lawson Geddes

Note 10: QLD BDM
Lawson Geddes
Event date: 27/11/1970
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1970/C/7447
Mother: Mary Pretty
Father/parent: Andrew Geddes

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: QLD BDM
Lawson Geddes
Event date: 27/11/1970
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1970/C/7447
Mother: Mary Pretty
Father/parent: Andrew Geddes

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Birth)

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: The Queenslander (Brisbane) 5 Fev 1916
Geddes—Beardmore.
A very pretty wedding was celebrated
on the 19th instant at the residence of
the bride's mother (Mossgiel, Bolsover-
street, Rockhampton), when Miss
Caroline Amy Beardmore, youngest
daughter of the late Mr. F. Beardmore
and Mrs. Beardmore, was married to
Mr. Lawson Geddes, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Geddes, of Balmoral,
Yaamba. Owing to illness in the bride-
groom's family the wedding was a quiet
one. The service was conducted by the
Rev. James Walker. The bride, who was
given away by Captain S. Wilkinson,
wore her travelling costume (a becoming
cream tailored serge costume, and a pretty
hat of cream silk and ninon, relieved
with blue). After the wedding break-
fast had been partaken of, the bride
and bridegroom motored to their future

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