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From: "Roger Fendall" <>
Subject: Re: [GADDIS] updates on webpage
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:28:14 -0800

Dear Patty,

This is family #16. I have found so much more information and
documentation. Some of the crucial information on the list is incorrect
and I WISH TO HAVE IT ALL DELETED and the following but in it’s place.
Even the title of the family is incorrect as it has been determined that we
are not related to the tea incident.
The Major names should be GEDDES LORRAINE DOYLY THOMSON CARELESS HAYWARD
NOBLE NASH NILES BLOODGOOD
The Major places should be SCOTLAND ONTARIO, CANADA IOWA NEBRASKA D.C.
Thanks so much for all the work you have done on this project.
Lolly

16) GEDDES/LORRAINE

The numbers in the following are the generation and the letters are the
order of children in the family.

1-A ? Geddes
 Children:
2-A Alexander Geddes 1758
2-B James Loraine Geddes, Dr.

2-A Alexander Geddes
Born 1758
Died 27-Mar-1810
Home Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Married Isabel Noble 1791
Children:
3-A Alexander Noble Geddes1792
3-B James Loraine Geddes, Dr.d. 1877 India
m. Nancy Keating
3-C William Geddes

2-B James Loraine Geddes, Dr.
Born
Died 1804 Gibraltar
Married Anne Lorraine 1790
Children:
3-A Anne Geddes m. P. Thomson, Esq.
3-B William Geddes m. Emma D’Oyly
3-C John Geddes
3-D James Lorraine Geddes 1794 Forres, Moray, Scotland
3-E Alexander Geddes, Sr.1799 London, England

3-A Alexander  Geddes, Sr.
Born 19-Dec-1799 London, England.
  Died Oct-1884 IA.
Married Elizabeth Careless 1826
Born 9-Sep-1809 Edinburgh, Scotland.
 Died 9-Mar-1873 Vinton, IA.
 The family moved from Edinburgh, Scotland to St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
in 1837.
 Children: (12- 6 boys and 6 girls)
   4-A James Loraine  Geddes      19-Mar-1827 Midlothian, Scotland
   4-B  Hannah P. Geddes             13-Oct-1829 Edinburgh, Scotland
4-C Catherine Geddes 15-Jul-1831 Edinburgh, Scotland
4-D Alexander Geddes, Jr. 30-Jan-1834 Edinburgh, Scotland
4-E William Geddes 20-Apr-1836 Edinburgh, Scotland(d. young)
4-F Margaret Ker Geddes 15-Dec-1837 St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
   4-G William  Geddes                  15-May-1840 St. Thomas, Ontario,
Canada
   4-H Charles  Geddes                 15-Aug-1842 St. Thomas, Ontario,
Canada
   4-I  Andrew  Geddes                27-Aug-1844 St. Thomas, Ontario,
Canada
   4-j  John C. Geddes                 6-Mar-1847 St. Thomas, Ontario,
Canada
4-K Elizabeth Anne Geddes 2-Apr-1851 St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
4-L Wilhelmina Geddes 13-Oct-1853 St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
(All six sons fought in the Civil War) 
4-A James Loraine  Geddes, Sr., Brig. Gen
 Born 19-Mar-1827 Midlothian, Scotland
  Died 21-Feb-1887 Ames, IA.
Married Margaret Moore 1856
  James was mustered into the United States service, September 12, 1861, at
Davenport, Iowa, with Frederick Steele, of the regular army, as James L.
Geddes, of Vinton, IA., as Lieutenant Colonel, at the age of 34.  He was
with the 8th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry.  He was engaged at the
following battles: Shiloh (where most of the regiment were taken prisoners
of war including James), Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson and Spanish Fort..  He
was made a brevet Brigadier General on June 5, 1865 for gallant and mar.
service during the war and was mustered out of the service at Selma,
Alabama, April 20, 1866.
Children:
5-A Patricia L. Geddes1857 m. Gardner Thompson
5-B Phebe Ann Geddes1859 m. Augustus Edgar Nash
5-C James Lorraine Geddes 1861 (d. 1863)
5-D Margaret Geddes1863 m. William B. Niles
5-E Charlie Geddes1864 (d. 1864)
5-F Tooie A. Geddes1868 m. Adda R. Weaver

4-B  Hannah P. Geddes
 Born 13-Oct-1829 Edinburgh, Scotland
  Died 11-Jan-1919 near Vinton, IA.
   Married Isband  Noble, Jr. 27-Oct-1852
 Born 16-Apr-1827 Ontario,   Elgin Co., Canada
Died 27-Dec-1900
 Children:
   5-A James A.  Noble        16-Oct-1853 m. Emma E. Coutts
   5-B William I.  Noble       16-Feb-1856 m. Ella Wright
   5-C  Sarah E. Noble          22-Apr-1858 m. Taylor Cook
   5-D Andrew  Noble          11-Oct-1863 m. Ida ?
   5-E  Charles Geddes Noble 13-Apr-1868 m. Cora Pryor

4-C Catherine Geddes
Born 15-Jul-1831
Married Jacob Sutton
Children:
5-A Hannah Suttonm. W. C. Archer, Rev.
5-B Maggie Sutton m. ? Hubbard
5-C Asel Sutton
5-D Jim Sutton
5-E Emma Sutton m. ? Columbia
5-F Nellie Sutton m. ? Ainsworth

4-D Alexander Geddes, Jr., Capt.
Born 30-Jan-1834
Died before 1873
Married Marg Fevies

4-F Margaret Ker Geddes
Born 15-Dec-1837
Died before 1884
Married James Thomson, Esq.
Children:
5-A Catherine Thomson m. Joshua Loizeaux
5-B Minnie Thomson d. young
5-C Annie Thomson d..young
5-D Charlie Thomson

4-G  William Geddes, Capt.
  Born 15-May-1840 St. Thomas, Ontario, CA.
  Died 6-Dec-1919 Washington, D.C.
 . Married Amanda Jane Marine 1867

4-H Charles  Geddes, Lt.
  Born 15-Aug-1842 St. Thomas, Canada.
 Died 9-Feb-1932 Beatrice, NE.
Married Helen Hayward 15-Jun-1875 Red Oak, IA.
Born 21-Sep-1853 Birkenhead, England.
 Died 15-Feb-1918 Beatrice, NE.
Charles came to US when 17 years old and fought in Civil War, behalf of 
the Union.  Became Lieutenant.  Was IA shoe cobbler.  Sought gold in CO,
homesteaded in SD and western NE and finally sold shoes in Beatrice, NE
(just south of Lincoln, NE) where he moved in 1889.Charles & Helen HAYWARD
GEDDES had 7 children. Their daughter Bessie Gertrude GEDDES married Edwin
Elliott BLOOGOOD and she is grandmother of  Loretta "Lolly" Bloodgood
Fendall, the contributor.
Children:
    5-A George Loraine  Geddes       19-Apr-1876 Vinton, IA.
    5-B Charles Arthur  Geddes        24-May-1878 Vinton, IA.
m. Edna Moffett
    5-C  Bessie Gertrude Geddes      5-Aug-1880 Vinton, IA.
m. Edwin Elliott Bloodgood
    5-D Mary Florence  Geddes         5-Oct-1883 Frankfort, S.D.
d. 1885 Redfield, S.D..
    5-E Murray Raymond  Geddes    21-Jun-1886 Redfield, S.D.
m. Francis Puckett
    5-F Earl Clifford  Geddes             10-May-1889 Beatrice, NE.
m. Pearle Frances Carle
    5-G  Grace Helen Geddes            17-Oct-1891 Beatrice, NE.
  m. Jerry W. Vasey

4-I  Andrew Geddes, Col.
  Born 27-Aug-1844
  Died 3-Nov-1921 Washington, D.C.
Married Lucy Grimson and Florence Towers
A new book published in February 2000 titled "Ungentlemanly Acts", by
Louise Barnett is about this Andrew Geddes.  From Lolly Fendall:  "It is
about my great great uncle Andrew Geddes.  He accused another officer of
incest with his teenage daughter, but due to the unwillingness of society
in those days to recognize or deal with this subject, he was court
martialed for mentioning it.  He was later reinstated, but Sherman was then
out to get him so got him on a trumped up charge of drunkeness.  Not that
Andrew was lilly white.  He was later cleared by the Congress. Andrew was
one of six brothers, including my great grandfather, Charles Geddes, who
fought in the Civil War. They were all from IA. 
Children:
     5-A John William Geddes
     5-B Reina Geddes who m. ? Younger
     5-C Elizabeth W. Geddes who m. ? Milliken
     5-D Esther F. Geddes"

4-J John Cook Geddes, Corp.
  Born 6-Mar-1846
  Died 2-Sep-1867 Arago, NE.
John enlisted in the Union Army on May 21, 1964 as a private when he was 18

years old.
 
4-K Elizabeth Anne Geddes
Born 2-Apr-1851
Died 1920 Bremerton, WA.
Married John Gilmore
Children:
5-A Wilhelmina Gilmore d. 2 yrs. old
5-B Harry Noble Gilmore 1872 d. 1940
5-C Willie Gilmore d. infancy
5-D Mary Elizabeth Gilmore 1877 m. J. H. Stephens
5-E Jessie Louise Gilmore 1880 m. ? Bigelow
5-F Robert Alexander Gilmore 1888

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