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Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES (1880 - 1953)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Sarah Annie Wilsey ROSS (1905 - ) Florence Nightingale ROSS (1910 - 1984) Mavis Mary ROSS (1918 - 1921)	Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES (1880 - 1953) + Alexander ROSS (1878 - 1945)	Andrew Lawson GEDDES (1841 - 1916)	John GEDDES
			Wilsey CLEMENTSON
		Mary Jane PRETTY (1842 - 1918)	Edward James PRETTY
			Mary HARDY

b. 08 Apr 1880 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1904 Alexander ROSS (1878 - 1945) at Queensland, Australia

d. 1953 at Queensland, Australia aged 73

Near Relatives of Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES (1880 - 1953)
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	John ROSS
Mother in Law	Ann MCVEIGH
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	Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES	08 Apr 1880	Queensland, Australia	1953	Queensland, Australia	73
Husband	Alexander ROSS	1878	Queensland, Australia	1945	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	67
Daughter	Sarah Annie Wilsey ROSS	16 Jul 1905	Queensland, Australia
Daughter	Florence Nightingale ROSS	1910	Queensland, Australia	1984	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	74
Daughter	Mavis Mary ROSS	1918	Queensland, Australia	1921	Queensland, Australia	3
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	Edith Isabel GEDDES	22 Nov 1884	Queensland, Australia
Brother	Lawson GEDDES	15 Sep 1888	Queensland, Australia	1970	Queensland, Australia	82
Son in Law	Robert Henry HAUCK	1913	Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	Claude Hamilton MAWBY	1905	Ketton, Rutland, England	1941	Beirut, Lebanon	36
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	Dorothy Constance GEDDES	1917	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Lawson Fitzroy GEDDES	1919	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Francis John GEDDES	1921	Queensland, Australia	1944	Germany	23
Niece	Thelma Lydia GEDDES	1927	Queensland, Australia	1928	Queensland, Australia	1
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
Sister in Law	Caroline Amy BEARDMORE	1892	Queensland, Australia	1976	Queensland, Australia	84

Events in Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES (1880 - 1953)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
08 Apr 1880		Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1903	23	Residence	Yaamba Grazing Homestead, Yaamba, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	37
1904	24	Married Alexander ROSS (aged 26)	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	18
16 Jul 1905	25	Birth of daughter Sarah Annie Wilsey ROSS	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	52
1910	30	Birth of daughter Florence Nightingale ROSS	Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18
02 Aug 1916	36	Death of father Andrew Lawson GEDDES (aged 75)	Glen Geddes, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52, 60
1918	38	Birth of daughter Mavis Mary ROSS	Queensland, Australia	Note 7	52
18 Oct 1918	38	Death of mother Mary Jane PRETTY (aged 76)	Queensland, Australia	Note 8	52
1921	41	Death of daughter Mavis Mary ROSS (aged 3)	Queensland, Australia	Note 9	52
1945	65	Death of husband Alexander ROSS (aged 67)	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	Burial info
1953	73	Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES died	Queensland, Australia	Note 10	52
1953	73	Burial	Rockhampton Crematorium Garden of Rememberance, North Rockhampton	Note 11	90

Note 1: Reg No 5744/1880 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty

Note 2: GEDDED Andrew - grazier; Mary Jane - hd; Elizabeth MAry Wilsey - hd; Sarah Ann Ward - hd; William Cleminson - stock keeper

Note 3: QLD BDM Sarah Ann Ward Geddes Event date: 25/11/1904 Event type: Marriage registration Registration details: 1904/C/2054 Spouse: Alexander Ross

Note 4: Reg No 10104/1905 - Alexander Ross and Sarah Ann Ward Geddes

Note 5: QLD BDM Florence Nightingale Ross Event date: 04/11/1910 Event type: Birth registration Registration details: 1910/C/10270 Mother: Sarah Ann Ward Geddes Father/parent: Alexander Ross

Note 6: 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 7: Mavis Mary Ross in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Mavis Mary Ross Birth Date 1 Jul. 1918 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1918 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father Alexander Ross Mother Annie Sarah Ward Geddes Registration Number 010899

Note 8: Reg No 4745/1918 - Edward James Pretty and Mary Hardy

Note 9: Mavis Mary Ross in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Mavis Mary Ross Death Date 12 Oct. 1921 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1921 Registration Place Australia Father Alexander Ross Mother Annie Sarah Ward Geddes Registration Number 004365 Page number 1416

Note 10: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Sarah Ann Ward Ross Death Date 12 Mar. 1953 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1953 Registration Place Australia Father Andrew Geddes Mother Mary Jane Pretty Registration Number 000900 Page number 2055

Note 11: Sarah Ann Ward Geddes Ross Birth 8 Apr 1880 Death 12 Mar 1953 (aged 72) Burial Rockhampton Crematorium Garden of Remembrance North Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia Memorial ID 254175860 · View Source

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: QLD BDM Sarah Ann Ward Geddes Event date: 25/11/1904 Event type: Marriage registration Registration details: 1904/C/2054 Spouse: Alexander Ross

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

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

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Sarah Ann Ward Ross Death Date 12 Mar. 1953 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1953 Registration Place Australia Father Andrew Geddes Mother Mary Jane Pretty Registration Number 000900 Page number 2055

- Reference = (Birth)

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

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