Hugh Geddes seaman master merchant service¹

Parents:

• Birth*: Hugh Geddes seaman master merchant service was born circa 1826 at Keith, Banff, Banffshire, Scotland, ; estim of 1828 from marriage cert, adjusted to 1826 from death cert.
• He was the son of Hugh Geddes mason, army pensioner and Barbara Kynoch.
• (Groom) Marriage*: Hugh Geddes seaman master merchant service married Janet Tait Nicolson, daughter of James Nicolson marble cutter and Mary Emslie, on 7 January 1870 at 30 Frederick Street, St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, ; 1870 on the seventh day of January at 30 Frederick Street Anderdeen, after banns according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland; Hugh Geddes seaman master merchant service widower; 41, 2 Clarence Street Newcastle-upon-Tyne, parents Hugh Geddes mason journeyman (dec), Barbara Geddes ms Kynoch (dec); Janet Tait Nicolson spinster, 29, 30 Fredrick Street Aberdeen, parents James Nicolson marble cutter journeyman; Mary Nicolson ms Emslie (dec); Alex N Bannatyne minister of Free Union Church Aberdeen, Jas W McCallum, Alexr Wishart witnesses; reg 1870 January 10th at Aberdeen signed Charles Stronach assit Registrar initialled JM John Watt registrar.²
• (Deceased) Death*: Hugh Geddes seaman master merchant service died on 24 December 1886 at Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, , First name(s)     Hugh
  Last name     Geddes
  Sex     Male
  Birth year     1826
  Age     60
  Death quarter     4
  Death year     1886
  District     Tynemouth
  County     Northumberland
  Volume     10B
  Page     132
  Country     England
  Record set     England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
  Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  Subcategory     Civil Deaths & Burials
  Collections from     Great Britain, England.^3,4
• Obituary: The obituary of Hugh Geddes seaman master merchant service was was published on 29 December 1886 at Aberdeen, Scotland, . DEATH OF AN ABERDEENSHIRE SEA-CAPTAIN.
  Captain Hugh Geddes, a native of Aberdeenshire, and a retired sea-captain, living at South View House, Cullercoats, Newcastle, died last Friday at his residence, at the age of sixty years. Deceased served his apprenticeship with the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company, and afterwards was in the employ of the Leith and Clyde Shipping Company for about sixteen years. He made some very smart passages as captain of the "Fairy," running the mails between Shetland and Aberdeen. He was well-known in the North of Scotland for his courteous and obliging manner, and was greatly esteemed by all who came in contact with him. He was last in the service of the Tyne Steam Shipping Co.-at first afloat and afterwards on land. For some years, however, owing to his delicate health, he has been living in comparative retirement on his own property at Cullercoats.⁴

• (Witness) Marriage: He witnessed the marriage of James Nicolson church teacher and Julia Gordon Sime on Friday, 29 December 1871 at 2 Simpson Court, Potterrow, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, ; cert held: 1871 marriages in the district of Staint Giles in the city of Edinburgh; #286; 1871 on the twenty nineth day of December at 2 Simpson Court Potterrow Edinburgh after banns according to the forms of the United Presbyterian Church; Jas Nicholson teacher in Free Church School widower, 33, Laurencekirk, James Nicholson marble cutter Mary Nicholson ms Emslie; Julia Gordon Sime teacher in Public School spinster, 34, Brechin, John Gordon Sime shoemaker Margaret Sime previously Christie ms Clelland; signed Andrew Thompson minister of Broughton Place Church, Hugh Geddes, Elizabeth Hill witnesses.
• (Spouse) Death: His spouse Janet Tait Nicolson died between July 1874 and September 1874 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, ; First name(s)     Janet Tait N
  Last name     Geddes
  Sex     Female
  Birth year     1839
  Age     35
  Death quarter     3
  Death year     1874
  District     Newcastle upon Tyne
  County     Northumberland
  Volume     10B
  Page     79
  Country     England
  Record set     England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
  Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  Subcategory     Civil Deaths & Burials
  Collections from     Great Britain, England.⁵

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household	6 June 1841	Hugh Geddes seaman master merchant service was listed along with Hugh Geddes mason, army pensioner and Barbara Kynoch in the 1841 census at Matheson's Court, Castle Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, . First name(s)     Last name     Sex     Age     Birth year     Birth place John     McKay     Male     63     1778     Scotland Catherine     McKay     Female     49     1792     Scotland Peter     McGoungle     Male     50     1791     Ireland Margaret     McGoungle     Female     15     1826     Scotland Margaret     Dyce     Female     15     1826     Scotland Hugh     Geddes     Male     50     1791     Ireland Barbara     Geddes     Female     40     1801     Scotland Elizabeth     Geddes     Female     21     1820     Scotland Hugh     Geddes     Male     15     1826     Aberdeenshire, Scotland James     Geddes     Male     7     1834     Aberdeenshire, Scotland William     Geddes     Male     3     1838     Aberdeenshire, Scotland Jessie     Geddes     Female     8     1833     Aberdeenshire, Scotland Mary     Forbes     Female     0     1841     Aberdeenshire, Scotland Elizabeth     Gordon     Female     40     1801     Aberdeenshire, Scotland First name(s)     Hugh Last name     Geddes Sex     Male Age     50 Birth year     1791 Birth county     - Birth county as transcribed     Ireland Birth place other     Ireland Occupation     Army pensioner Full address     Mathisons Court, Castle Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland House name     Mathisons Court Street     Castle Street Parish or township     Aberdeen Town     Aberdeen City or borough     Aberdeen County     Aberdeenshire Country     Scotland Registration district     - Family member first name(s)     Margaret, Mary, Jessie, Elizabeth, William, James, Catherine, Barbara, Hugh, Margaret, Peter, John Family member last name     Dyce, Forbes, Geddes, McKay, McGoungle, Gordon Archive reference     - Piece number     - Book number     - Folio number     - Page number     - Schedule     86 Record set     1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Category     Census, land & surveys Subcategory     Census Collections from     Great Britain, Scotland.6
Principal	3 April 1881	Hugh Geddes seaman master merchant service appeared in the 1881 census at South View House, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, . Hugh Geddes, head, mar, 52, master mariner, Scotland; with wife Ann, 30, b Tynemouth; and children Mary 7, Hugh 3; plus visitor Alice Whitfield 9 Durham, servant May Dunn 16 Durham.