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Robert Geddie (1853 - 1893)

Robert Geddie
Born in Garmouth, Moray, Scotlandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Brother of [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 23 Sep 1880 in 26 Smith Street (now Otago St) Hillhead, Partick, Glasgow, Scotlandmap
Died at age 40 in Whiteinch, Partick, Glasgow, Scotlandmap
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Biography

Robert's parents, John Geddie and Ann Lamb were not married to each other. The baptism record says

"Robert, natural son to John Geddie, and Anne Lamb, Garmouth was born 16th February 1853. Witnesses of baptism Robert Stewart & Barbara Geddie both Garmouth"

In the 1861 census in John Geddie 's household Ann Lamb, age given as 28, is working as a house servant

Census records state Robert's occupations variously as drapery warehouseman, dispatch clerk and finally, merchantile clerk He died, age 39, of an anurism of the aorta. A notice was put into the Glasgow Herald 20 September 1893, saying he had died suddenly [1]

Sources

  • Scottish Records Office - 16/02/1853 GEDDIE, ROBERT (Old Parish Registers Births 143/ 40 178 Speymouth)
  • Scottish Records Office 1893 GEDDIE, ROBERT (Statutory registers Deaths 646/03 0708)




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