John Geddes (1840 - 1907)

Born 15 Jun 1840 in Carleton, Upper Canada, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Wilson) Geddes — married 28 Mar 1860 in Grey County, Canada West

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1907 at age 66 in Huron, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

John was born in 1840. He passed away in 1907 with burial being at the Ripley - Huron Cemetery, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.

In the 1861 Census of Canada West, Grey County, Sullivan Township he is noted as John Geddes, Occupation Farmer, Place of Birth Ireland, Married during the year, NC Methodist, 23, Male, Married, Living in a Log House, 1 story, 1 family.

NC Methodist is New Connexion Methodist, his father James was a Minister of that Church.

Burial Ripley-Huron Cemetery, Ripley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.

Sources

• 1851 Census of Canada West, Grenville County, Oxford Township (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 131 line 35, John Gaddis, Place of Birth Canada, Religion E.C. (Church of England), Age 10, Male

• "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch marriage record photo: 30 November 2016, John Gaddis and Jane Wilson, 28 Mar 1860; citing Grey, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,056.

• 1861 Census of Canada West, Grey County, Township of Sullivan (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 5 line 37, John Geddes, Occupation, Farmer, Place of Birth Ireland, Married during the Year, N.C. Methodist, Age 23, Male, Married, Log house, 1 storey, 1 family
• Library and Archives Canada film number C-1028-1029, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,851.

• 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Bruce South, Huron (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 71 line 17, Geddes John, Male, Age 29, Birth O Ontario), Religion P (Primitive) Methodist, Origin Irish, Occupation Farmer, Married

• 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Bruce South, Kinloss (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 71 line 10, Geddis John, Male, Age 38, Birth Ontario, Religion Babtist, Origin Irish, Occupation Farmer, Married, Unsound mind
• Library and Archives Canada film number C-13274, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,910.

• 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario, Bruce East, Kinloss (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 25 line 21, Geddes John, Male, Age 54, Married, Birth Ontario, Place of Birth Father Ireland, Place of Birth Mother Ireland, Religion Methodist, Occupation Farmer, Read, Write
• Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148131.

• 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, Bruce West, Huron (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 9 line 4, Geddes John, Male, White, Head, Married, Birth 15 June 1840, Age 60, Birth Ontario, Origin Irish, Nationality Canadian, Religion Methodist, Occupation Farmer, Living on own means, Working on own account, Can read, Can write, Can speak English, Mother tongue English

• "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch record of death photo : 25 June 2015, John Geddes, 21 Feb 1907; citing Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, cn 007217, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,404.

• "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch record of death photo : 25 June 2015, John Geddes, 21 Feb 1907; citing Huron, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, cn 007152, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,404.

• Canada GenWeb's Cemetery Project, Photo Carolyn Bechtel gravestone photo

• “The Gaddis - Gaddes - Geddes Family” by Gladys (McCosh) Arnold, Bruce County, Ontario genealogist-historian.