Wilsey CLEMENTSON

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Thomas GEDDES (1836 - 1916) Andrew Lawson GEDDES (1841 - 1916)	Wilsey CLEMENTSON + John GEDDES

+. John GEDDES

Near Relatives of Wilsey CLEMENTSON
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Self	Wilsey CLEMENTSON

Spouse/Partner	John GEDDES

Son	Thomas GEDDES	1836	Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland	1916	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	80
Son	Andrew Lawson GEDDES	1841	Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland	02 Aug 1916	Glen Geddes, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	75

Daughter in Law	Mary Jane PRETTY	1842	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland	18 Oct 1918	Queensland, Australia	76

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

Events in Wilsey CLEMENTSON's life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1836		Birth of son Thomas GEDDES	Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland	Burial info
1841		Birth of son Andrew Lawson GEDDES	Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland	Note 1
1916		Death of son Thomas GEDDES (aged 80)	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	Note 2
02 Aug 1916		Death of son Andrew Lawson GEDDES (aged 75)	Glen Geddes, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52, 60

Note 1: Headstone
Burial - born 10 May 1841

Note 2: see death notice of brother Andrew

Mr. Thomas Geddes, who is 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 of other of his nephews.

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.

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