James Geddes again !!!.....

Post by **Tracey** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:12 pm

Hi

Im not giving up so if any of you didnt see this first time !

I am trying to find the pareantage of James Geddes my gt gt gt grandfather. Who ever put our Geddes tree on familysearch luckily only got his parents and birth date wrong. I have been in contact with 2 people who can verify without doubt that Alexander Geddes and Isobel Nobel were not his parents ( unless of course there was another couple with the same names but i haven't found them !). I have tried contacting the lady who now lives in Utah but to no avail.
It says he was born 26th Sept 1792 Fordyce Banff. Untrue, the 1841 census doesn't give birth place but puts his age at 40 (b/y 1801). The 1851 says Fordyce the age is hard to see as there is a ink smudge over it but it could be 69 or 56. By the time of the 1861 census he has died.
I have thrown a lot of money at scotlandspeople trying to find out about his death hoping it would have included his parents and wife but if it was before a certain date it wont give me that. I haven't found many people doing this line on the web and I'm hoping one of you are !

But James Geddes DID marry Mary Sim 15th March 1828 in Fordyce Banff. They had nine children all of whom i have information for. My line from them is Ann Geddes b 1844 then her daughter Lily Townlie Gray Geddes b 1883

Waiting in vain !

Tracey

WilmaM · Post by **WilmaM** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:06 am

Hi Tracy,

Have you tried looking at the MI index on :

http://www.abdn.net/mi-index/

To see if his gravestone is there and can give you any clues?

Post by **Tracey** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:16 am

Hello

Yes i have searched on that site but didnt find him based on the information i have. My family in Aberdeen searched the churchyards recently looking to see if he and Mary could have been buried together and had a headstone but didnt find one. Old Meldrum local studies have some old newspaper obituaries on Microfiche which they could be mentioned on as im hoping they are buried together - and have a headstone -but would take a long time to trail through so at some point i will have to make the trip up and look there !

Tracey

MaryE · Post by **MaryE** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:07 pm

Tracey

Remember that the 1841 census usually rounded ages down for adults so if it says age 40 he could have been 40 - 44 which could mean his date of birth is earlier than 1801 and this in turn would affect his age on a death cert.

Mary

Post by **Tracey** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:21 pm

Hi Mary

Yes you are right and there are still none that match him until i find his real birth date and parents or his wife Mary Sim burial place in the hope that their children paid to have an inscribed head stone !!
Ive exhausted every avenue on this one !!! and im hoping that someone else has done this tree - as i havnt found many on the web who havnt assumed Alexander Geddes and Isobel Noble are his parents-
As we speak im going over the ANEFS site and there are a lot of James without dates !

Tracey