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William Cleminson GEDDES (1871 - 1939)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Clemenson Wills GEDDES (1904 - 1990)
Wilsey Rose GEDDES (1907 - )
 William Cleminson GEDDES (1871 - 1939)

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Rose Spencer WILLS (1882 - 1969)
 Andrew Lawson GEDDES ( - 1916) John GEDDES



Wilsey CLEMENTSON



Mary Jane PRETTY ( - 1918) Edward James PRETTY



Mary HARDY



William Cleminson GEDDES Rose Spencer WILLS
William Cleminson GEDDES
Pic P1. In Loving Memory of
William Cleminson'GEDDES
died 26th Sept 1939
aged 68 years
and wife
Rose Spencer
GEDDES
died 21st Feb 1969
aged 86 years

Pic S1. copied from Geddes Family tree - ancestry - owner DavidMac142

Pic 1. In Loving Memory of
William Cleminson'GEDDES
died 26th Sept 1939
aged 68 years
and wife
Rose Spencer
GEDDES
died 21st Feb 1969
aged 86 years

b. 28 Feb 1871 at Queensland, Australia
m. 15 Oct 1903 Rose Spencer WILLS (1882 - 1969) at Queensland, Australia
d. 26 Sep 1939 at Queensland, Australia aged 68
Near Relatives of William Cleminson GEDDES (1871 - 1939)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather John GEDDES
Grandmother Wilsey CLEMENTSON
Grandfather Edward James PRETTY
Grandmother Mary HARDY

Father in Law Cedric Spencer WILLS 01 Dec 1844 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 23 Jan 1914 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 69
Mother in Law Elizabeth Henrietta (Berry) MACDONALD 26 Dec 1850 Brewarrina, NSW, Australia 25 Jan 1944 Minerva Creek, Springsure, Queensland, Australia 93

Father Andrew Lawson GEDDES 02 Aug 1916 Queensland, Australia
Mother Mary Jane PRETTY 18 Oct 1918 Queensland, Australia

Self William Cleminson GEDDES 28 Feb 1871 Queensland, Australia 26 Sep 1939 Queensland, Australia 68

Wife Rose Spencer WILLS 16 Sep 1882 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 21 Feb 1969 Queensland, Australia 86

Son Clemenson Wills GEDDES 26 Sep 1904 Queensland, Australia 20 Apr 1990 "Balmoral", Glen Geddes, Queensland, Australia 85
Daughter Wilsey Rose GEDDES 02 Apr 1907 Queensland, Australia

Sister Elizabeth Hardy GEDDES 27 Jan 1863 Queensland, Australia
Sister Elizabeth Mary Welsey GEDDES 02 Jul 1864 Queensland, Australia 02 Nov 1938 Queensland, Australia 74
Brother Andrew James GEDDES 02 Jun 1866 Queensland, Australia 24 Feb 1931 Queensland, Australia 64
Brother Thomas Edward GEDDES 05 Oct 1868 Queensland, Australia 01 Aug 1952 Queensland, Australia 83
Brother Edward Pretty GEDDES 31 Mar 1873 Queensland, Australia 29 Mar 1927 Queensland, Australia 53
Sister Dorothy Irving GEDDES 23 May 1875 Queensland, Australia 16 Apr 1891 Queensland, Australia 15
Brother John Fitzroy GEDDES 19 Jan 1878 Queensland, Australia 19 Oct 1940 Queensland, Australia 62
Sister Sarah Ann Ward GEDDES 08 Apr 1880 Queensland, Australia
Sister Edith Isabel GEDDES 22 Nov 1884 Queensland, Australia
Sister Lawson GEDDES 15 Sep 1888 Queensland, Australia 1925 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 37

Daughter in Law Esther Merle DAY 18 Apr 1916
Son in Law Frederick Crawford HARRIS 12 Aug 1909 11 Oct 1966 57

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Uncle Thomas GEDDES 1916

Niece Dora Wilsey GEDDES 10 May 1904 Queensland, Australia
Niece Sarah Annie Wilsey ROSS 16 Jul 1905 Queensland, Australia
Niece Ada Berry Helen Carden COLLINS 22 Feb 1900 Queensland, Australia 12 Oct 1995 Queensland, Australia 95
Nephew James Cedric Carden COLLINS 11 Jun 1902 Queensland, Australia 1993 91
Nephew Jack Egbert Carden COLLINS 03 Jun 1903 Queensland, Australia abt 1993 90
Niece Cora Zuill Carden COLLINS 30 May 1905 Toowong, Queensland, Australia 08 Aug 1933 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 28
Niece Mary Frances Carden COLLINS 19 Feb 1913 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Donald Stuart Graham MACDONALD 1894 04 Jan 1941 Queensland, Australia 47
Niece Myra Myee (Myce) MACDONALD 20 May 1895 Queensland, Australia 1974 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 79
Niece Elizabeth Margaret MCLEAN abt 1899 Queensland, Australia 27 Sep 1912 Queensland, Australia 13
Nephew Donald Angus MCLEAN abt 1900 Queensland, Australia abt 1900 Queensland, Australia 0
Nephew Alexander Robert MCLEAN 28 Feb 1908 Queensland, Australia 24 Nov 1995 Blackall, Queensland, Australia 87
Nephew Gordon Cedric MCLEAN 10 Sep 1909 Queensland, Australia 04 Oct 1999 'Harden Park', Blackall, Queensland, Australia 90
Nephew Unnamed WILLS 19 Sep 1915 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Cedric Henry Spencer WILLS 26 Jul 1902 Queensland, Australia 17 Dec 1954 Queensland, Australia 52
Nephew Egbert Horatio Spencer WILLS 15 Nov 1903 Queensland, Australia 19 Nov 1922 Queensland, Australia 19
Niece May WILLS 11 Nov 1905 Queensland, Australia 11 Nov 1905 Queensland, Australia 0
Niece Marjorie Alice WILLS 23 Jan 1910 Queensland, Australia
Niece Ida WILLS 10 Jan 1915 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 21 Feb 1976 Blackall, Queensland, Australia 61
Nephew Stuart Spencer WILLS 09 Apr 1917 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 22 Mar 1996 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 78
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Niece Thelma Margurette Spencer WILLS 03 Jul 1914 Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia 03 Mar 1995 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80
Nephew Robert Spencer WILLS 20 Apr 1916 1916 Queensland, Australia 0
Nephew Cedric Spencer (Dooley) WILLS 07 Aug 1916 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 22 Nov 1991 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 75
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Nephew Egbert Spencer WILLS abt 1922 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 23 Mar 2000 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 78
Nephew Silas Spencer WILLS 25 Apr 1925 2001 Innisfail, Queensland, Australia 76
Niece Edith Elizabeth CREED 30 Oct 1902 Queensland, Australia
Niece Ethel Ruby CREED 22 Nov 1903 Queensland, Australia
Niece Minnie Rhoda CREED 08 Oct 1905 Queensland, Australia Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Niece Florence Isabel CREED 12 Aug 1908 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Cedric Spencer Wills CREED 17 May 1910
Niece Catherine Una CREED abt 1913 Queensland, Australia
Niece Hazel Honor CREED 30 Sep 1918
Nephew Thomas Horatio CREED 02 Apr 1906 Queensland, Australia 20 May 1975 69
Niece Ruby Audrey CREED 21 Feb 1908 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Stephen Allen CREED 26 Feb 1911 Queensland, Australia 09 Jan 1975 63
Niece Winifred Joan CREED 26 Jun 1917
Nephew Spencer Wentworth CREED 18 Mar 1919
Niece Marjorie Lorrain CREED 11 May 1922 1967 45
Niece Molly Dolland TYRRELL 29 Apr 1917
Niece Lesley MacDonald TYRRELL 27 Jun 1919
Niece Ruth Rose TYRRELL 1922 17 Dec 1922 Queensland, Australia 0
Nephew James Cedric Spencer WILLS 09 Sep 1916 30 Jan 1969 52
Niece Doreen Spencer WILLS 20 May 1918 12 Feb 1956 37
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Nephew Thomas Brian Spencer WILLS 13 Nov 1922 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 1994 Minerva Creek, Springsure, Queensland, Australia 72
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Sister in Law Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 12 Mar 1873 Queensland, Australia 24 Oct 1956 Queensland, Australia 83
Sister in Law Edith Spencer WILLS 10 Jun 1874 Queensland, Australia 15 Sep 1956 Queensland, Australia 82
Sister in Law Emily (Emilyne) Spencer WILLS 16 Aug 1875 Kew, Victoria, Australia 05 Feb 1960 Queensland, Australia 84
Brother in Law Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS 28 Aug 1876 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 30 Aug 1960 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 84
Brother in Law Cedric Spencer WILLS 29 Nov 1877 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 25 Sep 1957 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 79
Brother in Law George WILLS abt 1879
Sister in Law Minnie Spencer WILLS 27 Apr 1880 Queensland, Australia 23 Sep 1962 Queensland, Australia 82
Brother in Law Egbert Spencer WILLS 23 Jul 1881 Queensland, Australia 04 Aug 1888 Queensland, Australia 7
Sister in Law Ruby Spencer WILLS 23 Nov 1883 Queensland, Australia 1978 Queensland, Australia 95
Sister in Law Ivy Spencer WILLS 30 Jul 1885 Queensland, Australia 09 Feb 1968 Casino, NSW, Australia 82
Brother in Law Thomas Wentworth Spencer WILLS 25 Jul 1886 Queensland, Australia 22 May 1963 Queensland, Australia 76
Brother in Law Colden Spencer WILLS 15 Oct 1888 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 20 May 1972 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 83
Sister in Law Sarah Elizabeth MCCARTHEY
Brother in Law Alexander ROSS
Events in William Cleminson GEDDES (1871 - 1939)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
28 Feb 1871 William Cleminson GEDDES was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
1903 32 Residence 'Yaamba Grazing Homestead', Yaamba, Queensland Note 2 37
15 Oct 1903 32 Married Rose Spencer WILLS (aged 21) Queensland, Australia Reg No 1903/1871 52
26 Sep 1904 33 Birth of son Clemenson Wills GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 3 52, 55
02 Apr 1907 36 Birth of daughter Wilsey Rose GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 4 52, 55
1913 42 Residence Princhester, Queensland Note 5 37
02 Aug 1916 45 Death of father Andrew Lawson GEDDES Queensland, Australia Note 6 52, 60
18 Oct 1918 47 Death of mother Mary Jane PRETTY Queensland, Australia Note 7 52
1919 48 Residence Princhester, Queensland Note 8 37
1925 54 Residence 'Balmoral', Glen Geddes, Queensland Note 9 37
1930 59 Residence 'Balmoral', Glen Geddes, Queensland Note 10 37
26 Sep 1939 68 William Cleminson GEDDES died Queensland, Australia Note 11 52, 60
27 Sep 1939 68 Burial Yaamba cemetery, Yaamba, Queensland 54
Note 1: Reg No 2709/1871 - Andrew Geddes and Mary Jane Pretty
Note 2: GEDDES Andrew - grazier; Elizabeth Mary Wilsey - hd; Mary Jane - hd; Sarah Ann Ward - hd; William Cleminson - stock keeper
Note 3: Reg No 1904/10642 - William Clemenson Geddes and Rose Spencer Wills
Note 4: Reg No 1907/11895- William Clemenson Geddes and Rose Spencer Wills
Note 5: GEDDES William Cleminson - grazier; Rose Spencer - hd
Note 6: Reg No 3924/1916 - John Geddes and Wilsey Clementson

The Queenslander (Brisbane) 12 Aug 1916
Andrew Geddes, senior, passed away at
his residence, Balmoral, on Wednesday
last. Mr. Geddes, who is a native of
Scotland, has lived in the Yaamba dis
trict for nearly 50 years. At the time
of his death he was 78 years of age.
His brother (Mr. Thomas Geddes) died
only last week. He leaves a widow
and a family of six sons and three
daughters. Mrs. Geddes has been ill,
and was absent in Brisbane at the time
of her husband's death. The family in
cludes :—Mrs. Jeffries (Brisbane), Mrs. A.
Ross (Rockhampton), Miss Geddes (Bal
moral), Mr. Andrew Geddes (Balmoral),
Mr. Thomas Geddes (Dunrobin Park), Mr.
William Geddes (Princhester), Mr. B. T.
Geddes (Canoona), Mr. Jack Geddes
(Couti Uti), and Mr. Lawson Geddes (The
Glen). There are also about 30 grand
children.

The Capricornian (Rockhampton)
OBITUARY
Residents of Central Queensland and particularly those living in the coastal district, will regret to learn of the death on the 2nd instant, at his residence Balmoral, of Mr. Andrew Geddes, at the advanced age of seventy-five years. The deceased was born at Annan, Scotland, and with his wife arrived in Brisbane on New Year’s Day, 1862. He expected to find his brother Mr. Thomas Geddes there, the latter having come out to Brisbane a year previous, but was disappointed. Learning however that he had gone to Rockhampton, Mr. Andrew Geddes and his wife came up here. Mr. Thomas Geddes was then employed in the store of Mr. H. O. Patton in Little Quay Street, which at the time was Rockhampton’s main thoroughfare, but which is now known as Quay Lane.

Mr. Andrew Geddes did not remain long in the town. Yaamba which was then a thriving place, appeared to him to offer more opportunities of advancement, and he accordingly accepted the position of manager of the receiving store for wool and copper from the Peak Down district and goods from Rockhampton for the western country for Mr. Pitt. With the building of the Central Railway, Yaamba of course declined in importance, but in the meantime there had been settlement in the district and to the north of it. Mr. Pitt closed his establishment at Yaamba but Mr. Geddes started business there on his own account as a store-keeper. Some years later however, he retired from this. He took up land in the neighbourhood and engaged in cattle-raising and later in horse breeding. Year by year as his family grew up; he added to his holdings – in some cases by straight out purchase, in others by selection – and extended his stock-breeding operations. He passed through many trying periods in the early part of his career in Central Queensland, and profiting by his experiences, took care that he should not be caught unawares by the recurring dry seasons. He could have been the holder of a very big area of land in the Yaamba district if he had wished; but knowing the vagaries of the climate, preferred to have his properties scattered, so that if the thunderstorms were partial, he would be fairly sure of benefiting by them somewhere. In this way he controlled many thousand acres of land, all devoted to stock raising or grazing – some of it under his own personal supervision, the other parts of it under the direction of one or some of his sons.

Mr. Geddes like many others followed general grazing for some years, but latterly he had devoted himself to the raising of stud stock, and he was very proud of both the stud stock and stud horses that he bred on Balmoral. Mr. Geddes was a very consistent supporter of the Rockhampton Agricultural Society for a considerable period and scarcely a year passed for the last decade or more that he was not an exhibitor at the society’s shows. He was not always a winner of course; but he carried off a very large proportion of the prizes for which he competed. Mr Geddes enjoyed good health generally until about twelve months ago. He is survived by Mrs. Geddes, three daughters, six sons and thirty-two grand-children. His remains were interred in the Yaamba Cemetery.

It is worthy of note that Mr. Thomas Geddes died just a week before his brother and was also buried in the Yaamba Cemetery, the bodies of the brothers lying side by side. Mr. Thomas Geddes, who, as already mentioned came to Australia in 1861 returned to Scotland in 1870. After spending about two years there, he went to San Francisco and engaged in the lumber trade there very successfully. About seven years ago he migrated to Australia again and remained here, passing the remaining years of his life with his brother or with one or other of his nephews. Keen sympathy will be felt by a wide circle of friends for the family of Mrs. Andrew Geddes in the double bereavement it has recently suffered, and particularly for Mrs. Geddes in the severe loss she has sustained.
Note 7: Reg No 4745/1918 - Edward James Pretty and Mary Hardy
Note 8: GEDDES William Cleminson - grazier; Rose Spencer - hd
Note 9: GEDDES Rose Spencer - hd; William Cleminson - grazier
Note 10: GEDDES Rose Spencer - hd; William Cleminson - grazier; Wilsey Rose - hd
Note 11: Reg No 1939/5031 - father Andrew Lawson and mother Mary Jane Pretty

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 27 Sept 1939
DEATH OF MR W. C. GEDDES

Well-Known Grazier
Mr William Cleminson Geddes, a member of a well-known family associated with grazing pursuits on the Central Coast for 70 years, died in a private hospital early yesterday morn- ing. He had been in indifferent health for some time.

Mr Geddes was the owner of Balmoral station (Yaamba district), which was first taken up by his father, the late Mr Andrew Geddes. He was born on the station and was 68 years of age.

For a number of years Mr Geddes was one of the representatives of No. 3 division on the Livingstone Shire Council.

He is survived by his wife and a daughter (Miss Wilsie Geddes) and a son (Mr Cleminson Geddes). Messrs Thomas, Jack and Lawson Geddes are brothers of the deceased.

The funeral will leave Rockhampton at 9.30 am. today for the Yaamba , Cemetery.
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- Notes: Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 27 Sept 1939
DEATH OF MR W. C. GEDDES

Well-Known Grazier
Mr William Cleminson Geddes, a member of a well-known family associated with grazing pursuits on the Central Coast for 70 years, died in a private hospital early yesterday morn- ing. He had been in indifferent health for some time.

Mr Geddes was the owner of Balmoral station (Yaamba district), which was first taken up by his father, the late Mr Andrew Geddes. He was born on the station and was 68 years of age.

For a number of years Mr Geddes was one of the representatives of No. 3 division on the Livingstone Shire Council.

He is survived by his wife and a daughter (Miss Wilsie Geddes) and a son (Mr Cleminson Geddes). Messrs Thomas, Jack and Lawson Geddes are brothers of the deceased.

The funeral will leave Rockhampton at 9.30 am. today for the Yaamba , Cemetery.
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