William B. Geddes

1866 - 1917  (50 years)

• Name	William B. Geddes
  Birth	26 Dec 1866	Lanark Highlands (North Sherbrooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census	1871	Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Canada
  Census	1881	Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  Immigration	1886	Minnesota, United States
  Census	1900	Nesbit Twp, Polk County, Minnesota, United States   [3]
  	USA
  Census	1905	Nesbit Twp, Polk County, Minnesota, United States   [4]
  	Minnesota, Territorial and State
  Immigration	1905	Dalhousie Lake, Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	returned to Lanark County
  _UID	5B51DF706763463B995BEA1AEBD15E328A85
  Death	8 Mar 1917	Dalhousie Lake, Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Obituary - The Lanark Era - Mar.21,1917- Dalhousie Lake, Thursday, March 8th, William B. Geddes, aged 50 years, 2 mos. & 13 days. He was born in North Sherbrooke, on December 26th, 1866, the son of the late Daniel Geddes. He went west to Minnesota and Alberta at the age of 20 and returned due to ill health about 10 years ago. In Sept. 1915, he married Mary Milliken, who survives. Five brothers & five sisters also survive; John, Pilot Mound, Manitoba; David and Adam, Minnesota; Daniel, on the homestead in North Sherbrooke; Mrs. Wm. Legary, Crystal City, Man.; Mrs. James Darou, Ardoch; Mrs. Alex. Ferguson, N. Sherbrooke; Mrs. Jos. Bishop, Edmonton, Alta.; and Mrs. Robert Nisbet, Mallory, Minn. One brother Duncan predeceased him. Burial in Crawford's Cemetery. --- ----------------------------------- Obituary - The Perth Courier -Mar.23,1917- Geddes - The death of Mr. William B. Geddes occurred on Thursday, March 8th, at Dalhousie Lake, after an illness from anaemia. Deceased was born in North Sherbrooke in Dec. 1866. When about twenty years of age he went West, but his health failing he returned to Dalhousie about ten years ago and purchased a farm at Dalhousie Lake, where he had resided until his demise. On September 22nd, 1915, he married Mary Millikin, who survives him. He was a son of the late Daniel Geddes and was one of a family of eleven, of whom nine survive : (Barbara) Mrs. Wm. Legary, Crystal City, Man.; (Agnes) Mrs. Alex. Ferguson, North Sherbrooke; (Maggie) Mrs. James Darou, Ardoch; (Jennie) Mrs. Josephus Bishop, Edmonton; (Tena) Mrs. Robert Nisbet, Mallory, Minn; John, Pilot Mound, Man.; David and Adam, Grand Forks, N.D.; Duncan (deceased) and Daniel on the old homestead, North Sherbrooke. Services were conducted by the Rev. A. J. McMullen and remains were interred in Crawford's cemetery.
  Burial	Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Lanark Highlands (North Sherbrooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I4946	Lanark County Origins | This is my Maternal LIneage, My maternal grandmother's Lineage
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Daniel Geddes,   b. 14 Apr 1823, Glasgow (Glasgow Cathedral or High), Glasgow City, Scotland d. 22 Oct 1908, Belgrave, Huron County, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Agnes "Nancy" Ferguson,   b. 23 May 1830   d. 27 Oct 1908, Elphin, Lanark Highlands (North Sherbrooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct	St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F3786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Milliken,   b. 18 Aug 1883, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Apr 1930, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	22 Sep 1915	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Name     Mary Millikin Age     32 Birth Year     1883 Birth Place     South Sherbrooke Marriage Date     22/09/1915 Marriage Place     Lanark Ontario Canada Father     John Millikin Mother     Elizabeth Ashby Spouse     William Geddes Name     William Geddes Age     48 Birth Year     1867 Birth Place     North Sherbrooke Marriage Date     22/09/1915 Marriage Place     Lanark Ontario Canada Father     Daniel Geddes Mother     Agnes Ferguson Spouse     Mary Millikin
  		William Geddes & Mary Elizabeth Millikin marriage
  Family ID	F1523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Dec 1866 - Lanark Highlands (North Sherbrooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1871 - Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1881 - Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Immigration - 1886 - Minnesota, United States Census - USA - 1900 - Nesbit Twp, Polk County, Minnesota, United States Census - Minnesota, Territorial and State - 1905 - Nesbit Twp, Polk County, Minnesota, United States Immigration - returned to Lanark County - 1905 - Dalhousie Lake, Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 22 Sep 1915 - Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 8 Mar 1917 - Dalhousie Lake, Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Lanark Highlands (North Sherbrooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S374] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1871 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2009 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Year: 1871; Census Place: Dalhousie, Lanark North, Ontario; Roll: C-10019; Page: 21, 1,1578::0. (Reliability: 4). [S375] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2009 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Year: 1881; Census Place: Dalhousie and Sherbrooke and Lavant North, Lanark North, Ontario; Roll: C_13233; Page: 17; Family No: 67, 1,1577::0. (Reliability: 4). [S378] 1900 United States Federal Census, (ancestry.ca: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T623, roll 781, Nesbit, Polk County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 0217, sheet 4, p. 4, dwelling 67, family 67, William Geddes, Br. in Law, farm labour, accessed 12 Apr 2023 (Reliability: 4). [S315] Minnesota, Wabasha, USA, Minnesota, Territorial and State Census, 1848-1905, (Digital images. Ancestry . ancestry.ca : n.d.), Nesbit, Polk County, Minnesota, p. screen 793; page 303, family household of Robert Nisbet, line 24; Roll MNSC_143, William Geddes; (ancestry.ca : accessed 12 Apr 2023) (Reliability: 4). [S18] Ontario. Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937, (ancestry.ca :n.d.), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 340." 1915, Geddes-Millikin, accessed 26 May 2019. (Reliability: 3).