Mary Jane PRETTY (1842

Mary Jane PRETTY (1842 - 1918)

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)	Mary Jane PRETTY (1842 - 1918) + Andrew Lawson GEDDES (1841 - 1916)	Edward James PRETTY



		Mary HARDY

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. 1842 at Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland

+. Andrew Lawson GEDDES (1841 - 1916)

d. 18 Oct 1918 at Queensland, Australia aged 76

Near Relatives of Mary Jane PRETTY (1842 - 1918)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	John GEDDES
Mother in Law	Wilsey CLEMENTSON

Father	Edward James PRETTY
Mother	Mary HARDY

Self	Mary Jane PRETTY	1842	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland	18 Oct 1918	Queensland, Australia	76

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

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

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

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

Events in Mary Jane PRETTY (1842 - 1918)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1842		Mary Jane PRETTY was born	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland	Note 1
27 Jan 1863	21	Death of daughter Elizabeth Hardy GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 2	52
02 Jul 1864	22	Birth of daughter Elizabeth Mary Welsey GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
02 Jun 1866	24	Birth of son Andrew James GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	52
05 Oct 1868	26	Birth of son Thomas Edward GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 5	52
28 Feb 1871	29	Birth of son William Cleminson GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52
31 Mar 1873	31	Birth of son Edward Pretty GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 7	52
23 May 1875	33	Birth of daughter Dorothy Irving GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 8	52
19 Jan 1878	36	Birth of son John Fitzroy (Jack) GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 9	52
08 Apr 1880	38	Birth of daughter Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 10	52
22 Nov 1884	42	Birth of daughter Edith Isabel GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 11	52
15 Sep 1888	46	Birth of son Lawson GEDDES	Queensland, Australia	Note 12	52
16 Apr 1891	49	Death of daughter Dorothy Irving GEDDES (aged 15)	Queensland, Australia	Note 13	52
1903	61	Residence	Yaamba Grazing Homestead, Yaamba, Queensland, Australia	Note 14	37
1913	71	Residence	'Balmoral', Tipal, Queensland	Note 15	37
02 Aug 1916	74	Death of husband Andrew Lawson GEDDES (aged 75)	Glen Geddes, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	Note 16	52, 60
18 Oct 1918	76	Mary Jane PRETTY died	Queensland, Australia	Note 17	52

Note 1: Headstone - born Belfast, Ireland died 1918 aged 79 years

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: GEDDED Andrew - grazier; Mary Jane - hd; Elizabeth MAry Wilsey - 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: 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 17: Reg No 4745/1918 - Edward James Pretty and Mary Hardy

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: 1903

Place: Yaamba Grazing Homestead, Yaamba, Queensland, Australia

Notes: GEDDED Andrew - grazier; Mary Jane - hd; Elizabeth MAry Wilsey - hd; Sarah Ann Ward - hd; William Cleminson - stock keeper

- Reference = (Residence)

- Notes: Date: 1913

Place: 'Balmoral', Tipal, Queensland

Notes: GEDDES Andrew - grazier; Edith Isabel - hd; Elizabeth Mary Wilsey - hd; Mary Jane - hd; Thomas

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

- Reference = (Death)

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